House Manager Resources
Interview prep, real pay ranges, trial-day playbooks, and the inside view of how the best house managers operate. Written by the HUM Home placement team — free, forever, yours to keep.
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Stop saying you're "just" a nanny.
Featured
Most house managers do operations-level work but describe it in task-level language. Here's the language shift that gets you the role — and the rate.
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$30–35/hr, decoded
Pay & negotiation
City-by-city pay ranges for full-time, part-time, and live-in roles — drawn from 70+ HUM placements over the last 12 months.
The 20 questions
Interview prep
Pulled from 200+ HUM Home interviews. The questions that trip candidates up — and exactly how to answer each one.
Reading the room
On the job
The best house managers stay steady when the day gets loud. The training, the framing, and the boundary work that gets you there.
Trial day
Career growth
The signals that tell you a family is serious, the system is real, and the role is right. Plus the red flags worth walking away from.
The HomeOS difference
The HUM way
Why the first 90 days look completely different when the family's HomeOS manual is built before you arrive.
Discretion
On the job
Confidentiality isn't a rule — it's the foundation of the relationship. How the best house managers hold the line every day.
Communication
On the job
What to surface, what to hold, and how to keep the principal informed without putting decisions back on their plate.
Mia
The HUM way
What Mia handles, what stays with you, and how to lean on her without losing the human touch families pay for.
First 30 days
Career growth
The questions to ask, the patterns to learn, and the things to leave alone until you've earned the credit.
The HUM Letter
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