Pocket Money Jobs Price List

Who this is for

Extra jobs, agreed prices, no arguments. The family writes down which optional jobs can earn money, what a job well done looks like and what each one pays, then children claim on the same sheet and the totals show who is owed what.

Parents who want pocket money to be earned for jobs beyond the everyday ones, and children and teenagers who like to know exactly what a job is worth before they start.

What this helps you track

• Which optional jobs can earn money and what each one pays in your family
• What finished properly means for each job, so claims are easy to check
• Any minimum age you set for a job and how often it is on offer
• Every claim with who did the job, who checked it and whether it has been paid
• What each child has earned this month and what is still owed

How to use it

1. Write the family name, the date the prices start and the month the claim sheet covers, then up to three children's names.
2. Agree the price list together: each job, the standard expected, the amount you will pay, any minimum age and how often it can be done.
3. Pin the sheet up or keep it open online; when a child finishes a job, they add a claim line with the date, their name, the job and the amount.
4. A parent checks the job, initials the checked by column and ticks paid once the money has changed hands.
5. The browser and workbook total each child's earnings and the amount still owed; on paper, add the columns at the end of the month.
6. Start a fresh claim sheet each month and review the prices whenever the list stops feeling fair.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser
• Excel / Google Sheets workbook

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The workbook uses plain formulas only — SUM, IF, COUNTIF and the like — so it opens in Excel, LibreOffice and Google Sheets without anything breaking, and every calculated cell is grey so you can see which figures it worked out.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

How much should each job pay?

That is entirely your family's decision. The sheet supplies no amounts; write the price you agree for each job, and change it on a new sheet with a new valid from date so everyone knows which prices apply.

How is this different from ordinary pocket money?

This list is for optional, paid extras on top of whatever pocket money or everyday chores you already have. Keeping the two apart stops a child expecting payment for making their own bed.

Why have a checked by column?

A job only counts once an adult has seen it done to the standard written on the price list. Initialling the claim settles arguments before payday rather than after.

How do the per-child totals work?

Type each child's name in the header exactly as it is written on the claims. The browser and workbook add each child's claims into their own column, so the totals row shows what each has earned this month.