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What is the availability and cost of household help, and what types of help are typically employed by expatriates?
The minimum wage is about US$370 per month for a full-time employee, plus contributing to their social security means about US$450 total per month. - Aug 2022
There is high availability of household help and the cost for time is low. The average pay rate for household help is minimum wage, which is slightly higher than $15 for an 8-hour work day. Families with kids will usually hire a part-time gardener, nanny and housekeeper, some families hire drivers. During the school year, the cost of the driver is reimbursed by the embassy in order to insure kids have school transportation. - Aug 2022
I do not use household help. I occasionally hire a gardener for special projects and they are cheap. - Jan 2021
We have a nanny five days a week from 7:00-4:30 for 1/4 the cost of daycare in Washington, D.C. She is like family. She watches our son and keeps our giant apartment clean. She could cook too but we asked her to focus on our son and higher a cook for $20 once a week and she cooks us three to five entrees we stretch out for a few meals and lunches. Help here is incredibly cheap and we take great care of them. Most everyone has someone who cleans or cooks for them. Some people even have multiple nannies - one for day and one for night! Most empleadas live an hour outside the city. - Jun 2019
We didn't hire help, but every kind is available. Nannies, housekeepers, cooks, gardeners. Generally ₲100.000-₲120.000 guaranies a day which translates currently to US$20-$25, with lunch provided. - Aug 2018
The local min. wage is close to US$400/month. That's how much we pay our live-out housekeeper who works 40 hours/week for us. Factor in another US$50 to pay into their social security fund/insurance. Paraguayans get universal health care here. - Jun 2018
I believe a live-in housekeeper is about US$80 - $100 a week. A housekeeper part time usually runs around US$20 a day. Domestic help is available although sometimes hard to find. A gardener costs about US$15 - $20 for a half day. - May 2016
Very plentiful and inexpensive. It's hard to find someone you really like, but eventually you probably will. - Sep 2015
We love our empleada!! The cost of full-time help is very inexpensive. Salaries for live-in help is btw- US$250-400 per month. Non-live-in - US$300-400 per month. - Apr 2015
Good, inexpensive (US$300-$350 month is average for embassy families). - Aug 2014
Plenty, about US$300/ month + insurance (US$15). - Jul 2013
Cheap and available. - Aug 2011
We pay $500 for a full-time nanny. She's good. She's no Tony Macelli from "Who's the Boss." More like Berta from 2.5 Men. - Jun 2011
About $300 or 400 a month -- I think I over pay, but she's good and reliable. - Feb 2011
Cheap. About $300 per month full time. More expensive for live-ins or part-time help. - Apr 2010
Great for availability and cost! - May 2008
