Father wages at home mother takes to work with increases

Insure.com want at home parents in the value of the work to forgive them, for home repairs childcare. This year, the parent contribution fell slightly, after the judgment.

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If the parents were paid what they are doing at home, their "wages" in this year would be $ 24,738. This is 3.8 percent less than last year, insure.com after the index of Father's Day in the year 2016th

Insure.com want the value in working parents for home repairs around the house, do childcare place. It follows that the work also Santa is a value in a review tongue in cheek.

This year, the first decline of the father's contribution is true, as the company began ascribe value six years ago.

"The parents of our first superheroes. Intelligent, strong and able to protect us from the great world, sometimes to us frightening and more moral than our biggest fan," Jennifer Shelton writes in the index report. "And though these moments are very important if you added all the time, which would be worth in the job market? As it turns out, not much."

The evaluation is based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare the value of the specific tasks of wages for this work, on what they would do at home fathers. For example, they have most of the 400 hours per year, which the teachers are, at $ 25.60, which the national average. This corresponds to almost half of the annual "salary" comes to $ 10,240. This "reward", the report says, is 6.6 percent.

His role as an accountant, but almost 9 percent increase, they represent 26 hours per year, at a rate of $ 33.63 is $ 874th

other "occupations" Dad including the driver / chauffeur, cook, mechanic field maintenance workers, recreation and workers, coaches, assembly, car repair, plumbing Fitness (up to a huge 29.4 percent identical to a total of $ 129 for the work 6 hours), the workers and the fight against harmful boys.

"Salary" for mom working at home increased to $ 65,523. The difference is primarily because parents spend 51.5 hours in connection with the home weeks for tasks that mothers spend during about 148 hours a week. Insure.com said its survey showed that 31 percent of households share responsibilities along traditional gender lines, not 27 percent and 41 percent of small tasks exchange houses evenly throughout the house.

Mom main tasks were to childcare and social activities manager.

Father report found that American workers work about 47 hours a week, get about 6.8 hours of sleep per night and stress "how to pay for college and saving for retirement."

As a side note, insure.com parents what they want for the party of their parents. The four main components, according to the report, are a barbecue, electronics / appliances or a weekend trip tools. Tie the least desirable gifts, a gift or a house note. Note that the grill was also the fourth least-wanted gift.

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