Posted on 05/09/2008 12:07:02 PM PDT by PROCON
BOSTON — If a stay-at-home mom could be compensated in dollars rather than personal satisfaction and unconditional love, she'd rake in a nifty sum of nearly $117,000 a year.
That's according to a pre-Mother's Day study released Thursday by Salary.com, a Waltham, Mass.-based firm that studies workplace compensation.
The eighth annual survey calculated a mom's market value by studying pay levels for 10 job titles with duties that a typical mom performs, ranging from housekeeper and day care center teacher to van driver, psychologist and chief executive officer.
This year, the annual salary for a stay-at-home mom would be $116,805, while a working mom who also juggles an outside job would get $68,405 for her motherly duties.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
The way to get moms to stay home is to tax the second income, and stop susidizing child care.
A good mom is worth all the cookies in the world!
I do all that stuff AND work a full time job.
Feel sorry for me.
I am betting your kids haven't got to the teenage years yet...
Did they include nurse? Psychotherapist? Financial adviser?
We home school here, so do we get a teacher's salary on top of the $117k?
Many people are underpaid in their professions.
>>I am betting your kids haven’t got to the teenage years yet...<<
It’s funny, they are 10 & 8. We were sent by my hubby’s work to Vegas last weekend. I have pictures of them hugging and holding hands. People commented on them by saying that they wished their kids could be like that.
It may leave, but I’m gonna love it now!
Gee, I'm going to have to quit my part-time job!
:-)
>>Feel sorry for me.<<
(((hugs)))
My heart goes out to you. Now I need to get onto that Grub-Ex.
How many women carry all of these degrees or licenses? You can't just go into the profession of chauffeur without a chauffeur's license. There are permits and inspections of day care centers and background checks.
Do we want homes so regulated by the State?
Um...they never met my DIL....I think she owes money every year....
The way to “get more Moms to stay home” is to pass a law that nobody of prime breeding age can be allowed to work for wages.
That will get all of them except those who work in the Black Market. It will also convince a lot of working women who like their jobs not to have any children, if that matters to you.
If persuasion doesn’t work, force is always available. And hey, if your intentions are sincere, it’s justified — right?
P.S. I don’t think we could have paid my Mama enough to do what she did for us. If you wrote out the job description, absolutely nobody would take the job.
And you are way fortunate to have had a mom home when you got there each day from your school day.
You know you had a head start on the majority from the get go.
Do you pay the NEA?
As a single dad I do to. Nobody talks about us though or gives us any credit, always the mommies. Oh well.
If SAHM's were a typical liberal bunch, you might be right. But we, on the whole are independent and right thinking women who know better than to let the government get involved in the care of our children.
18 yrs ago I left Corporate America to care for our first child. That time has flown by, and now, having nearly completed an IT training program with the help of a wonderful husband and amazingly level and self-sufficient children, I'm excited to get back into the work world. Being available to my children has been the biggest blessing I could ever ask for. No amount of money would compensate for it.
That’s it. Poison your lawn until it is healthy
This year, the annual salary for a stay-at-home mom would be $116,805.....
I just read that to my husband and he said "Apply for the job." When I responded that I had, 10 years ago he looked at me and matter of factly said "I don't pay worth a damn, do I?"
My husband has a dry sense of humor!
LOL!
Not to slam on moms but even tongue-in-cheek, this is a stupid article.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.