Belgrade - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the availability and cost of household help, and what types of help are typically employed by expatriates?
Household help is available. The hourly rate is reasonable for Americans working at the Embassy but not crazy low. Many people have nannies. We have a housekeeper who cleans for us twice a week. - Oct 2024
Extremely reasonable. A wide variety of housekeepers, nannies, and a preferred local babysitting agency. - Sep 2019
Most expats have cleaning ladies, but rarely on a full time basis. Nannies are readily available. The hourly fee paid by most expats turns is 5 Euros. - Jan 2019
Cheap. Expatriates usually pay around 5 Euros an hour, and that's much more than the local ongoing rate. Most expats have a cleaning lady, some have help for their children, or a housekeeper. A lot of them speak English, or German. Serbians are very, very good with foreign languages. - Dec 2018
Nearly all those who work for American families charge 5 euro/hour. Most people hire either Serbs or Filipinas. - Sep 2015
Plenty. But it does cost 5 euros per hour. - Aug 2015
Widely available. People working in the U.S. Embassy community get 4-7 Euros/hour, people working for local families a little less. Domestic help that speaks English or European languages is widely available and good. - Aug 2015
Lots of highly-qualified applicants are available. The going rate for housekeepers and nannies is about 5 Euro/hour in the American community. - Aug 2014
Americans tend to pay 4-5 Euro per hour for nannies and cleaners, its a bit higher than what other expats pay and I think if you hire someone full time you could offer a monthly or weekly salary rather than an hourly salary that would break down to less than this cost per hour. - Aug 2013
We have a good housekeeper part-time. Cost is about 6 Euros/hour. - Apr 2012
About US$3 per hour. Very good and cheap. - Nov 2011
It costs about 5 euros/hour. You can find English speaking help. - Jul 2011
I've heard it's allright, around $10/hr. - Nov 2010
Not bad. I have a maid once a week for major stuff, and it's about 30 Euros. - Jun 2010
