As we close in on Mother's Day, it's time to look - again - at what a SAHM (Stay-At-Home Mom) should be paid for being a momma... 🤔💸 Over the years, many groups have tried to figure out how much moms should earn for the 18 or so jobs they do in the course of a day. Salary.com says moms should get $184,820! 😲💰 While you can't really put a dollar amount on the love and nurturing moms provide, economists say you can use Labor Department data to figure the market value for the work moms do. 📊📈
According to the American Time Use Survey, the average married mother who isn't employed outside the home and has a child under age 18 spends around 6.4-hours a day on childcare and household-related tasks. 🏡👶 Here's a breakdown of how that time is spent and how much stay-at-home moms would get based on the average pay for those jobs:
🍼 Child care - 2.63 hours: At $13.22 per hour (average day care services wage), it comes to $34.77 a day.
🧹 Housework - 1.57 hours: At $14.40 per hour (median housekeepers wage), moms would earn $22.61 a day for cleaning.
🍳 Food prep and cleanup - 1.79 hours: At $24.11 per hour (average chef wage), they'd make $43.16 a day for cooking.
🚗 Travel related to kids - 0.31 hours: At $18.05 per hour (average passenger vehicle drivers wage), moms would get $5.59 a day for driving their kids.
🌿 Lawn and garden care - 0.10 hours: At $17.26 per hour (grounds maintenance workers wage), a mom would get $1.73 for lawn work.
Adding all that pay up for 365 days a year would give moms an annual salary of $39,368.90. 💵📅 But let's be real, do these amounts of time seem low to you? How many jobs do you feel like you do in a day as a mom? What do you spend the most time on? Share your thoughts in the comments below! 👇🗣️
Let's celebrate our amazing moms this Mother's Day and show them just how much we appreciate their hard work! 💖👩👧👦 Don't forget to share, like, and comment on this post to spread the love! 💌👍 #MothersDay #StayAtHomeMoms #SuperMoms #SalaryForMoms