Friday, July 8, 2011

Choosing A Career That Pays Enough

A Career Information Center presentation
Wednesday, July 13 10am-12noon
1001 Rt 35 Shrewsbury, NJ
866-941-8188

What is enough? By comparing occupational wage rates in Monmouth County with standard of living indexes based on Monmouth County prices, this presentation will help you identify careers that provide a self-sufficient income without private or public assistance.

The program is based on statistics from the Poverty Research Institute of New Jersey and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Family budget estimates vary according to family composition and include budgeting for housing, childcare, food, transportation, and taxes.

The full report on the Monmouth County prices can be found at:

http://www.lsnj.org/PDFs/PovertyResearchInstitute/County/2008/Monmouth.pdf

The full report on New Jersey can be found at
http://www.selfsufficiencystandard.org/docs/New%20Jersey%202008.pdf

"Basic Economic Security Tables for the United States 2010" is the title of a similar report publishced by Wider Opportunities for Women. That report is available at: http://www.wowonline.org/documents/BESTIndexforTheUnitedStates2010.pdf

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