sahm's are worth $138,095 yearly

**MOMMYDEAREST** · 05-03-2007, 07:54 AM

Stay-at-home mother's work worth $138,095 a year Wed May 2, 3:00 PM ET

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.

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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.

Salary.com compiled the online responses of 26,000 stay-at-home mothers and 14,000 mothers who also work outside the home.

(Reporting by Ellen Wulfhorst)

**kabin63** · 05-03-2007, 08:03 AM

Somebody needs to show us the money...he he Seriously, it's nice to know that someone notices the work and appreciates what us SAHM's do. Of course I doubt I would ever see that kind of money just because I stay home and work, but it sure would be nice.