Thursday, March 12, 2009

Pay Comparison

Many of us worry about switching form a regular Brick and Mortar job to a work from home job because they feel the pay is not equal and they would have to spend money on office equipment/health care. There are many reasons why working from home is actually more cost effective. The money savings comes from: not having to pay for daycare, no need for new work attire, no need for a car or the extra expenditures(gas, routine maintenance, wasted time in traffic, paying for parking)and no need to buy lunches or worry about packing a lunch. The costs of all these factors could run anywhere from a few hundred to thousands of dollars a month!
There are some things that freelancers will have to pay for and those might include office equipment and health care. Most of us already own a computer in our homes and a brand new one can cost as little as $300! The health benefits can be solved by getting help from The Freelancers Union or you can use your spouses' health benefits. What about paid vacation? Considering most Americans only get one week of paid vacation; you could easily go on vacation and do work during the day and enjoy your evenings and weekends because you can work where ever there is an internet connection.

Now, onto the pay comparison of working from home vs. a brick and mortar job. The average hourly pay was taken from www.payscale.com. Here are some Brick and Mortar jobs that are comparable to working from home and the median hourly rate starting out:

Cashier $7.52
Retail Sales Associate $8.11
Sales Associate $8.24
Telephone Operator $9.12
Front Desk Receptionist $9.90
Bank Teller $9.92
Nanny $10.03
Medical Biller $11.00

All of the job positions found in the Job Based From Home Database start at $8/per hour and go up to $50/per hour. These job examples require no formal training or little training to get started, just like most of the work found in the Job Based From Home Database
From what I can see working from home pays just as much or more than the typical brick and mortar job, but without the extra expenses listed above. Because if you take into account the fact that you could be gone from home for 9 hours but only get paid for 7, and add in all the expenses, working from home is actually a savings! So if you are sick of wasting money and missing out on valuable time with your family; consider using the Job Based From Home E-book and Database and start living the life you want and deserve!

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