Aunt Ann's In-House Staffing
Since 1958San Francisco, CA
A family-run San Francisco nanny and household staffing agency serving Bay Area families since 1958, with no registration fee.
United States · Updated 13 Nov 2026
Nanny agencies in California
California has the largest nanny markets on the West Coast, led by Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Orange County and San Diego, and its own overtime rules for nannies under the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights.
Counties
Los Angeles County9,848,406 residents · 85 townsSan Diego County3,282,782 residents · 28 townsOrange County3,164,063 residents · 36 townsSanta Clara County1,903,297 residents · 16 townsAlameda County1,651,949 residents · 16 townsContra Costa County1,161,458 residents · 26 townsSan Francisco County836,321 residents · 0 townsSan Mateo County745,100 residents · 19 townsMarin County258,765 residents · 10 towns
Popular towns
Agencies serving California
Town + Country Resources
Since 1982Palo Alto, CA
A household staffing agency founded in Palo Alto in 1982, placing nannies, newborn care specialists and estate staff in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Austin, Dallas and beyond.
A career-nanny agency in Los Angeles and New York City, with a published 20% placement fee.
A Los Angeles agency that also runs nationwide searches, with published placement fees.
New York, NY
A household staffing agency with offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, London and Dubai, placing nannies, newborn care specialists and governesses.
Los Angeles, CA
A Los Angeles nanny agency placing full-time nannies, rota nannies and newborn care specialists across LA and Orange County, and nationwide.
National, local offices
A national nanny and babysitting company with local offices, including Westchester, Fairfield County, San Diego, Austin, Dallas and Houston (Bellaire).
Morgan & Mallet
Since 2015New York, NY
An international household staffing agency with US offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami.
OC Nannies & Newport Domestics
Since 1983Newport Beach, CA
An Orange County domestic staffing agency placing nannies, governesses, baby nurses and household staff in Southern California since 1983.
TLC Domestic Agency
Since 1983San Francisco, CA
A San Francisco Bay Area domestic agency placing nannies, mother's helpers, doulas and household staff since 1983.
Rules for families in California
- California's statewide minimum wage is $16.90 an hour from 1 January 2026. Many cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego, set a higher local minimum: check your city's rate. Source: California Department of Industrial Relations
- Under California's Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, nannies who work as personal attendants (mainly supervising, feeding and caring for children) must be paid 1.5 times their regular rate for hours over 9 in a day or 45 in a week, including live-in nannies. Live-out nannies are also covered by the federal 40-hour overtime rule. Source: California Labor Commissioner: Domestic Worker Bill of Rights
- Household employers in California must register with the Employment Development Department (EDD) once they pay $750 or more in cash wages in a quarter; State Disability Insurance is withheld from that point, and unemployment tax applies from $1,000 a quarter. Source: California EDD: Household employers
- If you pay a household employee $3,000 or more in cash wages in 2026, you must withhold and pay Social Security and Medicare taxes (7.65% from you and 7.65% from the nanny). Source: IRS Topic 756
- Nannies who don't live in your home must be paid overtime at 1.5 times their regular rate for hours over 40 a week; live-in nannies are exempt from federal overtime, but not from minimum wage. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #79B