compensation for SAHP's, according to
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the census bureau, and salary.com.
i found this in the local paper today, and granted, its in the dear abbey section, i found the information she gave was very interesting and pertained to a lot of questions in another thread.
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=79d4660d-963e-4ccf-adbd-9435d20c1a8b
"According to the Census Bureau figures for 2004 — which are the most recent — there are 36.7 million mothers of minor children in the United States. About one-third of them, 10.8 million, are stay-at-home moms.
According to an article penned by Al Neuharth, the founder of USA Today, in its May 11, 2006, edition, “Salary.com compensation experts estimate that stay-at-home moms work an average of 91.6 hours a week.” That's more than double the number of hours the average office worker puts in. He went on to say, “That should be worth $134,121 annually.”
He quoted the compensation analysts as figuring the lowest-paying parts of a mother's job are “housekeeper, laundry machine operator and janitor. Higher-paying categories include computer operator, facilities manager, psychologist and CEO.” With a 91.6-hour work week, 52 weeks a year, it works out to be $28.16 an hour."

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but you can bet they are not driving compact cars.
AND if they ever had to take out a client or associate what would they be driving?
For the record my dh was a banker in Manhattan. Now he is a partner in a smaller firm in pa. He does drive and is seen in his car. I think most clients would expect to see a big house,expensive cars and clothes....if they didn't they might doubt he and his company are what they say it is. Is that so hard to understand?
I live in Alberta, and paid for preschool for both of my children.
Carrie
No, I said things would be very tight and I would be relying on child support and not having an extra car bill and some cc bills. We can not bank my check now as it pays the bills too. There is very little extra money after bills with both our checks.
I am not going by how much you used to make but how much one income is. The point is that if your family with 1 income makes $70,000 and my family with 2 incomes makes $70,000 AND has a dc bill AND all our bills are almost the same, the 1 income family will have more money.
Yep you lucked out. Don't you love it when best and cheapest coincide?
Unfortunately we didnt find that with our live in nanny, or our preschool...but we're hopeful that we'll send them to the local (awesome) kindy that I think goes up to 3rd grade or something....and is free/public.
MM
***The point is that if your family with 1 income makes $70,000 and my family with 2 incomes makes $70,000 AND has a dc bill AND all our bills are almost the same, the 1 income family will have more money.***
Well of course. However like I said the way you are doing the math is the case all the time. However most of the dual WOHP that we know make a lot more money than my DH does.
My dh and I probably make LESS than some of the 1 income families I know. We are not rolling in the money because there are 2 of us working. We both make the same and it equals to the average salary in my town (that of either 1 or 2 incomes coming in).
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