Americans Value Their Daily Chores at… How Much?!

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In the middle of winter, it can feel like all you do is WORK.  There’s the job that you get paid for… and the job, at home, that you DON’T.

A new survey asked people to put a PRICE on all the chores they do… both around the house, and out running errands.  And the average person says they value it at $134 a day.

That would be almost $2,000 per two-week pay-period… because chores do NOT stop on the weekends… and it would be almost $50K per year.

Does this seem high or low?  If you do a LOT of work, you might feel like it’s undervaluing your time, but you also have to think about it from the other side: How much would you PAY someone else to do all the chores that you normally do:  Cooking, cleaning, driving the kids to school, making sure they get to practice,  shopping for groceries, and so on…

SOURCE: SWNS