Teacher, driver, nurse, company boss: Stay-at-home mothers worth €75,865

A STAY-AT-HOME mother should be paid nearly $117,000 (€75,865) a year, according to new research by a Massachusetts firm.

Salary.com’s eighth annual survey calculated a mother’s market value by studying pay levels for 10 job titles with duties that a typical mother performs, ranging from housekeeper and day care centre teacher to van driver, psychologist and chief executive officer.

This year, the annual salary for a stay-at-home mother would be $116,805, while a working mother who also juggles an outside job would get $68,405 (€44,355) for her motherly duties.