How much would a stay at-home mom's salary be ?

How Much Would A Stay-At-Home Mom's
Salary Be? It's Worth Every Dime!
SAHMs
Stay-At-Home Moms (SAHMs) Remember this next
time anyone asks what you do all day !

Stay-At-Home Moms (SAHMs)
• However you slice it, being a stay-at-home
mom is a round-the-clock job.
• From waking up in the middle of the night
to a hungry baby until the moment all the
little ones are fed, bathed, and sound asleep in
bed, they’re on call for every second of it.

• Due to the many hats they wear on a daily
basis, it’s almost impossible to put a price on
just how much everything they do would be
worth financially in the working world, but a
recent survey tried to figure it out.

• So, how much would a stay-at-home mom’s
salary be if she were actually compensated
for this full-time job?
• Well, some finance experts say she’d be
looking at a six-figure annual salary.

• According to a survey conducted by
Salary.com, a stay-at-home mom’s salary
would be worth $143,102.
• That includes a base salary of $48,509 for the
standard 40-hour work week as well as 52
hours of overtime that equate for the extra
$94,593. And honestly, it’s worth every penny.

• Researchers for the finance site got to these
figures by looking at how 15,000 moms
spent their days and what each of those
responsibilities would be worth as a job on its
own.

• From there, they factored in the average
amount of hours worked within each of
those professions — for example, more than
11 hours a day as a chef whipping up snacks
and meals for the day, nearly five hours as a
judge laying down the law on whichever silly
argument their kids are fired up about today,
and about three hours working as a
psychologist — and crunched the numbers to
get to the well-deserved estimate.

• The modern stay-at-home mom's jobs also consist
of the following:
• housekeeper, athletic trainer, photographer,
social media marketing manager, academic
advisor, tailor, recreational therapist, coach,
tax accountant, school teacher, groundskeeper,
plumber, nutritionist, and nurse. While those
are just a sampling of their many indispensable
responsibilities moms do on a daily basis,
seeing it in writing totally justifies that hefty
income (if it were a reality, of course).

• Whether you're a mom at home with the
kids everything you do is an incredibly
important, and often thankless, job that
shapes how your little ones are raised.
• Even though this is an imaginary salary, those
six figures and the long list of daily tasks
shows just how much stay-at-home moms (and
dads) are absolutely crushing it as parents.

• No one decides to be a stay-at-home mom
for the paycheck—but if we were to earn
one, it would put us in league with some
CEOs. Although it doesn't do much for the
bank account, a survey that calculated what the
average salary would be for a stay-at-home
mom is mighty validating. (Remember this
next time anyone asks what you do all day.)

• According to the latest available data from
Salary.com, stay-at-home moms should earn
upwards of $143,102 per year when you tally
up 40 hours of work plus an average 52
weekly hours of overtime

• The total was determined after polling more than
15,000 mamas on the tasks they devote time to—
including everything from housekeeping to being
an unofficial psychologist to, yes, being a family
CEO.
• The working moms surveyed also reported
working 59 hours per week in the role of
"mom," which should qualify them for a pay-
check of $90,223 on top of what they earn 9 to
5.

• Mom Jackie Semmens says at first she wasn't sure
if the math added up, but when she considered all
the services her partner would have to pay for if
she was gone, the bills would be huge.
• "My husband would need to put the kids in
daycare so that he could return to work. He'd
probably have to hire a housekeeper and, while
I don't think there are any personal chefs for
hire in our small town, he would doubtlessly
spend more money on take-out," Semmens
previously wrote on the subject.

• The other most time-consuming include
cooking (14 hours per week), driving (9
hours), childcare (40 hours) and those
"miscellaneous" tasks that add up to 40 more
hours.

• Because every mama's workload varies,
Salary.com also offers a way to plug in your
own data to calculate what your SAHM
paycheck would be based on how much time
you spend as a de facto nutritionist,
administrative assistant, academic advisor, etc.
• https://swz.salary.com/MomSalaryWizard/Lay
outScripts/mswl_NewSearch.aspx

• Of course, the true payoff of motherhood is
in watching our children grow, learn and
laugh—experiences that are priceless.
• Still, it is nice to have this data to recall on
those days when it seems like you got
"nothing" done.

