Here’s a question: if you were to be paid for every job you do as a parent, just how much would you be earning? Though we believe the price of a parents’ job is priceless, to find out, Funky Pigeon have created a calculator to tell you exactly what you could be earning.
They’ve analysed eight ‘jobs’ that are embraced when one enters the world of parenting; cooking, cleaning, taxi-ing, caring, nursing, organising, educating and emotional supporting. By finding the average salary for every location across the US, we’ve been able to find out which state or town would have the highest parent salary.
Parents in the busy state of New York could earn an average of $326,534.40 a year. When inputting expected hours spent on each task into the tool, the average outcome is this:
In the state of California, a stay-at-home parent could make a yearly salary of $340,780.80, whereas in Michigan this salary is $291,052.80.
Idaho $279,936.00
New Mexico $319,488.00
Alabama $291,187.20
Tennessee $286,675.20
Montana $310,137.60
Texas $307,564.80
Wisconsin $296,908.80
To get a better break down of the salary differences by state across the country, a chef in Florida averages $15.72 an hour. The pay rate for chefs in Columbia is $22.54. Where might it be worth locating to for the salary benefits of being the family cook in your household?
A nurse in Utah makes $25.76 an hour whereas Nevada nurses and carers make $30.47. In Washington, it’s $28.83 an hour.
Interestingly, a psychologist in Rhode Island earns $43.01 versus Georgia $47.18, or in New Jersey where specialists take home $55.04 an hour!
The data widely explores every state, and every town within each state, so to find out how much you could be making as a parent in your town or region, see the #ParentsSalary calculator: