Experience the BSN Difference.
A local and well established SF Bay Area resource since 2002
When you work with Bay Super Nannies to hire your next nanny, you’ll experience custom tailored support and one-on-one nanny sourcing rivaling any other placement services in the industry.
HOW IT WORKS
Our simple five-step process.
Hiring a nanny is a very important decision for your family, and we want to make the process as easy as possible for you. That’s why, over the 20+ years we’ve been in business, we’ve perfected our no-fluff, five-step process.
FEES
One flat fee makes hiring your nanny through BSN a breeze.
Unlike many other agencies, we charge a low, one-time placement fee that is a flat fee, not a percentage — only due when you hire a great BSN nanny — so you’re free to choose the best candidate and negotiate terms that work for your family, without worrying about added agency costs.
Bay Super Nannies charges a non-refundable registration fee of $75 first nanny profile and $50 each additional nanny profile, based on number of nannies sent, with a maximum charge of $325 for six profiles (any additional profiles sent are free).
The Full-Time Long-Term Nanny Placement Fee is $5,100, which includes all background checks and Trustline registration — this reflects a 10% discount (regular fee is $5,667) as part of our Keeping SF Affordable effort and in thanks for all the wonderful Yelp reviews. This is a one-time fee and is only due if you hire a BSN nanny.
For share-care placements, the fees per family are: the registration fee is $37 per nanny ($225 max), and Full-Time Long-Term Nanny Placement Fee is $3,100 — call for details.
Temporary placements (120 days or less) are $35 per day, with a 9 day minimum ($315 minimum charge), with temporary placements of 30 and 60+ days at a discounted agency fee - call for details.
All placement fees include background checks, fingerprinting, DMV records, and Trustline costs. For every full-time placement, BSN makes a charitable donation to Children International to support children and families in need. Plus, each long-term placement includes up to three one-day temporary nanny assists within 12 months — at no extra agency fee — for added peace of mind.
As first-time parents, my wife and I were nervous and overwhelmed by the daunting process of hiring a nanny for our six-month-old. Becky was very patient and kind while walking us through the process and answered all of our questions. She completely mitigated our stress and saved us a ton of time that we would have otherwise spent researching, looking for, vetting and hiring childcare. Within a week, she placed us with an experienced, qualified, wonderful nanny that we hired and love!
- BLAKE R., SF
OUR GUARANTEES
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We’re so confident you’ll be happy with your BSN nanny, we guarantee it.
We are proud of our 100+ positive reviews from families just like you, and work hard to ensure you are satisfied with your nanny placement. (Don’t just take our word for it, check out our word of mouth on Yelp!)
One Year Satisfaction Guarantee
Although the goal is for every nanny placement to be a perfect fit, in the event that you and your nanny do not continue working together for one year or more, Bay Super Nannies will “make it right”… by offering you a 75% credit towards a new nanny search, pro-rated over the first year.
Three Month Refund Option
While most agencies only offer credit, BSN knows other situations may come up where you no longer need your nanny. If your nanny stops working for you in the first 45 days, and you decline a replacement search using the one year satisfaction guarantee credit, you can receive 50% of the referral fee back as a refund. If your nanny stops working for you in the next 45 days, you can receive a 33% refund.
With Bay Super Nannies, you get the personalized care and attention that only a small, experienced agency can offer — most families and nannies come through trusted referrals, and you’ll always communicate directly with the owner, who knows your needs personally.
Our one-time, flat placement fee of $5,100 (after a 10% Keeping SF Affordable discount) is only due if you hire, offering significant savings compared to typical agencies that charge 15% of a nanny’s annual salary — often $10,000–$15,000 or more.
You’ll receive hands-on support throughout the process, from an in depth family needs phone consultation, to help with interviews, hiring details, and ongoing support even after your nanny starts. Every nanny is personally interviewed and matched with your family’s specific needs in mind, saving you time and effort.
With over two decades of experience, a constantly growing network of trusted nannies, and a true commitment to your family’s success, BSN is the perfect blend of personal service and professional expertise.
