The Mother's Day Index 2011
| Mom job | BLS occupation used | Hours per week/weeks per year | Hourly wage | Weeks per year | Annual Mom cost |
| Cooking | Cooks | 14 hrs./52 weeks | $9.53 | 52 | $6,938 |
| Driving | Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 9 hrs./52 weeks | $13.43 | 52 | $6,285 |
| Helping with homework | Other teachers and instructors | 10 hrs./40 weeks | $17.85 | 40 | $7,140 |
| Taking care of the kids | Child Care Worker | 40 hrs./52 weeks | $9.95 | 52 | $20,696 |
| Nursing wounds | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2 hrs./12 weeks | $17.90 | 12 | $430 |
| Cleaning up | Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 10 hrs./52 weeks | $9.40 | 52 | $4,888 |
| Planning parties | Meeting & Convention Planners | 64 hours a year | $23.11 | | $1,479 |
| Summer activity planner | Miscellaneous community and social service specialists | 40 hrs./12 weeks | $18.18 | 12 | $8,726 |
| Haircuts | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 0.5 hrs./52 weeks | $11.55 | 52 | $300 |
| Shopping for the family | Personal and home care aides | 3 hrs./52 weeks | $10.13 | 52 | $1,580 |
| Family finances | Accountants and auditors | 0.5 hrs./52 weeks | $23.83 | 52 | $620 |
| Yard work | Grounds maintenance workers | 1 hr./52 weeks | $10.83 | 52 | $563 |
| Fixing up the house | Interior Designers | 40 hours a year | $24.99 | | $1,000 |
| Finding out what the kids are up to | Private detectives and investigators | 40 hours a year | $19.78 | | $791 |
| Total annual Mom cost: $61,436 | |||||
| Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
Go thank your mom. Right now.
7 comments:
This is great!
Will be doing that this afternoon for my Mom, and tomorrow at lunch for Mr. Squirrel's Mom!
Hope you have a great day
Momma Grasshopper!
-J
Brilliant! I just converted that amount to Rand and am most impressed with what my services are worth!
Now to chat to hubby....
Happy Mother's Day! Thanks for sharing this great post!
Well, I did the math, and I think these numbers are either from around the mid-eighties, or they don't account for California's glorious hyper-inflation and 35% taxation rate. IOW, tack on another 30% or so, and that's what a Cali mom should make. I'll go email Jerry Brown right now.....not. :)
Happy Mom's Day friend. Hope the boys showered you with love. And hope you got to do the same for your dear Mom. May you have many, many more years of Mom's Days with her.
My kids suggested adding another $60k for my teacher's salary. But I told them this was a Christian school, so it would only be another $20k. ;-) (espec since I don't work as hard as I know my classroom teacher friends do)
Happy (belated) Mother's Day! Well, with that kind of income, I could totally help pay for the addition. Too bad it would just have to come right out of Murray's paycheck :o).
Blessings!
Deborah
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