Cindy Hamilton wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 2:25:17 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:32:39 -0700, la llorona > wrote:
> >
> > > jmcquown wrote:
> > >> On 12/24/2015 1:14 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > >>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 03:42:08 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > >>> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > >>>> On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 10:43:26 PM UTC-5,
> > Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > > > > >
> > >>>>> $10/hr for minimum wage entry level jobs for a person with
> > minimal >>>>> education and no skills is darn good money... how
> > much would you pay >>>>> for someone to sweep your floors, dust
> > your shelves, and retrieve >>>>> shopping carts...
> > > > > >
> > >>>> I pay my housecleaner about $40 per hour. Cash.
> > > > >
> > >>> I don't believe you.
> > > > >
> > >> It really doesn't matter what you believe.
> > > >
> > >> Jill
> > >
> > > Why does it matter to you?
> > >
> > > Did Cindy tip you too?
> >
> > If I were paid $40/hr to clean a house I'd bust my butt to make it
> > spotless, I'd even work overtime for straight pay; I'd launder
> > clothes, detail your car, scrub bathrooms, I'd even clean your cat's
> > litter pans and cook for you too, same as everything I do at home,
> > for $40/hr I'd mow your lawn and trim m'lady's bush! LOL
> > Around here people get paid between $10-$15 an hour to clean house.
>
> Prices for everything are much higher here, including housecleaning.
> The average price per square foot of single-family housing in Ann
> Arbor is $180. How does that compare with your area?
>
> The deal is, she cleans $80 worth. Kitchen, bath, cleaning the
> hardwood floors, vacuuming the area rugs, and dusting. In that order
> of priority. No overtime, except by prior arrangement.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

40$ an hour at 40 hours a week is 83,200$ a year before tax.

If it helps, it's 8$ an hour here.

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