not this cute anymore!THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in BOSTON says that a stay-at-home family CEO is worth $117,000. The article reads-
IF MOM DREW A PAYCHECK
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.
One stay-at-home mom said the six-figure salary sounds a little low.
"I think a lot of people think we sit at home and have a lot of fun and don't do a lot of work," said Samantha Russell, a Fremont, N.H., mother who left her job as pastry chef to raise two boys, ages 2 and 4. "But they should try cleaning their house with little kids running around and messing it up right after them."
The biggest driver of a mom's theoretical salary is the amount of overtime pay she'd receive for working more than 40 hours a week.
The 18,000 moms surveyed about their typical week reported working 94.4 hours -- meaning they'd be spending more than half their working hours on overtime.
Working moms reported an average 54.6-hour "mom work week" besides the hours they spent at paying jobs.
Russell agreed that her job as a stay-at-home mom is more than full-time. But she said her "job" brings intangible benefits she wouldn't enjoy in the workplace.
"The rewards aren't monetary, but it's a reward knowing that they're safe and happy," Russell said of her sons. "It's worth it all."
After reading this article, I think we should bump up my life insurance policy because if I die, Aaron will have to fork out some major dough for someone else to do my job.
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.
One stay-at-home mom said the six-figure salary sounds a little low.
"I think a lot of people think we sit at home and have a lot of fun and don't do a lot of work," said Samantha Russell, a Fremont, N.H., mother who left her job as pastry chef to raise two boys, ages 2 and 4. "But they should try cleaning their house with little kids running around and messing it up right after them."
The biggest driver of a mom's theoretical salary is the amount of overtime pay she'd receive for working more than 40 hours a week.
The 18,000 moms surveyed about their typical week reported working 94.4 hours -- meaning they'd be spending more than half their working hours on overtime.
Working moms reported an average 54.6-hour "mom work week" besides the hours they spent at paying jobs.
Russell agreed that her job as a stay-at-home mom is more than full-time. But she said her "job" brings intangible benefits she wouldn't enjoy in the workplace.
"The rewards aren't monetary, but it's a reward knowing that they're safe and happy," Russell said of her sons. "It's worth it all."
After reading this article, I think we should bump up my life insurance policy because if I die, Aaron will have to fork out some major dough for someone else to do my job.
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7 comments:
Horray! I am always telling Scott he can't afford me...now I have proof! :)
I've read that before and love it! I loved these last posts, Janet. I mean, I love every post you put on here...but I really love what you wrote about Mother's Day. I totally agree that we deserve it! Aaron is a hoot, he had ME laughing too.
It is cool that you get to be a stay at home mom. I am jealous. I guess everybody can't be married to a handsome attorney :)
I think I have to stay off your blog for a while so that I can recoup from all the guilt I have for being a working mother...
I think if me staying home was an actual paid position, I would have been fired a long time ago! (This said after eating a dinner of frozen pot pies, little bits of snacks all over the carpet downstairs, several dirty diapers upstairs that need to be taken downstairs, Vaughn running around in his swimming suit for a few hours today and eating a bomb pop right before dinner, and me upstairs blogging while Rick puts Vaughn to bed). :-) Gotta love it though!
Sorry janet, I am posting this post for Dee up there...
Don't ever feel guilty for working and providing for your family. You are doing what you have to do to make your family work-I think working moms have it 10x harder than us moms who stay at home...you have all the stress we do feeding kids, keeping house, playtime, being a good mom...with the added stress of keeping your job, being ontime, arriving without stains all over your clothes, dealing with stupid people, and a boss- if anyone deserves a star it is for sure all those working moms!
Diddo Steph. My hat goes off to all working moms for ALL they do!
Stephanie- I love you! How did you sum it all up so perfectly? How did you know I have to work with stupid people and boss...and about the daily struggle with stains on the clothes...You are great- lets blog...
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