My mom |
With Mother’s Day today, what’s the value of your mom? Of course, the only right answer is
priceless. However, if you really had to
put on a value of all the jobs that your mom does, which is a truly exhaustive
list, you’d need to take on another job to cover the cost. Being a mom requires all sorts of skills
ranging from cooking, to driving, to helping with homework. Not only does a mom need to be proficient in
these varied areas, your mom must work overtime and be on call throughout the
night. If you interviewed for a job like
this, you’d likely balk at all of the requirements. How much would the typical mom make a week
for everything that she does?
Job
|
Estimated hours/week
|
Hourly rate
|
Total Cost
per week
|
Housekeeper
|
15
|
$15
|
$105
|
Taxi Driver
|
8
|
$15
|
$120
|
Cook
|
15
|
$25
|
$375
|
Janitor
|
8
|
$15
|
$120
|
CEO
|
3
|
$150
|
$450
|
Psychologist
|
8
|
$80
|
$640
|
Laundry attendant
|
7
|
$12
|
$84
|
Facilities
manager
|
11
|
$25
|
$275
|
Homework
helper
|
14
|
$45
|
$630
|
Totals
|
89
|
-
|
$2,799
|
At 89 hours per week, you’d have to pay $2,799 per week or $145,548 per year. Be sure to appreciate
your mom this mother’s day, because if you had to pay for all of these
services out of pocket, you probably couldn’t afford to pay for it!
Are you curious about how much money your mom would cost you? Use salary.com’s what
is a mom’s work worth calculator.