<p>how much can an internationals student make on campus?i know $8/h is the minimum,so what is the average?how many hours can you work in a year?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Where did you get that rumor from? The minimum wage completely depends on the state.
My college has a couple of minimum wage positions that pay about 7.25/h. </p>
<p>But yeah since you are restricted to 20h/week maximum during the school year, don’t expect to make more than 2000 $ /semester.</p>
<p>another kid from germany hah,nice</p>
<p>I worked about 10h/week at an average wage of $9/hr, so that’s about $400 a month.</p>
<p>$5.15 is minimum wage in some states. 20 hrs/week when you take classes (such as the Spring and Fall semesters), and up to 40 hrs/week during breaks.</p>
<p>Federal minimum wage is $7.25/h</p>
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This will vary quite a bit between colleges. My own college pays undergraduates between $8.00 and $9.25 an hour, depending on the skill set required for the job. The college cuts us off at 17.5 hours/week. First-year students are lucky to find a job at all. Most of the hiring decisions are made in the previous semester, and many work-study jobs require training or skills that first-year students are unlikely to have (graders, tutors, tour guides, etc). Do not count on working 17 hours in your first year!</p>
<p>While your visa allows you to work full-time during breaks, there might not be any work available. For example, most campuses shut down completely for two weeks over the Christmas holidays. Small colleges or commuter campuses might shut down during the shorter breaks as well.</p>
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<p>barium is correct. Most LACs shut down during christmas and even summer breaks making it difficult for international students to find jobs. If you go to large research universities you are more likely to find work in the library, bookstore (even during Christmas) because these cater for not only the campus population but outside people too. Such schools run summer porgrams for high school students and university summer classes which crate administrative jobs that you can fill.</p>
<p>You will get paid nothing less than 7 dollars in urban areas except you go to school in the south or the midwest where living expenses are significantly low anyways so you will not need much money. In the South/Midwest you would prolly be paid around $6.</p>
<p>Mind you a significant number of jobs are limited to work study students. And very few schools offer work study to internationals.</p>
<p>Alright,thanks.</p>
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International students are never eligible for work-study. Work-study is a federally-funded program where the government pays half of the student’s wage. </p>
<p>At some colleges (like mine) all on-campus jobs are open to everyone, while at others your options might be severely restricted.</p>
<p>^ true, my bad. I meant student employment packaged into a financial aid award. Student employment awards are financed by the university as opposed to the government. This makes it easier for international students to get a job since they would be first on the line based on documented need for a job.</p>