Yangon - 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 inexpensive. Most expats have a driver, a nanny for kids, and a maid. I have also seen some families hire a cook to come to their house a few nights a week. - May 2019
Pretty much everyone has some sort of help: driver, gardener, nanny, cook, cleaner, depending on your living situation. We have a part-time cook/ironer. Salaries top out at about US$400/month full time (which is technically six days), and generally are significantly lower. Almost all housing is set up for a live-in, if that's what you want. There are a lot of people who want to work for expats, but turnover is pretty high and it can take a few tries to find the right person, especially if you need someone with good English. - Mar 2019
Household help is quite affordable here. It seems like most families employ a housekeeper or nanny. Many of the stand-alone residents also employ a gardener. It's quite common for people to employ a driver, in part because parking is awful everywhere, and in part because we are currently only permitted to import one vehicle. Having a driver makes it easier to get everyone where they need to go. - Sep 2018
Household help, while somewhat more difficult to find than it was in Beijing, is readily available if you're willing to look for it a bit. People here employ a range of staff; most common are housekeepers, from a few days a week at a few hours a visit, to five days a week for full work days. People also employ nannies, guards, gardeners and drivers. We found our housekeeper via YEC (Yangon Expat Connection), a Gmail group; she in turn introduced us to our guard/gardener. When our housekeeper started with us, we payed her a fairly high rate for circa 40-hour work weeks: about $300/month. We paid the gardener half that for slightly fewer hours and fewer overall responsibilities. We've given them both annual raises of about 10% each year they've been with us. - Mar 2017
Household help is available but the level of their English and experience with expats varies greatly and impacts prices. Currently a decent, full-time English speaking nanny with experience with expats makes 300-400/month. Burmese people will love your children but they are very indulgent so keep that in mind. Some cooks can read and write in English and follow recipes go for 300/month full time. Super helpful to have them shop, cook, prep, etc. - Feb 2017
Household is reliable and ranges from $250-350 per month. - Oct 2016
Domestic help is pretty affordable and common among expat families. - May 2016
Cheap. Full service apartments include cleaning, though they don't clean dishes or the kitchen. - May 2016
US$200 a month for a maid (6 person family). - Apr 2014
Full time maid US$80-100 a month (8 hour days). Live at home nanny US$200-300 a month. - Feb 2014
Cheap and available. Drivers cost US$80-120 a month and are the high end of the scale. Cooks, nannies, and home guards are common. - Jul 2010
Whatever you need, you can find, and it's all very affordable. - Apr 2009
Very affordable: Maid - US$90 a month; Nanny - US$80 a month; Driver - US$90 a month; Gardener - US$80 a month. - Nov 2008
