As of 2022, Your Work Around the House Has Value!

In a family that includes a man and a woman, it is traditional that the woman spends more time doing household chores and caring for other family members than does the man. Here’s the most recent data, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families. 

The 2022 American Time Use Survey showed that the average woman spends almost 52 minutes per day on these unpaid tasks. That’s almost double what the average man spends.

The average wage for home aides or child care workers in the US is $14.55 per hour. Doing the math, the average woman in the US would make an additional $4,600 a year if she were compensated for her unpaid work at home. If paid for his contribution, a man would make an additional $2,300 a year.

All together, US women’s unpaid work had a cumulative value of $627 billion dollars in 2022. Men’s unpaid work had a cumulative value of over $300 billion.

That’s a reverse gender gap in the pay scale… except it’s the value of unpaid work.