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Jobs and Income

Jobs and Income

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Earning Income

Knowledge Standards

EI.K.1: Compare different factors that impact wages, including employment type, career fields, education, race, gender, union membership and level of risk to personal safety and wellbeing.

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Defined by Financial Literacy Standards 9th-12th Grades and align with Jobs and Income
Students will differentiate diverse employment types, including but not limited to, part-time, full-time, self-employment, apprenticeships, internships, seasonal, hourly, commission-based, contracted, remote and gig work.
Students will distinguish how different career fields will include different wage ranges based on a variety of factors.

EI.K.2: Compare various compensation models for jobs or careers, such as wages, salaries, commissions, tips, bonuses, health insurance, retirement savings plans and education reimbursement programs.

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Defined by Financial Literacy Standards 9th-12th Grades and align with Jobs and Income
Students will differentiate between income and employee benefit packages offered to new employees by various employers.

EI.K.4: Analyze the differences between sources of retirement income, including Social Security, employer-sponsored retirement plans, personal investments and continued employment earnings.

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Defined by Financial Literacy Standards 9th-12th Grades and align with Jobs and Income
Students will examine Social Security benefits.

EI.K.5: Evaluate the accessibility and costs of additional training and education and how it impacts future earning potential.

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Defined by Financial Literacy Standards 9th-12th Grades and align with Jobs and Income
Students will examine the costs and benefits of investing in additional education or training in at least two different industries.
Students will describe average earning and unemployment rates in at least two different levels of education and training.

EI.K.6: Evaluate the risks and benefits of starting and owning a business.

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Defined by Financial Literacy Standards 9th-12th Grades and align with Jobs and Income
Students will examine the benefits and risks of gig employment.
Students will evaluate the benefits and risks of small business ownership.

Skills Standards

EI.S.4: Identify the different forms and functions of taxation, and determine estimated payroll taxes, income taxes, property taxes and sales taxes.

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Defined by Financial Literacy Standards 9th-12th Grades and align with Jobs and Income
Students will identify the benefits they receive, or may receive in the future, from government-collected tax revenue.
Students will describe the different methods that the government taxes an individual.