Pay Off Those Holiday Bills by Earning up to $27.50 an Hour Working in Your Own Community!
With less than three months until the national kick-off of the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau announced it will boost hourly wages in all MA cities and towns. Wages for census workers in Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk, and Middlesex counties will increase to $27.50 from $25.00 per hour.
New pay rates for census workers will increase to $22.00 from $19.00 per hour for areas located in western MA, including cities and towns in Worcester, Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden and Berkshire counties, and southeastern MA, including Plymouth, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties. The pay rate increases are effective Monday, January 6 for thousands of part-time enumerator positions needed to conduct a complete and accurate count of the state’s capital and most populous cities. Interested candidates can learn more and apply today at 2020census.gov/jobs.
The pay rate increase was instituted to attract more qualified candidates to conduct door-to-door enumeration for the 2020 Census in familiar neighborhoods starting this spring. To apply, residents must possess the following qualifications:
Be at least 18 years old
Have a valid Social Security number
Be a U.S. citizen*
Have a valid email address
Be registered with the Selective Service System or have a qualifying exemption, if you are a male born after Dec. 31, 1959
The 2020 Census Jobs website allows applicants to apply for a range of positions, including census takers, recruiting assistants, office operations supervisors, clerks, census field supervisors and other positions by completing a single application online. Census jobs offer flexible work hours, including daytime, evenings and weekends, paid training, and travel reimbursement. The Census jobs are a great way for seasonal workers, students, retirees and workers in the gig economy to line up spring and summer employment opportunities.
Applicants will be placed in an applicant pool for 2020 Census positions in which they qualify for as jobs become available in their area. Applications will remain active and updateable throughout the 2020 Census recruiting and hiring period. For more information, contact 1-855-JOB-2020 and select option three. Applicants may also contact the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339. For more information, please visit the 2020 Census Jobs page or the Census Bureau’s Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages.
About the 2020 Census
The U.S. Constitution mandates a head count, every ten years, of all residents living in the United States and its territories. Census counts determine how many seats each state is allocated in the U.S. House of Representative as well as how over $675 billion in federal dollars are distributed annually. Individual responses are protected by federal law, never to be shared with any other governmental department, court, or law enforcement agency. Responding to the 2020 Census is easy with 4 ways to respond: online, by phone, on paper, or with the help of a Census taker.
* Non-citizens may be hired in certain circumstances. Consistent with law, the Census Bureau will hire non-citizen translators as census takers who are legally entitled to work in the U.S. on an as-needed-basis during 2020 peak field operations, if there are no available citizens who can be hired with the necessary non-English language skills. Census Bureau recruiting and hiring systems will be updated consistent with this approach.
