Please Don’t Give Me a Fake Paycheck for Mother’s Day
The work of a Stay at Home Mom now equates to an annual income of $122,732. This is based on a survey of over 12,000 mothers on salary.com. They also based this number on how much it would cost to outsource 10 typical job functions of a mother: housekeeper, day care center teacher, cook, computer operator, facilities manager, van driver, psychologist, laundry machine operator, janitor and chief executive officer.
On mom.salary.com users can calculate for themselves how much a mom’s job is worth. And then, guess what? The user can print out a “pay check” and an Earning Statement and give it to their mom for Mother’s Day. For real? This is exactly what every mother wants for Mother’s Day - a piece of paper that doesn’t really have any value. (Of course, if this was a real check then I would be happy to receive it.)
The check is nice sentiment if the number on the check was 1 Zillion dollars or something else equally cute to show that your mom is worth more than current than current market trends. There is no number that can be applied to the value of a mother’s love for her children.
* My check is only worth $115,757 because of where I live in Texas.
What do you think of Salary.com’s assessment of the value of a mother’s work?
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