Allowance / Pocket-Money Chore Chart

A printable allowance chart that links chores to pocket money

The allowance / pocket-money chore chart turns weekly jobs into a clear earnings tracker. Money-earning tasks run down the left, the seven days of the week run across the top, and a tick box sits in every cell. A 'Worth' column on the right records what each task pays, and a 'Total earned this week' box at the bottom makes payday simple.

Add the child's name, pick a currency symbol and an optional weekly goal, then download a clean A4 or US Letter PDF. Keep a separate chart per child so siblings each track their own allowance.

Why use an allowance chart?

Tying pocket money to visible tasks teaches children that money is earned, not given. A chart on the fridge turns "can I have some money?" into "look how much I earned this week." Use it for:

• teaching the link between effort and reward
• building early money skills and saving habits
• setting a weekly allowance goal to work towards
• letting children see exactly which tasks pay the most
• keeping pocket money fair and consistent across siblings
• giving older kids responsibility for tallying their own earnings

Because each task can be worth a different amount, children quickly learn to prioritise the jobs that pay best.

What you can customise

• Page title: default "My Allowance Chart" or rename it
• Child's name: printed at the top so the chart feels personal
• Currency symbol: $, £, € or any short symbol
• Weekly goal: an optional target amount printed in the top strip
• Number of tasks: 5 to 12 rows
• Task list: write your own, or leave blank to hand-write after printing
• Tick boxes: one per day for each task, ready to mark off
• Worth column: write the pay value for each task
• Total row: a box to add up the week's earnings
• Paper size: A4 or US Letter PDF

Notes and limitations

• The chart is a printable template — children tick boxes and write amounts by hand.
• Twelve tasks is the practical maximum on one page; beyond that the tick boxes get too small.
• The 'Worth' and 'Total earned' boxes are left blank for you to fill in — the tool does no arithmetic.
• Print at 100% scale so the tick boxes stay square.

Who the allowance chart is for

Parents

Run a consistent weekly pocket-money routine where money is clearly earned through chores.

Grandparents and carers

Keep a simple, visible reward system during child-care — the chart travels with the child.

Teachers

Use it in a classroom economy or money-skills lesson — rename tasks to classroom jobs and 'pay' in tokens or points.

Older children

Hand the tallying over to the child — adding up the week's earnings is a real-world maths exercise.

Task ideas by age

Ages 5 to 7

Make bed, feed the pet, tidy toys, put clothes in the wash, help set the table, water a plant.

Ages 8 to 10

Take out the trash, load or empty the dishwasher, tidy bedroom, pack school bag, walk the dog, help with younger siblings.

Ages 11 and up

Vacuum a room, fold and put away laundry, wash the car, mow a small lawn, prepare a simple meal, do the weekly recycling.

How to use the tool

1. Enter the child's name and a title.
2. Choose a currency symbol and, optionally, a weekly goal.
3. Pick the number of tasks (5 to 12).
4. Type each task, or leave the list blank to write in by hand.
5. Choose A4 or US Letter and preview the chart.
6. Download the PDF and print at 100% scale.
7. Pin it up, fill in the 'Worth' of each task, tick a box each day, and total the earnings on payday.

Worked example

A parent sets the name to "Maya", currency to $, weekly goal to $10, and lists 6 tasks: Make bed ($0.50), Feed dog ($0.50), Take out trash ($1), Wash dishes ($1), Tidy room ($1), Homework done ($0.50). Maya ticks a box each day she completes a task. By Sunday she counts her ticks, multiplies by each task's worth, writes the total in the box — $9.50, just short of her goal — and decides which extra job to do next week.

Methodology

The engine renders a tasks-by-7-days grid. Rows are the tasks you supplied, columns are Monday to Sunday, and every cell holds an empty tick box. A 'Worth' money column sits on the right and a full-width 'Total earned this week' row sits beneath the grid. The currency symbol and weekly goal appear in the top strip. A4 and US Letter layouts share the same proportions so the tick boxes always land square.

Designed for A4 and US Letter printing

The allowance chart prints cleanly on A4 and US Letter. Tick-box size stays consistent so the chart looks the same regardless of paper choice.