Average babysitting rates are skyrocketing, according to a survey.

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Average Babysitting Costs Jumped In 2022

And you better save up for your next date night or late working meeting babysitting rates are skyrocketing. This is according to a new survey from urban sitter, which is a caregiver finding platform. And this takes place, they say in 2022, prices for sitters rose around the country by 9.7%. That's slightly less than the 11% that we saw back in 2021. But the major point here is that it is still grow going for the second year in a row, parents are now hiring all sorts of people to care for their Children, teachers, nurses and sitters with really diverse professional experience. And in a painful irony, because those people have specialized experience, they're also causing rates to go up.