Insure.com's 2025 Mother's Day Index: Mom's Salary Hits $145,235
What's a mom worth in 2025? According to Insure.com's Mother's Day Index, her unpaid work would earn $145K a year.
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'Stay-at-home mothers juggle multiple jobs behind the scenes without compensation,' says Nupur Gambhir, a licensed life insurance agent and the managing editor at Insure.com. 'The Mother's Day Index is our way of recognizing some of the economic value of caregivers — their extraordinary workload would easily earn them six figures in the job market.'
To compile the Mother's Day Index, the Insure.com editorial team uses U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) wage information to assign an hourly rate to jobs primary caregivers typically perform around the home, such as cooking meals, helping with homework and providing emotional support. The team then estimates the number of hours each task requires and calculates an annual salary.
Highlights from the 2025 Index show significant increases in compensation across several caregiving and household-related professions:
Mental health counselors: 11%
Community service specialists: 8%
Laundry workers: 7%
Bakers: 6%
Gambhir is available for interviews about the Mother's Day Index or to answer consumer questions about life insurance.
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