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Just the Facts, Mom
How MUCH TIME do MOTHERS
spend on house work and childcare?
In 2011, on average every week:
32 hours!
Annual salary you would have to pay someone in 2015
to perform the tasks mothers do at home: $62,985!
People who say they plan to
call their mom on Mother’s Day:
68%
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Private sector workers in U.S. with NO access to paid family leave:
88%
Private sector workers in U.S. with NO access to paid sick days: 39%
Average annual cost of infant care in U.S.: $11,020
- Out-of-pocket spending on childcare has increased 100% since 1986.
- New parents can take off under New York’s paid leave law: 12 weeks
Average out-of-pocket cost to employees under NY’s paid leave law: $1/week
ANNUAL SALARY on federal minimum wage: $15,080
- Federal minimum wage ($7.25) is a poverty wage for a single mother: in 50 states!
- # of states that have passed a $15 minimum wage as of May 2016: 2
- # of states where $15 is a living wage for a single mother: 0 { that’s a big, fat ZERO! }
- How long since Congress last raised the federal minimum wage: 7 years!
- Base salary for all members of the U.S. House and Senate: $174,000
What’s the Minimum Wage in Your State?
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