Au pairs in the U.K. usually work around 30 hours per week and receive in exchange free room and board, meals, and £70-100/week. In addition, many host families will cover their au pair’s cost of travelling locally, pay the au pair’s phone plan, and pay for their language classes. Nationality: Australian. Au Pairing in: UK. “You should ask them to give you a brief timetable of what your week would be like and you should also ask what your hours would be, as in are they flexible hours or set hours (lots of au pairs I meet are always confused as to why everyone has different hours).”. 5. Norway. Pocket Money per Month: 5400NOK ($636) As an au pair in Norway, your host family should afford you the opportunity to attend a Norwegian language course. Coming to Norway, you must be An au pair is a young person between the ages of 18 and 30, single and without children, who travels to a foreign country for a defined period of time to live with a host family. As an au pair you take on a role as a member of the family and help your host family with childcare and light housework. In return, your receive free room and board It is an incentive for your Au Pair to stay for her entire placement and it is extra spending money for your Au Pair to use for travelling. A completion bonus of $500.00 is provided and paid for by the host family when your Au Pair completes a 10 month + placement. lepA.