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 clipped from news.yahoo.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as a housekeeper, cook and psychologist among other roles, she would earn $138,095 a year, according to research released on Wednesday.
This reflected a 3 percent raise from last year’s $134,121, according to Salary.com Inc, Waltham, Massachusetts-based compensation experts.
The 10 jobs listed as comprising a mother’s work were housekeeper, cook, day care center teacher, laundry machine operator, van driver, facilities manager, janitor, computer operator, chief executive officer and psychologist, it said.
The typical mother puts in a 92-hour work week, it said, working 40 hours at base pay and 52 hours overtime.
A mother who holds full-time job outside the home would earn an additional $85,939 for the work she does at home, Salary.com.
Last year she would have earned $85,876 for her at-home work, it said.
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I’m a stay at home mum, but classed as a wahm – I work at home. In other words I do work other than housework and get paid for it. Best decision I ever made. I’ve brought up a family of 5 daughters and looked after our household in the process. But, I don’t know how I would have managed if I didn’t have that income, coming in – my husband certainly wouldn’t be able to pay me a wage and look after the family financially too.
I think you forgot EMT and in our case, Veterinarian, and Dog Groomer!