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How should I set up my kid’s jobs?

Different families set up pocket money in different ways - we’ve seen it all (Here are some common and uncommon chores we’ve seen in Kit!) – here are the options.

Option 1: No jobs, regular pocket money

Your kid will regularly receive the pocket money amount on PayDay without needing to tick off any jobs or chores in the app.

  1. Set regular pocket money amount
  2. Do not add any jobs
  3. Boss approval is not required
Option 2: All ‘Must do jobs’

Your kid must tick off 100% of ‘Must do’ jobs to be paid the regular pocket money amount, otherwise they earn nothing. If you have set up Boss approval for PayDay, you can adjust the amount paid when reviewing PayDay.

  1. Set regular pocket amount
  2. Create ‘Must do jobs'
Option 3: All ‘Earn per jobs’

Your kid will be paid for each job they complete, even if they don’t complete them all. For example, if your kid has 5 jobs worth $2 each and they complete 4 jobs, they’ll be paid $8 out of a potential $10.

  1. Set regular pocket money to $0.00.
  2. Create ‘Earn per job’ jobs and set the amount to be paid each time they complete that job.

What are ‘Must do jobs’ and ‘Earn per job’ jobs?

Option 4: Regular pocket money and ‘Earn per job’ jobs

Your kid will regularly receive the regular pocket money amount. If they complete the ‘Earn per job’ jobs they’ll earn more money on top of the regular pocket money amount.

  1. Set regular pocket money amount
  2. Set ‘Earn per job’ jobs and set amount to be paid each time they complete that job.
Option 5: ‘Must do jobs’ and ‘Earn per job’ jobs

Your kid will need to complete all their ‘Must do jobs' to get the regular pocket money amount. If they complete their 'Earn per job' jobs they’ll earn more money for those jobs.

‘Must do jobs' and jobs that 'Earn Per Job' are calculated independently. If your kid only completes their ‘Earn per job’ jobs, they’ll only be paid for those jobs, and nothing more.

  1. Set regular pocket money amount.
  2. Create ‘Must do’ jobs.

Create ‘Earn per job’ jobs and set the amount to pay each time they complete that job. 

What are ‘Must do’ and ‘Earn per job’ jobs?

There are two different job types which you can select when setting up or editing your kid’s jobs.

  • Must do jobs: Your kid must complete all their ‘Must do’ jobs to earn their base pocket money, or they get $0.00
  • Earn per job: Your kid will earn the amount indicated each time they complete this job.

What’s the difference between ‘Days of the week’ jobs and ‘Anytime’ jobs?

Jobs can be set to be completed on specific days of the week, or to be completed any time before PayDay.

Days of the Week jobs

  • Days of the Week jobs appear only on the days you’ve selected (e.g. every Tuesday and Friday).
  • A job can be assigned to multiple days of the week, but it can’t be assigned multiple times to a single day. If there is a job that needs to be completed more than once on a single day, give it different names, for example, ‘Feed Fluffy – morning’ and ‘Feed Fluffy – night’.

  • Overdue jobs within the same pay period can be ticked.

    • A ‘Have you done these job(s)’ alert will show on the Earn screen. Tap this to tick off missed jobs.
    • Alternatively, swipe back through the carousel, where missed jobs will be highlighted.

    Please note: Your kid will only be able to tick off overdue jobs if PayDay has yet to be processed. Once you have been asked to approve PayDay, ticks for that period can no longer be amended.

Anytime jobs

  • Anytime jobs don’t follow a schedule, they’re available every day until completed.
    This helps you tailor the job list to your child’s routine and gives flexibility for one-off or ongoing tasks.

How do I set up PayDay?

How do I edit PayDay and jobs?