Chore earnings

Cleaning house �2.77 Dishwasher duties �2.52 Washing car �2.30 Doing homework �1.02 Making bed 76p

While boys got an average �5.10 for unloading the dishwasher, girls only netted �1.04.

Mummy's helper

The most common task children are asked to do is lay the table but 80% of parents offered no cash incentive.

However 36% of the 702 parents questioned by NOP pay their children to take the rubbish out.

Janet Connor, retail marketing director, said: "So much for the days of mummy's little helper lending a hand around the house - today's kids well and truly know what side their bread is buttered on".

She said parents could save money hiring a cleaner.

Children in the West Midlands get paid the most for dishwasher duties - an average �12.69 while those in Yorkshire get a mere 10p.

Taking the rubbish out was the best paid job in the North West, where children earn an average of �3.37.