From providing a sample nanny work agreement and sample interview questions sheets, to referrals to nanny tax companies (with discounts!) if needed, to honest answers about market conditions… With one call, Bay Super Nannies has you covered!
The BSN Difference
Why should you work with Bay Super Nannies?
Our 15 Point Screening Process ensures only the most Highly Vetted, Top Nannies.
All nannies are screened for:
✓ 5-10+ YEARS of Professional Nanny Experience
✓ English Fluency
✓ Living Nearby
✓ One Year Minimum Commitment (usually more!)
✓ Excellent, VERIFIED References (personally checked by the owner, not a ref check service)
✓ Completion of Application Including Essay Questions for Parents
✓ APPROVED INTERVIEW WITH OUR OWNER, BECKY
✓ and most of all… a genuine passion for working with children!
and during the hiring process:
✓ T-dap and other APPLICABLE vaccines
✓ Sex offender check
✓ Social security trace
✓ CLEAN DRIVING RECORD
✓ SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, VALID ID, and authorization to work
✓ Trustline fingerprinting
✓ CPR certification check or renewal
✓ Criminal background check
Get the whole story…. All references are phone verified by agency owner Becky, not just written recs or a reference check service.
Ready to find the perfect nanny for your family?
Inquire today to speak directly with the founder and owner, Becky, who will walk you through the process and answer any questions you may have about working with Bay Super Nannies.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Becky Meyer, owner: after being in business as an agency since 2002, having 90+ 5 star Yelp reviews, and so many wonderful referrals, the fees COULD certainly be higher. I’ve even had parents say “it seems too good to be true” when they read the Yelp reviews and then check the prices… unless they were referred by another happy former client, that is!
The background checks and quality of nannies are the same, the placement process is the same as other, more expensive agencies… but without a large staff to support and large office to maintain, there is more leeway to keep the fees low.
Many families can’t afford (or don’t want to pay) the more typical agency fee, and by keeping fees lower, it opens up the pool to other great families that wouldn’t otherwise be able to use an agency (or would choose not to). Many of my clients are very enthusiastic about the quality of service they get for the price – and thank me with spectacular Yelp reviews!
Bottom line: I believe in treating people the way that I’d want to be treated – and everyone likes a great service at a reasonable price. By expanding the pool of parents that can afford a nanny agency, that might be struggling in their nanny search while trying on their own – it’s doing my part to make the world (and SF) a better (and more fair) place! I’m a parent raising my children in San Francisco too – I get it!
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Bay Super Nannies does TWO background checks (one that comes back faster, before the position officially starts, and the second typically after) and uses both Trustine AND PFC/Imperative Information Services, an independent background check firm used by many of the agencies in the Bay Area. Once a family offers employment to a nanny candidate, the following are submitted:
Social Security Scan,
10 year Misdemeanor and Felony criminal background check (including state and county level checks),
Sex Offender Check, and
DMV report (typically infractions within the last 3 years, although serious offenses may remain on record longer).
Trustline (see information below, separate from PFC and Trustline results take longer)
The first results typically come back in 3-8 days, and all results are given to the hiring parents.
Additionally, the nanny is submitted to Trustline, a fingerprinting/criminal background check, required by law by the state of California, www.Trustline.org or 1-800-822-8490 for more information. This can take up to 4-6 weeks for results to return, but thereafter the nanny is “Trustlined” and is monitored by Trustline as long as she remains in the registry. Trustline letters are sent to parents upon receipt as well.
The nanny also gets current on CPR, Tdap (pertussis) vaccine, and TB test (optional), flu and/or covid shot upon parent request, or other vaccines needed upon parent request, in the hiring process.
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Becky: Since starting Bay Super Nannies (formerly Bay SuperSitters and Nannies) in 2002, I have always tried to provide clients with the same top level nannies, and the same agency service, that I would want to use myself.
I’m a mom, and I need to have complete confidence in my children’s safety and well being with a caregiver to even walk out the door.
A good nanny should be attentive and totally engaged, safety conscious with good judgement, not on their phone, reliable, instilling good manners and self confidence, be on the “same page” as the family, kind, patient, and loving. Someone who will play with, read with, smile and laugh with, read and sing with, be active with, and most of all love the children for the amazing little people that they are.
