Personal Neighborhood Service Providers:
| Home Related Providers | Average Tip/Gift |  Mode |
Superintendent | $112 | $100 |
House Cleaner | $116 |  $100 |
Daytime Doorman | $84 | $100 |
Dog Walker | $95 | $100 |
Occasional Babysitter | $72 | $50 |
Nighttime Doorman | $74 |  $100 |
Porter | $64 | $50 |
Parking Attendant | $47 | $20 |
Hair Stylist | $56 |  $50 |
Package Delivery (non-USPS) | $27 | $20 |
USPS Mail Carrier | $27 | $20 |
New York Sanitation Department Garbage/Truck Recycling | $24 | $20 |
 TOTAL | 771 | -- |
Daycare, Preschool, and K-12 Teachers
· Over eight in ten (84%) give as part of a class gift to their K-12 teachers. Some parents use websites and apps like Frumus, Venmo, Payit2 and Signup Genius to organize and pool donations.
| Type of Teacher | Average Tip/Gift | Mode |
Preschool/Daycare Head Teacher | $57 | $50 |
Preschool/Daycare Secondary Teacher | $45 | $50 |
K-12 Teacher* | $41 | $20 |
Special Services Teacher | $31 | $25 |
Afterschool Service Providers | $40 | -- |
Is it against the DOE to give teachers’ gifts? It is NOT the case that Department of Education K-12 teachers cannot receive gifts. Department of Education policy states: “Teachers may accept class gifts as long as parents are not asked to contribute more than a small amount of money towards the gift and all parents are given an opportunity to sign the card, whether or not they contribute to the gift.” Gifting too much, however, could get your teacher in hot water so avoid that!
*Learn more about holiday gifts for teachers, including do’s and don’ts, in the Park Slope Parents’ website article,How to Thank Teachers at the Holidays & End of the Year.
Nannies
- Virtually everyone (97%) use the holidays as an opportunity to give a yearly bonus and gifts.
- 82% of employers give amounts incremental to a week’s pay. Of these, 80% give a week’s pay, 19% give two week’s pay, and 1% give three week’s pay.
- The average end-of-year bonus a nanny will receive is $762.
- *A third (35%) of Brooklyn families with a nanny also give a non-monetary gift as well as a bonus.
Nanny Situation | Average Amount 2017 | Average Amount 2016 | Average Amount 2015 | Average Amount 2014 |
Full time (over 40 hours/week) (56% of respondents) | $1032 | $969 | $832 | $1005 |
Part-time (16-40 hours) (26% of respondents) | $551 | $540 | $487 | $597 |
Part-time (up to 15 hours) (18% of respondents) | $215 | $284 | $241 | $167 |
OVERALL Average for Nanny | $762 | $760 | $724* | $623 |
Range $40 - $3,000.
METHODOLOGY:
503 responses were collected from November 17 - December 10th, 2016 via an online survey program (surveymonkey.com). The survey was distributed online through the Park Slope Parents website, their email groups and social media outlets, online blogs, and other online parenting/ neighborhood groups. The results are based on tips and gifts in Brooklyn only.
ABOUT PARK SLOPE PARENTS
• Park Slope Parents (PSP) is a community in Brooklyn, NY of more than 6,000 local families who offer each other support and community throughout the parenting experience.
• PSP online resources include a public website with member reviews and parenting advice, online forums including an Advice List (exchanging information about parenting and community issues), a Classifieds list (a local buy/sell/trade group for swapping kid gear and finding nannies), and a Career Networking Group which connects parents to jobs and professional resources. It also has over 75 subgroups including pregnancy and new parent, dads, working moms, bilingual, industry-related career, and more.
• PSP offers offline, in-person events including parenting workshops, clothing swaps, community fundraisers, and networking events.
• PSP also partners with nonprofits such as the Brooklyn Family Justice Center, Little Essentials, Sheltering Arms, and Lantern Community Services to provide donations to those in need.
• PSP also sponsors community events such as the Celebrate Brooklyn Concerts and Brooklyn Volunteer Fair.
• Park Slope Parents is open to all parents in Brooklyn and requires an annual membership fee (to support ongoing services like this Holiday Tips Survey). Membership includes discounts to more than 500 curated local products and services.
• Parents of school aged children who live in Park Slope or the surrounding neighborhoods can apply for membership here: http://parkslopeparents.
