Happy Mothers' Day: Your check is in the mail
The folks at Salary.com have calculated a fair salary for stay-at-home moms, based on the following formula:
The Stay-at-Home Mom's Salary
Mom base pay for 40 hours = $45,697
Mom Overtime 51.6 hours = $88,424
Total Mom Salary for 91.6 hours/week = $134,121
(Average hours of sleep = 6.7 hours/day)
So, as my civic duty and as a special thank you to all you unpaid, underappreciated stay-at-home moms who visit my blog, Dr. P is sending each of you a check for $134,121, which is in the mail.
Even more important (in case your check gets lost somehow), I want to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all of you moms (stay-at-home, working, or any combination thereof) engaged in the toughest and most underappreciated job I know: raising healthy and happy 21st century kids.
All the best from Dr. P.
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The Stay-at-Home Mom's Salary
- Housekeeper for 22.1 hours/week = $10,980 / year
- Day Care Center Teacher for 15.7 hours/week = $10,817
- Cook for 13.6 hours/week = $10,862
- Computer Operator for 9.1 hours/week = $7,151
- Laundry Machine Operator for 6.7 hours/week = $3,133
- Janitor for 6.3 hours/week = $3,713
- Facilities Manager for 5.8 hours/week = $11,508
- Van Driver for 4.2 hours/week = $3,334
- CEO for 4.2 hours/week = $35,971
- Psychologist for 3.9 hours/week = $7,176
Mom base pay for 40 hours = $45,697
Mom Overtime 51.6 hours = $88,424
Total Mom Salary for 91.6 hours/week = $134,121
(Average hours of sleep = 6.7 hours/day)
So, as my civic duty and as a special thank you to all you unpaid, underappreciated stay-at-home moms who visit my blog, Dr. P is sending each of you a check for $134,121, which is in the mail.
Even more important (in case your check gets lost somehow), I want to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all of you moms (stay-at-home, working, or any combination thereof) engaged in the toughest and most underappreciated job I know: raising healthy and happy 21st century kids.
All the best from Dr. P.
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3 Comments:
Few factoid stories have gotten as much play as this one. It's easy to see why: $130K is a boat-load of money!
So let me ask you this: why do so many mothers go to work full-time for less than $130K?
At least two answers suggest themselves to me:
1. It's a meaningless calculation with no correlate in the real world; or
2. "Real" work is much easier than staying home, and the $130K just isn't worth it to today's mom.
Depending on your socio-economic position, one or other answer, or a combination of the two, seems to explain a fair amount of the working-mother phenomenon.
Happy Mother's Day to my stay-at-home-wife/mother!
best,
Flea
Wait a minute... don't you need a degree to practice as a psychologist? And don't you need quite a lot of business experience to be a CEO? Hmmm... Well, I did a study of my own!
Isn't Stay-at-home PARENT more politically correct nowadays? I guess Stay-at-home Dads aren't worth mentioning, even though either gender is capable. Gotta love reverse discrimination.
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