Six Figure Salary for Being a Mom

Wouldn't it be nice to be compensated for raising healthy, productive children which in and of itself is an invaluable contribution to society! Came upon this interesting tidbit today from salary.com. They do an annual market valuation of a mother's work that asks how much a mother would be paid if she did all of these things we do in the world of real paychecks.

They surveyed 400 stay-at-home and working mothers and broke it out into 10 major categories of work: Housekeeper, Cook, Day Care Center Teacher, Laundry Machine Operator, CEO, Facility Manager, Van Driver, Psychologist, Computer Operator and Janitor. Then they determined the competitive market value that an employer would pay for a blend of those 10 jobs seven days a week and came up with a salary on the high end of $132,121 a year! (that was for the the stay-at-home mothers who clocked in a whopping 92 hours a week performing those jobs...!) WOW. The actual salary range was from $85k - $134k depending on where you live and how many hours you work outside the home. Working mothers reported working an average of 44 hours a week at their jobs away from home.

If you want to find out how much a mother might get paid in different parts of the country, go to the Mom Salard Wizard.