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Firm says that's fair pay for 94.4-hour workweek
By Mark Jewell
Associated Press
Published on Friday, May 09, 2008
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 http://www.Salary.com, a firm in Waltham, Mass., 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 a 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 workweek'' besides the hours they spent at paying jobs.
Russell agreed 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.''
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.
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