Case Study: German family policy Pay to stay at home
The government plans a controversial benefit for stay-at-
home mothers
• CRITICS call it a “hearth bonus” or “keep-
your-kids-out-of-school money”. The
government prefers Betreuungsgeld (“child-
care benefit”).
• Few of its ideas are as contentious as a planned
€150 ($199) monthly payment to parents who
do not put their children into crèches.

home mothers

home mothers
• Germany's long-term worries include a
shrinking and ageing population, immigrants
who are not fully integrated into the workforce
and women who are both underemployed and
underpaid. German women work fewer
hours than women in most other OECD
countries Mrs Merkel has tackled some of
these problems in the face of resistance

home mothers
• Her first government (a coalition with the
Social Democrats) introduced “parent pay”, a
salary-linked benefit meant to encourage
women to become mothers without
abandoning their careers.

home mothers
• By helping women to combine motherhood
and career, they relieve skills shortages,
boost growth and reduce inequality between
the sexes.

Case Study:Stay-At-Home Moms Should Earn A
Government-Funded Salary
• I'm going to say something that I think many will
disagree with but it's something I feel pretty
strongly about: I think stay-at-home moms
should earn a government funded salary. Yes,
you read that correctly.
• You see, I grew up with a stay-at-home mom
(SAHM) and she made motherhood look pretty
darn wonderful. But most importantly, she is
probably the single biggest reason I am who I am
today

Case Study:Stay-At-Home Moms Should
Earn A Government-Funded Salary

• She was there when I needed her but she
didn't overstep her boundaries. She was my
mother and my friend, offering advice,
support and encouragement whenever I
needed it. To this day, I still find myself
calling her whenever I need advice or someone
to vent to about marriage, kids or work. I know
she'll answer the phone if I call her at 3 a.m.,
and she'll book the first flight out to my house
if I need her to.

• To puts things in perspective, let's go over a
few interesting facts. Some studies suggest
that moms work the equivalent of 2.5 full-
time jobs. Think about that!

• Whether they are working outside the home or not,
moms have a plethora of job titles and duties that go
beyond most people's daily to do list. In fact,
according to salary.com, a stay-at-home mom should
be earning an annual salary of $143,102. This is
based on moms working 40 regular hours, on top of
52 hours of overtime each week, which doesn't
surprise me at all. Between meal planning and prep,
laundry, running errands, paying bills, taking kids
to and from school, helping with homework, potty
training, housework and everything in between, it's
no wonder many moms rely on Starbucks and Rosé
to get through the week!

• There's no question that moms play an
important role in the lives of their children.
This is especially true during the formative
years. When moms are present in their
children's lives, the children are happier,
healthier and better adjusted.

• SAHMs are a really lonely bunch. Many
experience depression and isolation because
their days are spent caring for everyone
else. Most people don't realize what a big
sacrifice it is for women to stay home with
their children. They give up their careers,
their freedom, their time and their hobbies.
From the time they wake up until the moment
they go to bed, they are doing something for
someone

SAHMs are a really lonely bunch. Many experience
depression and isolation because their days are spent
caring for everyone else

• Raising children is expensive, and that's
exactly why many women choose to stay
home with their kids. By the time you add up
the costs of childcare, a full-time salary often
becomes more like a part-time salary

• And so, I think it's time we put our money
where our mouths are and support other
women; particularly stay-at-home moms. Even
if it's just for the first few years, let's show
them we appreciate and value their hard
work and commitment to family with a tax
funded salary. After all, happy women raise
happy children, who become happy adults;
and that makes for a happy world.

References
• How Much Would A Stay-At-Home Mom's Salary Be? It's Worth
Every Penny
• https://www.romper.com/p/how-much-would-a-stay-at-home-moms-
salary-be-its-worth-every-penny-48148
• How Much Would a Stay-at-Home Mom Be Paid Annually? A Lot!
• https://www.parents.com/baby/all-about-babies/how-much-would-a-
stay-at-home-mom-be-paid-annually-a-lot/
• Moms: We know you’re worth it. But how much is “it” really worth?
• https://www.salary.com/articles/stay-at-home-mom/
• Pay to stay at home
• https://www.economist.com/europe/2012/05/05/pay-to-stay-at-home
• Stay-At-Home Moms Should Earn A $115,000 Salary
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2011/05/02/why-stay-at-
home-moms-should-earn-a-115000-salary/#32020e4675f4

Stay-At-Home Moms Should Earn A

Terminology
• SAHM: "Stay At Home Mom“
• WAHM: “Work-at-home Moms”
• SAHD: “Stay-at-home Dad”

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