Hereโs a question: if you were to be paid for every job you do as a stay-at-home parent, just how much would you be earning? Though we believe the price of a parentsโ job is priceless, to find out, Funky Pigeon has created a calculator to tell you exactly what you could be earning.
Theyโve analyzed eight โjobsโ that are embraced when one enters the world of parenting; cooking, cleaning, taxi-ing, caring, nursing, organizing, educating and emotional supporting.
With these eight roles taken on by a mother or father, the potential earnings a stay-at-home parent could make should they be paid for each has been explored.
In Vancouver, a stay-at-home parent could make a yearly salary ofย $340,320.00 whereas in Saskatoon this salary is $307,987.20.
Montrealย $368,793.60
Moncton $288,768.00
Toronto $348,844.80
Niagara-on-the-lake $321,504.00
Winnipeg $314,880.00
Quebec City $317,203.20
Calgary $338,745.60
To get a better break down of the salary differences by Province, aย nurse in Ottawa makes $23.69 an hour whereas Scarborough nurses and carers make $18.38.
Interestingly, a psychologist in Ontario earns $47.34 versus Prince Albert $38.07, or in Montreal where specialists take home $71.40 an hour!
Babies donโt know how good they have it. Especially when their parents inviteย guests over for dinner. Babies get to suck their toes at the dinner table. No oneย else gets to suck their toes at the dinner table. Babies get to stare at people.
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