What is the economic value of housework?
- According to GDP: $0
- According to Salary.com: $162,581
| Based on a survey of stay-at-home mothers, Salary.com calculates a full-time, stay-at-home mom would earn $162,581 US if she was actually paid for all her work. 〰 ⚤ 〰 “With a nearly 96-hour work-week and a six-figure annual rate, moms may be the most valuable workers in the country.” 〰 ⚤ 〰 Housekeeping, day-care, teacher, cook, computer expert, laundress, janitor, facilities manager, chauffeur, CEO, psychologist, nurse … if Society paid women what their labour is actually worth, Society would be bankrupted. |
