I have noticed that all of the stay at home dads I talk to, thier wives have high end jobs such as doctors, lawyers or business executives. I know this isn’t the same for family, but I also know plenty of shop workers who have stay at home wives. If this is the case in most families where the dad stays home with the kids, is the wife making more than the average earner more a factor when the husband stays home than it is when the wife stays home?
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#1 by itssssss AMBER on November 22, 2009 - 4:24 pm
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no. My mom is the bread winner and brings home 33k plus whatever tax refunds she gets. I have no clue how she supports me, my dad, and my two sisters. But she does it.
#2 by parent on November 22, 2009 - 5:24 pm
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When I first started at home my wife and I were making the same amount. I had a small at home business that we projected that if I went full time at We would stay at the same level. Form the first year until I shut it down I was making more then twice what my my wife was. But during that time she was building her career and is now making that amount by herself. Which is good because if she wasn’t i would have had to go back to work.
#3 by R on November 22, 2009 - 5:59 pm
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I think usually people decide to stay home now days they look and see who has the higher income. If you are going to be living on one it makes sense to take the higher one. Also higher end jobs require lots of education that is expensive and this poses two problems. one student loans only differ for so long even if you are not working so they have to be paid some how. Two if I spent 12 years in school I am keeping my job. I can’t imagine spending all that time only to sit at home for years. NOt that my children are not important but as someone who has only a bachelors degree I would be more willing to stay home now than if I had a masters or something else
#4 by Michelle H on November 22, 2009 - 6:38 pm
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Generally the working parent is the one with the higher earning potential. That can be a shop worker or lawyer or whatever.
#5 by ambitious girl on November 22, 2009 - 7:02 pm
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I think that the higher earning parent usually is the one who goes to work. I read that the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard had a husband who stayed at home with the kids. I think that she credited her husband by saying that she would not have been able to be such a great CEO if her husband did not stay at home with the kids.
#6 by blank on November 22, 2009 - 7:57 pm
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Not always.
#7 by Lydia on November 22, 2009 - 8:15 pm
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I was the higher income earner before I became a SAHM – husband is an electrician.
For us, it was tough to make the financial sacrifice – and although my husband would have been fine as a stay at home parent, it wasn’t what he truly wanted – he loves to work and problem-solve.
I don’t happen to know any SAHDs, so can’t comment on others…