Stay-at-home moms worth $117,000 a year

A study by Salary.com shows that if women who stayed at home to care for their families were financially compensated, they’d be making almost $117,000 a year.

The eighth annual survey calculated a mom’s market value by studying pay levels for 10 job titles with duties that a typical mom performs, ranging from housekeeper and day care center teacher to van driver, psychologist and chief executive officer.
This year, the annual salary for a stay-at-home mom would be $116,805, while a working mom who also juggles an outside job would get $68,405 for her motherly duties.

One mother interviewed for the story, Samantha Russell from New Hampshire, said, “The rewards aren’t monetary, but it’s a reward knowing that they’re safe and happy…It’s worth it all.”
Frankly, I’d prefer the cash.
I used to think these studies (that usually come out around Mother’s Day) were cool – they showed that women’s work in the informal economy was worth something. But more recently, it almost seems insulting. As if women who contribute at home get a once-a-year chance to brag about how much they’re worth – and then it’s back to cleaning up socks with no compensation. Am I just jaded?