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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 2021
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 10:05 am: | 
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I was only a full-time "stay-at-home" Mom for a couple of years, but this still hit home for me. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18466753?GT1=9951
NEW YORK - If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as housekeeper, cook and psychologist among other roles, she would would earn $138,095 a year, according to research released 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.
Salary.com compiled the online responses of 26,000 stay-at-home mothers and 14,000 mothers who also work outside the home.
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 4682
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 11:28 am: |
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It doesn't really matter what she's worth if she's not getting paid  |
Moonsigns
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Username: Moonsigns
Post Number: 1909
Registered: 07-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 01:55 pm: |
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I believe it!
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Fortified
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Username: Fortified
Post Number: 481
Registered: 04-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 08:07 pm: |
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Mzuri said:
It doesn't really matter what she's worth if she's not getting paid
I know right! The benefits are certainly not guaranteed with that job! |
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