Wanted: Mom - $134,121 per year!

A study at Salary.com concluded that the value of work by the stay-at-home mom is worth $134,121 per year. The working mom's "mom" portion of her work was worth $85,876 (not including her job salary)! For 2006, the Mom job description includes: housekeeper, day care center teacher, cook, computer operator, laundry machine operator, janitor, facilities manager, van driver, CEO, and psychologist.

Salary.com also offers the option to create your own "Mom Check" based on what you do and where you live. According to the Mom Salary Wizard my yearly salary for my mom duties should be $158,250. That's $63,300 as a salary for 2080 hours a year and another $94,950 for 2080 hours of overtime! That was for being a "stay-at-home mom". When I ran the wizard again as a working mom (since I work at home), the results were, $216,558 per year with $92,152 in regular mom work and $124,405 in overtime.

It certainly makes you rethink the statement, "I'm just a mom."

To read more about the study visit Salary.com. To run your own numbers, visit the Mom Salary Wizard.