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Wage guide

Suggested starting HOURLY pay rates for MIT student workers

 

Operational

Administrative

Technical

Housing:   Messenger $9.00 General $9.00
 – Desk $9.80 Clerical $9.15 Lab aide $9.30
 – Housekeeping $10.30 Typist $9.70 Technician $10.00
Library:   Staff assistant $9.70 Research aide $10.00
 – Student assistant $9.70     Project supervisor $10.10
        UROP $9.25

Computer

Miscellaneous    
Data entry $9.60 Bartender $11.85  
Programming $12.35 Tutor $11.00    
Data analysis $11.30 Lifeguard $10.30    
Web design $18.50 Photographer $11.30    
    Drafting $11.30    
           

Actual advertised hourly rates for 2009-2010

(includes both on-campus and off-campus positions)

Job type

Lowest

Average

Median

Highest

Camp work $10.00 $15.00 $15.00 $20.00
Carpentry and painting $14.00 $14.50 $14.50 $15.00
Child care $10.00 $13.09 $15.00 $16.00
Cleaning $12.00 $13.50 $13.50 $15.00
Communications $9.00 $10.39 $10.00 $12.00
Community service $9.00 $14.46 $13.00 $25.00
Consulting $9.00 $20.92 $14.75 $50.00
Data input $10.00 $11.86 $12.00 $15.00
Driving $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00
Engineering/design $10.00 $15.33 $15.00 $25.00
Food service $8.50 $13.75 $14.50 $17.50
Human subject/test participant $25.00 $27.50 $27.50 $30.00
Lab work (non-UROP) $12.00 $13.50 $13.50 $15.00
Library $9.50 $10.40 $10.00 $12.00
Manual labor $9.00 $14.63 $15.00 $25.00
Marketing and sales $10.00 $14.45 $12.50 $25.00
Miscellaneous $10.00 $17.21 $13.00 $40.00
Moving $15.00 $24.00 $24.00 $33.00
Office $9.00 $11.39 $11.63 $15.00
Party help $15.00 $20.00 $20.00 $25.00
Personal care $13.00 $14.00 $14.00 $15.00
Postering $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00
Programming $9.00 $20.14 $19.00 $50.00
Public Policy/Political Work $12.50 $12.50 $12.50 $12.50
Reader $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00
Research $8.00 $11.80 $10.00 $20.00
Swimming $11.25 $11.25 $11.25 $11.25
Teaching and tutoring $9.00 $24.49 $22.50 $50.00
Technical support $12.50 $17.10 $15.00 $25.00
Translating $12.00 $15.80 $15.00 $19.00
Web design $9.00 $18.08 $16.75 $30.00
Writing $9.00 $18.37 $15.00 $40.00
 
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