au pair
Au pairs live and work for a host family in another country and are usually in charge of taking care of the family's children. They are young individuals, seeking to explore another culture while providing child care services as well as other light housekeeping activities such as cleaning, gardening and shopping.
au pair au pairs live and work for a host family in another country and are usually in charge of taking care of the family's children. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include workplace sanitation, assist children with homework, entertain people, prepare sandwiches, handle chemical cleaning agents.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £24,742 a year for Early education and childcare assistants (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £20,341 to £27,945 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 6111). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Service and sales workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only au pair, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 5. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Psychology
- Education and Training
- Public Safety and Security
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Transportation
- Medicine and Dentistry
What you'd actually do
- Instruct children in safe behavior, such as seeking adult assistance when crossing the street and avoiding contact with unsafe objects.
- Remove hazards and develop appropriate boundaries and rules to create a safe environment for children.
- Perform first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when required.
- Instruct and assist children in the development of health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet behavior.
- Regulate children's rest periods and nap schedules.
- Teach and perform age-appropriate activities, such as lap play, reading, and arts and crafts, to encourage intellectual development of children.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does au pair do?
Au pairs live and work for a host family in another country and are usually in charge of taking care of the family's children. They are young individuals, seeking to explore another culture while providing child care services as well as other light housekeeping activities such as cleaning, gardening and shopping.
What skills does au pair need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include workplace sanitation, assist children with homework, entertain people, prepare sandwiches, handle chemical cleaning agents, promote human rights. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace au pair?
Our AI-durability model gives au pair a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.