Stay-at-home mom’s work worth $138,095
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Stay-at-home mom’s work worth $138,095
Annual amount she’d earn as a housekeeper, cook and psychologist
NEW YORK - If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as a housekeeper, cook and psychologist among other roles, she would earn $138,095 a year, according to research released Wednesday.
This reflected a 3 percent raise from last year’s $134,121, according to Salary.com Inc , Waltham, Massachusetts-based compensation experts.
The 10 jobs listed as comprising a mother’s work were housekeeper, cook, day care center teacher, laundry machine operator, van driver, facilities manager, janitor, computer operator, chief executive officer and psychologist, it said.
The typical mother puts in a 92-hour work week, it said, working 40 hours at base pay and 52 hours overtime.
A mother who holds full-time job outside the home would earn an additional $85,939 for the work she does at home, Salary.com.
Last year she would have earned $85,876 for her at-home work, it said.
Salary.com compiled the online responses of 26,000 stay-at-home mothers and 14,000 mothers who also work outside the home.
Stay-at-home mom’s work worth $138,095
Annual amount she’d earn as a housekeeper, cook and psychologist
NEW YORK - If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as a housekeeper, cook and psychologist among other roles, she would earn $138,095 a year, according to research released Wednesday.
This reflected a 3 percent raise from last year’s $134,121, according to Salary.com Inc , Waltham, Massachusetts-based compensation experts.
The 10 jobs listed as comprising a mother’s work were housekeeper, cook, day care center teacher, laundry machine operator, van driver, facilities manager, janitor, computer operator, chief executive officer and psychologist, it said.
The typical mother puts in a 92-hour work week, it said, working 40 hours at base pay and 52 hours overtime.
A mother who holds full-time job outside the home would earn an additional $85,939 for the work she does at home, Salary.com.
Last year she would have earned $85,876 for her at-home work, it said.
Salary.com compiled the online responses of 26,000 stay-at-home mothers and 14,000 mothers who also work outside the home.
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Honestly, I question that amount. I think it's exaggerated and not really an accurate reflection.
I'm a single person and I do all the housework, yardwork and automotive care in addition to my fulltime job. Does that mean I can add my current salary to that of a housekeeper, gardener and mechanic? Oh wait, I also handle all the finances so I need to add the salary of a banker to that as well.
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i do all the same stuff because my childs mother doesnt live with us....they shouldnt assume its just females....
but ya the figures a lil outrageous....
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Still, the work that stay-at-home parents do is undervalued. I never could understand why it's a choice that's looked down upon by so many.
Annual amount he’d earn as a sprinter, gigolo and race car driver.
NEW YORK - If the typical deadbead dad in the United States were paid for his work as a sprinter, gigolo and race car driver among other roles, he would earn $240,000 a year, according to research released Wednesday.
The 10 jobs listed as comprising a dead beat dad's work were gigolo, day care center "crossing guard", laundry machine operator, sprinter, anonymous white van driver, sperm donor, hotel room maid, computer stalker, advertising director and state-funded institution patient, it said.
The typical dead beat dad puts in a 168-hour work week, it said, working 40 hours at base pay and 128 hours overtime.....
Prevail-regardless what the cost might be
Power-flows inside of me, you can't bring me
Never-fall as long as I try
Refuse-to be a part of your lie
Even-if it means I die, you can't bring me
You...can't...bring...me...down!
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Exactly...which is why they bother to put out this silly blurb every year. If you put a big monetary value on something, people pay attention to it. Unfortuantely, in this case, I think it can have the opposite effect: it just makes people roll their eyes.
Stay-at-home parents do work hard and don't get enough credit, but luckily we aren't in it for the money.
Tons? Really? I'm not questioning that there are mothers out there who have abandoned their children and never looked back, but the burden of single parenting falls on mothers far more often, hence the constant references to deadbeat dads. It's an epidemic among some communities.
i will take 75 % for you having sex and being unfaithful with the cable repair man... YOU BITCH!
