The area that is now New Mexico became part of Mexico after the  Mexican War of Independence in 1821. It was ceded to the United  States in 1848 after the Mexican-American Wâ¦ar and the Treaty of  Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Unlike nannies, babysitters often work part-time or on an âas-neededâ basis for several families at a time, and are paid hourly at the end of a shift. Hourly rates are influenced by cost of living and minimum wage laws. According to a 2017 survey of Sittercity babysitters, the U.S. national average is $13.95/hour.
Care.come provides a babysitter pay rate calculator to find out the going rate for sitters in your area. According to the Care.com 2017 Babysitter Survey, the average babysitting rate in 2016 was about $13.97 per hour -- which is up 26 percent from $11.11 per hour in 2010. Care.com found that babysitters in San Jose, CA cost $16.68 per hour, making them most expensive sitters in the country.