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Title: $117,000 Worth of Mom
Post by: Townhallsavoy on May 11, 2008, 03:49:19 PM: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/362579_momsalary10.html

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Study says stay-at-home family CEO is worth $117,000
If Mom drew a paycheckTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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.

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."
Title: Re: $117,000 Worth of Mom
Post by: CCTAU on May 12, 2008, 01:49:30 PM: It's all bon-bons and soap operas....
Title: Re: $117,000 Worth of Mom
Post by: Tarheel on May 12, 2008, 07:20:21 PM: Quote from: CCTAU on May 12, 2008, 01:49:30 PM
It's all bon-bons and soap operas....

sounds like Peg Bundy...
Title: Re: $117,000 Worth of Mom
Post by: Jumbo on May 13, 2008, 04:29:26 AM: Quote from: Tarheel on May 12, 2008, 07:20:21 PM
sounds like Peg Bundy...
I always thought Peg was hott as hell.
Title: Re: $117,000 Worth of Mom
Post by: Tiger Six on May 13, 2008, 02:04:07 PM: :idhitit:
Title: Re: $117,000 Worth of Mom
Post by: Tarheel on May 13, 2008, 02:14:50 PM: Quote from: Pale Rider on May 13, 2008, 02:04:07 PM
:idhitit:

Yeah. I probably would too.
Title: Re: $117,000 Worth of Mom
Post by: Jumbo on May 14, 2008, 02:39:39 AM: Quote from: Pale Rider on May 13, 2008, 02:04:07 PM
:idhitit:
She has huge tracks of land!
Title: Re: $117,000 Worth of Mom
Post by: Buzz Killington on May 14, 2008, 08:53:54 AM: Quote from: jumbo on May 14, 2008, 02:39:39 AM
She has huge tracks of land!
One day, lad, all this will be yours.
Title: Re: $117,000 Worth of Mom
Post by: wesfau on May 14, 2008, 08:57:39 AM: Peg was a sloppy depraved lump.

My kind of girl.
Title: Re: $117,000 Worth of Mom
Post by: Jumbo on May 15, 2008, 02:40:46 AM: Quote from: Hugh Jass on May 14, 2008, 08:53:54 AM
One day, lad, all this will be yours.

but I just want to dance.