Are You Making What You Are Really Worth?

Stay-at-home mothers wear many hats. They're the family CEO, the day care provider, accountant, chauffeur, counselor, chef, nurse, laundress, entertainer, personal stylist, and educator. Based on a 100-hour work week, Salary.com has estimated that a fair wage for the typical stay-at-home mom would be $134,121 in 2006 for executing all of her daily tasks while working moms would earn $85,876 annually for the "mom job" portion of their salary in addition to their actual "work job" salary.

Salary.com consulted both Working Moms and Stay-At-Home Moms to determine the top 10 jobs that make up a Mom's job description and created charts based on those job titles.

Stay At Home Mom's Salary
Mom Job Title
Hours/Week
Mom's Salary
Housekeeper
22.1
$10,980
Day Care Center Teacher
15.7
$10,817
Cook
13.6
$10,862
Computer Operator
9.1
$7,151
Laundry Machine Operator
6.7
$3,133
Janitor
6.3
$3,713
Facilities Manager
5.8
$11,508
Van Driver
4.2
$3,334
CEO
4.2
$35,971
Psychologist
3.9
$7,176
Total Hours
91.6
$104,646
 
Mom Base Pay
40
$45,697
Mom Overtime Hours
51.6
$88,424
 
Total Mom Salary
91.6
$134,121
Average Hours of Sleep
6.7

Try the Mom Salary Wizard to create your own "mom paycheck" and hypothetical pay stub based on your location and hours worked in each of the 10 roles.