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Study pegs mom's annual worth at nearly $117,000

Boston (AP) -- If a stay-at-home mom could be financially compensated, she'd bring home nearly $117,000 a year.

That's according to an annual pre-Mother's Day study released by Waltham-based Salary.com, which studies workplace compensation.

For the past eight years, Salary.com has calculated mothers' market value by studying pay for tasks such as child care and housekeeping.

This year's stay-at-home mom figure is $116,805 per year, while the working mom figure is $68,405.

Both are down from last year because of a change in study methodology.

The numbers are based on a survey of moms who averaged a 94-hour work week.

If moms were in the workplace, they'd be spending more than half their working hours on overtime.

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