As both an agency owner and a mother of two, I understand how important your children are to you… your family deserves nothing less than the best!
An agency should be helpful, responsive, thorough, and working hard for their families’ needs. My business depends on word-of-mouth, and your total satisfaction is my goal!
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Keeping with the “treat the clients as you would want to be treated” philosophy, Bay Super Nannies is down to earth and reasonably priced, expanding the definition of a “nanny agency client family” to include the many families that couldn’t (or didn’t want to) pay the 14-20% charged elsewhere.
Fees example: With Bay Super Nannies, there is always just one flat fee of $5100 due at hire (with current 10% off Keeping SF Affordable discount), due ONLY if you hire a great BSN nanny after interviewing/paid trial days.
To compare with two examples at the “typical” agency rate of 15% of nanny’s annual salary: hiring a nanny 40 hours per week at $35/hr would equal an agency fee of $10920 at “typical” agency fee rates.
And a nanny working 50 hours/week at $45/hr pre-taxed would equal an agency fee of over $17,000 at the “typical” agency 15% rate.
PLEASE NOTE: Recently, some agencies have started charging parents an additional yearly fee, just to keep their nanny that they already love and are working with. Bay Super Nannies just charges the placement fee one time only, not yearly, and you are welcome to keep your same nanny for several years, with no additional agency fee!
While being a local agency, having lower overhead/smaller staff, and specializing in one need (full time nannies) instead of many different household needs really helps keep costs down, it also really boils down to this:
Parents shouldn’t have to choose between either affordable fees, or great, thoroughly screened nannies and client assistance. They deserve both!
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Reach out today to schedule a free introduction call to share your child care needs: We’ll have an in-depth conversation about your family, schedule, needs and duties, to have your questions answered about the nanny market, typical offers (salary, vacation days, holidays, etc.) and expectations/duties. Together, we can figure out what is important to you and make a “nanny wish list”/job description, to help guide great nanny matches to interview.
Upon registering, tax and legal information and resources are also available, as well as a sample nanny work agreement which you can edit, and sample interview questions as well.
Many parents find that having the free phone consult is the fastest and easiest way to “get the ball rolling” on the search, and get a lot of information on the nanny hiring process as well, with minimal time investment on the parents part!
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In business since 2002, and having placed so many nannies in the past, most nannies come by word of mouth, from other nannies or parents that have had good experiences here. BSN has a strong web presence, and also attracts nannies literally “where the nannies are” – playgrounds, child-care websites, from former clients, etc.
For every 10 nannies that inquire, usually only 1 or 2 meet the qualifications to be screened and referred by Bay Super Nannies. First and foremost, a Bay Super Nannies nanny must genuinely love working with children!
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Nannies typically make $35+hr for one child, and $38-30+/hr for two children, etc. (TAKE HOME, or after taxes are deducted), depending on number of children and duties. Share-care is $42-48+/hr (take home).
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Most full time nanny searches take between 3-6 weeks. Occasionally, a nanny can be placed in as quickly as 1-2 weeks… but this depends on several factors, so best to allow time for a 3-6 week placement process, whenever possible.
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No – BSN ONLY refers live-out nannies (nannies who do not live with their employers)
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No, but check out Bay Area Night Doulas at www.BayAreaNightDoulas.com, a highly recommended collaboration of night doulas – you can book them directly through their group without additional agency fees.
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Not anymore, sorry! (note, occasionally East Bay nannies are available, please call to check, or very occasionally Marin or mid-Peninsula – please call to check)
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No – by focusing on full time nannies ONLY (full time is 38 or more hours per week), BSN can offer a superb selection of carefully screened nannies, and keep fees lower for parents.
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For a nanny-share, BOTH families must complete the registration and then pay a pro-rated registration fee of $37 per nanny candidate per family (up to $225/6 candidates)… the placement fee for each family is $3100 when they hire a BSN nanny after the 10% off discount.
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Please call 650-576-3296, or email info@BaySuperNannies.com, or contact here, to receive a free phone consultation about your child care needs.