Babysitter hourly rates rise 10% in the U.S.

Yahoo Finance Live anchors discuss the rise in hourly rates for babysitters.

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JULIE HYMAN: Babysitting blues. Sitter rates rising in more cities, New York being the exception, allegedly, according to a new report from Axios. But we're talking about a 10% increase in hourly babysitting rates, according to Urban Sitter, which is what Axios is citing for this report. There was an 11% increase from '21 to '22, or the year before. So in other words, the past two years, we have seen the increase in babysitting rates outpace inflation.

BRIAN SOZZI: Yeah, I'd babysit your kids during the week for $25 an hour. I'd do that for you.

JULIE HYMAN: I mean, I personally--

BRIAN SOZZI: I'm here to help-- Uncle Sozz.

JULIE HYMAN: --am not paying 25 an hour, but it's-- the rates have been creeping up--

BRIAN SOZZI: Uncle Sozz is here to help.

JULIE HYMAN: --a lot--

BRIAN SOZZI: Yeah, I'm ready to rock.

JULIE HYMAN: --over the past few years. Yeah, I think that that would be wiped out by the gas it would take you in your gas guzzling vehicle to drive from--

BRIAN SOZZI: All right.

JULIE HYMAN: --Long Island to New Jersey.

BRIAN SOZZI: $40 an hour in the future. $40.

JULIE HYMAN: I'm pretty sure.

BRAD SMITH: Wow.

JULIE HYMAN: Eh. My kids are getting old enough to take care of themselves, Sozz. Sorry. What about you, Brad? You want to trek out to New Jersey while--

BRAD SMITH: Oh, I'm hopping on the subway, so yeah. I mean, that's cool, yeah.

JULIE HYMAN: Yeah, so for him, it's, what-- I don't know-- New Jersey Transit, $14 round trip. Yeah, you'd still come out on top.

BRAD SMITH: Yeah, yep. I would hope so. I got to watch those P&Ls real quick.

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JULIE HYMAN: I did not expect this to be the outcome of that "Cut for Time," that I would get two new babysitters--

BRIAN SOZZI: Bottom line-- we're going to help you, Julie. We're going to help you.

JULIE HYMAN: I appreciate that, guys. I really do-- as you help me every day, and we help each other. There's a lot of love on this set.