Income
Paychecks
Education, skills, and job demand
Career Goals
Skills and Career Paths
100

The money that people earn.

What is income?

100

Money that is removed from a paycheck for taxes or other purposes. 

What are deductions?

100

The highest degree or training someone has completed.

What is the education level?

100

Something you want to achieve in your job or profession.

What are career goals?

100

The abilities that can be taught and measured.

What are hard skills?

200

Money earned by actively working at a job.

What is earned income?

200

Money deducted from a person's paycheck that is paid to the government.

What are taxes?

200

How many workers are needed for a certain career?

What is job demand?

200

The steps you can complete in the near future, usually within a year or two.

What are short-term goals?

200

The personal qualities and people skills that help workers get along with others and solve problems.

What are soft skills?

300

Money earned without constant work, such as earning rent from an apartment.

What is passive income?

300
Extra rewards provided in some jobs that can include health insurance, paid vacation, or even help saving for retirement.

What are the benefits?

300

Abilities that help people succeed in their work.

What are skills?

300

Larger achievements that may take several years of education, training, and experience.  "Big picture" dreams.

What are long-term career goals?

300

List 3 careers that are considered skilled trades.

What are electricians, plumbers, mechanics, or carpenters?

400

The gross pay a worker earns working $18 per hour for 10 hours.

What is $180?

400

A fixed amount that is paid yearly.  

2 examples of those jobs.

What is salary?  

What are doctors, managers, nurses, or teachers?

400

The organized process of teaching, learning, or developing specific skills.

What is training?

400

The mean amount of money earned by workers in a specific company. This can be higher depending on the staff's level of training. It's the reason that education matters.

What is average salary?

400

The process of starting a business or service to share an idea, product, or solution with others.

List 2 examples of this.

What is entrepreneurship?

What is opening a restaurant, clothing store, or local shop?  What is designing an app, inventing new products, or launching online businesses?

500
After taxes, retirement, and health insurance are taken out of a paycheck, this is what is left.
What is net pay?
500

Jobs that pay by the hour.

2 examples of this type of job.

What is an hourly wage?

What are cashiers, waiters, construction workers, or sales associates?

500

3 examples of education that can increase a person's education level.

What are high school, college, and vocational training?

500

These two things help people succeed at work and offer more opportunities.

What are skills and training?

500

List 4 STEM careers.

What are doctors, scientists, computer programmers, and engineers?