The title is self explanatory. By average I’m asking for a rough estimate.
It depends on the job! The average in one state might be different than the average in another state…due to wage differences.
My kid in CA worked at the highest paid job on her campus. She made about $3000 a year during the school year.
I would not count on the average campus job paying above the minimum wage. As thumper states, it depends on both the job and the school, there are some schools with deep pockets and very few and can generously fund on campus jobs. It is not unusual to get a job as HYS that pays 11-15/hour. There are some schools where if there are federal work study funds subsidizing the job they may pay slightly over minimum wage, but those jobs are for a targeted population.
At my daughters school (university of South Carolina) on campus jobs are paid $10-13/hr. If you are a freshman you get 10, sophomores 11, junior 12 and seniors 13
@ahsmuoh How many hours do they work on average?
My daughter worked 10 hours a week on average. But she worked in undergrad admissions…and when they had an admissions “event” she did 15 hours. Fortunately that didn’t happen all that often. Ten hours a week was very manageable. She earned $15 per hour her first year…and did get salary increases. Hers was the highest paying on campus job. Most of the rest paid minimum wage or slightly higher, but under $10 an hour. This was in CA.
My son did not work on campus, but he had an off campus job. $12 an hour, and he typically worked ten hours a week.
Remember too, the school year isn’t all that many weeks. Also, during exams, my kids both requested less hours of work.
How much were you hoping to earn?
Work study packages are often around 3k so that might be a good benchmark.
It will vary wildly. I had undergrad jobs ranging from $8/hr to $15/hr and they varied just as much in hours.
What school will you be attending?
10 hours per week is pretty standard.
That being said, I know students who work in restaurants and work 50+ hours per week and go to school full-time. That is a very bad idea. I as a professor can help them only so much.
The state your college is in will have a minimum wage set up. Your college will have more information on work study and non-work study jobs.
The other alternative is make arrangements to work full-time at home over the breaks and in the summers. For example, between Thanksgiving and Christmas many stores need extra help. There are many summer jobs possible, but some get awarded by December or January, so get on that quickly.
Any income you make must be included on your FAFSA, but unless you are making more than around 6K per year, you shouldn’t have to file taxes.
It depends on the area. This year the UC raises minimum wage to $15 from what I’ve read.
@rhandco any income from work study is excluded from the FAFSA financial aid forumula. You do enter the amount on your FAFSA, but there is a question that asks what amount was earned using work study. That amount is not included in the FAFSA formula to determine your EFC.
Work study income doesn’t count against you with regard to fafsa/federal aid. In order to not have it count against you, you need to enter the work study amount in answer to the fafsa question that asks for the amount of income from need based employment. Non work study income doesn’t count against you unless you make more than $6310.
It wasn’t clear the OP was on work study. Yes, work study is part of FA, but my understanding is that it is sharply limited - my son has FA that is reserved for “high-need students” ludicrous based on our annual combined income, but the FA office laughed when I asked about work study for him - need to be EFC near 10,000 to qualify is the way they put it.
I’ve seen kids/parents post on here that they have an EFC of $30k+ and have work study. I’m always surprised, but every college does it differently.
My daughter wasn’t awarded WS but when she asked about it, the FA office said to come back the week before school starts and they start a waitlist for student who want WS but didn’t get it. They then re-award all the funds that were not accepted by other students. She’ll be there bright and early tomorrow morning.
At her school, in a small town, WS jobs pay from $7.25 to $12.00 per hour, most in the lower range. Most non WS jobs on campus pay $7.25 to $9. Many of the fast food places have help wanted signs and I think they need to pay over minimum wage.
Can you tell us why you’re asking? Are you trying to figure out if you can work enough hours of a campus job to cover some kind of gap?
Are you asking about work-study or just a campus (non work study) job?
Michigan is around $10-$12 per hour. Does not matter if it is work study or not.
My daughters was not work study. Worked between 10 and 14 hours a week.