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If stay-at-home Moms were paid for all the incredible work they do — raising children, doing laundry, shuttling kids to sports and activities, offering counseling — they'd make $116,805 annually.

A lot of that pay is driven by overtime, says the study released by Salary.com and reported on by the Associated Press, because Moms, as we know, sure don't work just 40 hours a week.

And for moms who work outside the home too, they'd get $68,405 if they were paid for their work as mothers, the Associated Press reports.

Salary.com has a cool Mom Salary Wizard that let's you plug in number of children by age, ZIP code and hours worked doing various tasks so you can personalize what your Mom is "worth." It ends with a fake paycheck. Sigh.

And what about Dad? Well, there is a calculator for him too.

Or do the right thing and deem your Mom "priceless."

— Christine Peterson