Home-based child care worker Jennie Rivera plays with 2-year-old Jaylin in her apartment, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 in Manhattan. ((AP Photo/Mary Altaffer))By Ben Fractenberg
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — A recent survey revealed that 77 percent of New York City nannies work completely under the table.
The study said that the economy was causing parents to find new ways to save money including avoiding taxes, cutting nannies’ hours and pay. The Park Slope Parents Web site compiled the survey by interviewing 806 of parents across the city.
"It's really unfair because we are taking care of those kids to the best of our ability," 40-year-old Dyker Regis, who looks after two children, told the New York Post. "We need that support from the parents because we're doing a great job. We need a union."
Nannies in Manhattan’s 10013 zip code, which includes SoHo and TriBeCa, earn an average $690 for 45.6 hours of weekly work, according to the study.
Nannies who work on the books average an additional $2 an hour, the Post reported.
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