Am I underpaying my housekeeper?
EDIT: thanks for all the quick replies everyone! I'll have a chat with her next time she comes to clean. Sounds like $200 is a good place to start. Thank you all for the feedback 🙏
This sub came up randomly in my feed and I skimmed through a few posts and I'm now worried I'm underpaying my housekeeper.
She's amazing and does a fantastic job but I have no idea what reasonable rates are.
Some information:
- she's independent
- I have a 2000sqft house
- she cleans the whole house every other week
- I don't do much cleaning, just small up keep as needed
- she's been cleaning for me for 10 years
- started with a flat rate of $100 and was raised to $120 a few years back
- I'm in the US in a suburb of Seattle
- she brings her own cleaning supplies
- I give her a good sized bonus at the end of every year.
- she will occasionally fold laundry, put away dishes, tidy, etc
I'm worried she might not want to raise rates because I've been a customer for so long but after reading this sub I'm worried I'm not paying her enough.
Am I missing any information? Thoughts?