I definitely do not look down on stay at home parents whatsoever. It's a very noble "occupation" that I respect. That being said, this "value" is completely bogus as we've said.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
there are a lot more dead beat mothers than you think...in my city alone off the top of my head i can think of at least 20 guys that have their kids cause the mothers cant seem to grow up and think its still party time all the time....or theyre addicts.....and we only have like 100 000 people...
Prevail-regardless what the cost might be
Power-flows inside of me, you can't bring me
Never-fall as long as I try
Refuse-to be a part of your lie
Even-if it means I die, you can't bring me
You...can't...bring...me...down!
I agree that the "value" is bogus. It's just a silly way to grab some attention, but like I said, it backfires.
That said, if today someone hands me a check for $138,095, I won't turn it down.
My brother is one who has raised his daughter the whole time without financial help from the mother (who had another child about 4 years later with someone else and has raised that one with its father). He's afraid to go to court to ask for help because he thinks the mother will request, and be granted, custody.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I'm sure there are many. It's just that the "deadbeat dad" scenario is far more prevalent, and that's the reason for the constant references to it.
Plus, "deadbeat dad" has alliteration, and you know how journalists love to trot that out. "Deadbeat mom" doesn't sound nearly as snazzy.
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I wonder if this could be looked at as a 'donation of time', a kind of charity work and be used as a 'write-off' for taxes?
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It certainly should be!
taking away the ceo and psychologist, what is their work worth? im curious what just the labor value of a stay-home mom is, cos i like to think even go-to-work dads handle psychologist and ceo responsibilities at home if they have ANY involvement in their family's lives.
Yeah, the article is one-sided. There are certainly more stay-at-home moms, but more dads are performing this roll everyday. What about the family with two working parents? In my family, both my husband and I work and divide the 'stay at home' duties (although, I have to admit, my husband may do more when you add yard work to that list). I think articles like this promote a negative slant.
And to your question, what is their work really worth? Male or female, I would say their worth is priceless.
but the illusion of knowledge.
~Daniel Boorstin
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~Albert Einstein
My dad was a stay at home dad. What's the average salary for a professional drinker these days?
"Priceless" is actually the operative word here. This article hinges entirely on Marxian economics and its Labor Theory of Value. And that theory is, well, stupid
im not talking about sexism or anything. im just plain curious what the labor done by a stay-home parent would be worth if all those services had to be done by paid help.
I didn't research the article or anything, but my assumption was someone did just that, placed a labor value on all the 'stay at home' stuff. I might be wrong.
but the illusion of knowledge.
~Daniel Boorstin
Only a life lived for others is worth living.
~Albert Einstein
Ask any single parent who outsources the labor of the missing parent. Take the price of daycare, cleaning, and cooking, and add them together. I'd guess about $500 / week, which would amount to about $26k / year.
i know, but they added in psychologist and ceo salaries, which would really inflate the total and isn't really labor. plus, like i said, i like to think the working parent does just as much of those jobs if they're at all involved in the family life. i think the purpose of this article is to combat notions that there's only one "working" parent and the other is just sitting home living off the other's work and playing with children all day. im curious what the actual market value of the cooking, cleaning, day care, etc would be... without the shrink/exec stuff padding it. im sure it's a lot. just my idle curiosity.
the single parents i know all rely on the help of relatives and whatnot to offset the costs of daycare and do all cooking and housework themselves... they can't afford to hire someone to cook their meals. im talking more about a middle class family where the working parent makes a healthy salary while the other parent maintains a certain standard of living (home cooked meals, not fast food, real personal supervision, not a day care) im sure that data is in their study, im just curious what it is. ive never hired a cooking or cleaning service, so i have no clue what that costs
I imagine you would be in the 'red' with a professional drinker as you might incur additional expenses. Personally, I am wondering what the going salary for a procrastinator is?
but the illusion of knowledge.
~Daniel Boorstin
Only a life lived for others is worth living.
~Albert Einstein
Hehe....probably $0.