Wage guide
Suggested starting HOURLY pay rates for MIT student workers |
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Operational |
Administrative |
Technical |
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| 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) |
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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 |
