Family Calculators
Kids allowance.
Enter up to three children with their ages and weekly chore minutes. See the age-based allowance and what that works out to per hour of chores for each child. Runs in your browser; nothing is sent or stored.
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A common rule of thumb is $1 a week for each year of age, so a 6-year-old gets $6 and a 10-year-old gets $10. It is a family rule of thumb, not a published standard, and you can change the dollar amount.
Arithmetic only. No external rate is built in. The $1 per year of age is a common rule of thumb, not a published standard, and whether allowance should depend on chores is your family's choice.
Worked example
Two children, aged 6 and 10, at $1 per year of age. The 6-year-old gets $6.00 a week ($312.00 a year) and the 10-year-old gets $10.00 ($520.00 a year), $16.00 a week in total, or $69.33 a month. If they do 60 and 120 minutes of chores a week, that works out to $6.00 and $5.00 per hour of chores. The younger child does 33.3% of the chore time and gets 37.5% of the allowance.
How it works
Weekly allowance = age x dollars per year of age. Monthly = weekly x 52 / 12; yearly = weekly x 52. Dollars per hour of chores = weekly allowance divided by chore hours. Shares compare each child's chore minutes and allowance with the total for the children entered.
Sources
Arithmetic on the numbers you enter. The dollar-per-year-of-age rule is described as a common rule of thumb, not a published standard; no source is cited for it and none of the figures here come from a study.
FAQ
How much allowance should a child get by age?
A common rule of thumb is $1 a week for each year of age. It is not a published standard, so adjust it to what your family can afford and what the allowance is meant to cover.
How do I keep allowance fair between siblings?
Compare the hourly rate and the shares. If an older child does a similar amount of chores for a higher allowance, the hourly figures show how big the gap is. Whether that gap is fair is a family decision.
Should allowance be tied to chores?
Families differ. This calculator does not take a side; it shows the age-based amount and the per-hour figure so you can see both.
How much is that per month and per year?
Weekly allowance x 52 gives the year and that divided by 12 gives the month, so $10 a week is $520 a year or $43.33 a month.
Can I use a different dollar amount?
Yes. Change dollars per year of age, for example $0.50 or $1.50, and every figure updates.