The way I see it, someone owes me money. According to the most recent (May 2, 2007) salary.com survey, stay-at-home moms should rake in just over $138,000 a year. The company surveyed over 40,000 mothers and determined that we perform 10 typical jobs that would equal a salary of $138,095 annually ,if we worked outside the home. This figure was an increase of 3% from the May 2006 survey.
The company has been conducting these types of surveys for the past seven years. According to a company press release, Bill Coleman, senior vice-president and chief compensation officer at Salary.com reports “Moms works multiple jobs and rarely gets a break from the action, working an average of 52 hours of overtime.” That’s per week.
The majority of the $138k salary amount comes from the amount of overtime that we work. Stay-at-home moms work a 92 hour (!) workweek, with more than half of her time spent in overtime hours. Moms who work outside the home average just 9 hours of overtime a week above her regular 40-hour-work week.
So how are we going to get paid? In the past, salary.com has asked this question in a playful manner but this year all jokes are aside. The company has teamed with Abbott’s Similac and one lucky mom will win a full year’s salary in recognition of all her hard work and efforts at being a stay-at-home mom. That’s right, one lucky mom will win $135,000 in the “Similac Mom’s $135K Payday” contest.
So skedaddle yourself over here . You’ll need a recent photo showing your favorite “Mom job” along with a photo caption of 50-words or fewer. Complete rules are on the website. But hurry because you have until 5:00 PM 5/31/07 to enter. You just might be the lucky one.
Note* Please remember if you win, I was the one to tell you about it!
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Socializing the Stay-at-Home Baby