The Value Of A Stay-At-Home Mom Isn't What You Would Think At All - Business Insider

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The Value Of A Stay-At-Home Mom Isn't What You Would Think At All

Blaire Briody|May 07, 2012|

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This Mother’s Day, go ahead and tell your mom how much you value her―just don’t try to back it up with numbers. New survey data shows a decline in the economic value of mothers' work.

If a stay-at-home mom was ever handed a pink slip, dad would have to hire a nanny, a driver, a cook, a janitor, a psychologist, a laundry-machine operator, and a myriad of other professionals for the odd jobs moms do on a daily basis.

A Salary.com calculation found that after all the various duties are added up, stay-at-home moms put in 94.7 hours in a typical workweek, and it would cost $112,962 a year to replace her. For working moms, the extra 57.9 hours a week of work they put in is worth $66,979.

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Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-05-07/news/31604255_1_stay-at-home-dads-stay-at-home-moms-stay-at-home-mothers#ixzz1uILsbUoH