Au Pair Wages & Hours
Once you've enrolled in one of our programmes, we provide you
with everything you need to make life easy with your au pair.
Whether it's an employment agreement or support around childcare
subsidies, our expertise means you don't have to worry about
the little things. As part of our service, we have developed the
net wage schedule below for our families to follow.
| Weekly hours |
Au Pair 123 |
Au Pair Whiz |
Au Pair Assist |
Au Pair Mate |
| 25 hours |
- |
- |
$180 |
$180 |
| 30 hours |
$190 |
$270 |
$190 |
$190 |
| 35 hours |
$200 |
$290 |
$200 |
$200 |
| 40 hours |
$210 |
$310 |
$210 |
$210 |
| 45 hours |
$230 |
$330 |
$230 |
$230 |
All figures in the above table are exclusive of PAYE tax and any
applicable ACC levies. Your au pair's weekly wage is supplemented
by a board and lodging component - part of the total taxable
package provided to your au pair, on which PAYE is calculated.
Visit our Compare
Programmes, Your Tax Obligations or the Employer
Responsibilities sections of our website for more information.
Of course, you can always decide to simply leave the hard work to
us by registering for our PayLink
Payroll service!
Completion bonus
As a host family with Au Pair Link, you are also required to pay
a completion bonus to your au pair. The completion bonus is paid by
the host family to your au pair in recognition of successfully
completing their fixed term employment with you - and as a
contribution toward your au pair's flight home. The completion
bonus amounts to $20 net per week, prorated across the length of
the placement term. For example, for a 12 month placement term the
net completion bonus is $1,040.00 ($20 x 52 weeks). Our PayLink
Payroll service can take care of this for you as well, helping
to spread the payments weekly.