Stay-at-home mom’s work worth $138,095

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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    SuzannePjam wrote:
    And I work on top of my mom jobs. I'm worth a fortune! :D

    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.

    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.
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    soulsinging wrote:
    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.
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
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  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,701
    baraka wrote:
    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.

    My dad was a stay at home dad. What's the average salary for a professional drinker these days?
    And to your question, what is their work really worth? Male or female, I would say their worth is priceless.

    "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 ;)
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    baraka wrote:
    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.

    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.
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    soulsinging wrote:
    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.
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,701
    soulsinging wrote:
    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.

    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.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    baraka wrote:
    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.

    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.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    farfromglorified wrote:
    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.

    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 ;)
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    farfromglorified wrote:
    My dad was a stay at home dad. What's the average salary for a professional drinker these days?

    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?
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,701
    baraka wrote:
    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?

    Hehe....probably $0.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,701
    soulsinging wrote:
    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 ;)

    The data in their study is nothing more than the average salaries of the various positions. It's a press-release they do every year to get their name out there.
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Hehe....probably $0.
    That is correct. I am a world-class procrastinator, so I know. I've been unable to find anyone willing to pay me a damn thing for my finely honed skills.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    baraka wrote:
    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?

    just let me crunch the numbers for you... but i cant do it until tomorrow...
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    farfromglorified wrote:
    The data in their study is nothing more than the average salaries of the various positions. It's a press-release they do every year to get their name out there.

    i know, im just wondering what that number is minus the ceo/shrink part. or if there is a link to their actual data.
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    soulsinging wrote:
    just let me crunch the numbers for you... but i cant do it until tomorrow...

    For a procrastinator?!? I'll wait with bated breath......
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    There's no price on being alive...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Without hijacking, on the subject of "deadbeat dads", in Australia the current " not the real father anyway" rate for men paying child support is 20% of those tested.

    I'm not a fan of DNA tests, they destroy any possible relaitonship a father and child has, and do not replace it with one from the real father.

    They do tell us a lot, however, about teh extent of our social problems, and that bad behaviour is not exclusive to men !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    In that wages figue, did they by asny chance take out her business expenses, rent, shoe allowance, make-up, every cup of coffe smoeone made her etce tecet c
    Music is not a competetion.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    hippiemom wrote:
    That is correct. I am a world-class procrastinator, so I know. I've been unable to find anyone willing to pay me a damn thing for my finely honed skills.


    http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k16/cutback32/random/Procrastination.jpg

    :p
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    lucylespian wrote:
    Without hijacking, on the subject of "deadbeat dads", in Australia the current " not the real father anyway" rate for men paying child support is 20% of those tested.

    I'm not a fan of DNA tests, they destroy any possible relaitonship a father and child has, and do not replace it with one from the real father.

    Call me crazy...but maybe try to remember who you fuck eh?

    those Jerry Springer paternity shows are hilarious...and sad.. 6 guys later...nope...

    holy...how muck cock do some women need??
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Call me crazy...but maybe try to remember who you fuck eh?

    those Jerry Springer paternity shows are hilarious...and sad.. 6 guys later...nope...

    holy...how muck cock do some women need??

    Sad...................... cos out the back is some sad faced little kid wondering just who they are WTF is going on. What chance of a balanced upbringing there. Imagne the 21st party...............................oh yeah and remember the time you were on TV, hahahah, remember they couldn't find your father, hahahahah, tried ten different blokes, and then everyone knew your mother was a whore, never need to wonder. What a proud moment.


    Fuck me, do you think we have even begun to drink from that cup ?????????????????
    Music is not a competetion.

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