11 Free Printable Chore Charts with Money (+ How Much to Pay)

The best printable chore charts with money so that you can track your chore commission system. Plus, how much to pay!

Want your kids to understand the link between working and earning money?

Using a printable chore chart with money is a great way to cement the cause-and-effect relationship between work and money for your kids, tweens, and teens.

Heads up: after you find the perfect printable chore chart with money below, your next question might be how much you should pay for household chores.

Not to worry – before we dive into the actual chore chart PDFs, we’ll briefly discuss how to figure out what you’re going to pay in your chore system.

How Much Should I Pay for Household Chores?

Really great question you’ve got – and something you’ll definitely need to figure out before using a chore chart with money.

Figuring out how much you should pay for household chores (and whether or not you should pay for chores at all) involves:

• Looking at age-appropriate chores for kids
• Choosing which chores you’ll pay for, and which you won’t, from this list of 100 chores to do around the house
• Of the chores you’ll pay for, choosing how much you’ll pay

Example chore pay amounts, to give you an idea:

• Paying by Time the Chore Takes: Go through and give an estimated time each chore should take for someone of your child’s capability to finish, and then pay a certain amount per 10 minutes. So, you could choose $0.25 for every 10 minutes of time a chore takes (or whatever amount you’re comfortable with).
• Paying by Difficulty: Order your paid chores from easiest to most difficult, and then start a scale of pay that way. You could begin with $0.25 chores (like gathering all dirty laundry on laundry day), and end with $10.00 chores (like mopping the floors).
• Paying by Age: You could start your kids off with a certain pay amount, and then let them know that they get a pay increase on their birthday. For example, if your child is 5, you could pay $5.00/week for all chores completed. Then, bump it up to $6.00 when they turn 6.

Here’s a more in-depth article I wrote about chore pay scales and deciding on what to put in your money chore chart.

Psst: got a teenager rather than a little kid? Most of the charts below are aimed at younger kids – here are printable chore charts for teens instead.

Now, let’s dive into those printable chore charts with money!

For the best chore money apps, check out my review of the best chore tracker apps. And if you don't want to pay out actual money with your child reward system? Here are some free printable chore bucks.

Work for Hire Printable Chore Charts with Money

Work-for-hire chore charts allow your child to choose if they want to earn money for chores or not.

Meaning, you set out a number of chores you’re willing to pay for, plus the actual money you’ll pay, and then your child chooses the ones they want to do (or not do).

Hint: to give you more control here, you can choose a chore chart that also allows for unpaid chores, so that your kids are expected to complete at least some chores regardless of being paid for them or not.

1. Instant Gratification Chore Chart

You can turn a simple folder into an “instant gratification chore chart” with these instructions.

She also has a printable for chore ideas that you can print out, cut up, and put under each pile of money in the folder.

When money is earned, they can slip it into their folder. Then, every two weeks, the kids get to take the money out and divide it up into give, save, and spend categories.

2. Work for Hire Printable

Use a bulletin board and some binder clips to create jobs you want done and an incentive for getting them completed (the actual money your kids can earn when the work is completed).

Free printables, included.

3. Money Makers Envelope

Got a manila envelope and some index cards?

Then you can put together this simple payable chore system.

She brainstormed all the chores she wanted to get help with and then gave a price for each. She then wrote down instructions for how to complete each chore (step by step) and the amount on the card.

Each card goes into the envelopes. Boom!

4. Mom I Need Money Job Chart

This chore chart only allows you to post chores that are paid (also, it’s technically not a printable one – but definitely is a great way to post paid-for chores).

All you need to create it is a magnetic surface, some magnetic clips, and little pieces of paper (or this free set of printable chore cards).

OR, you can use binder clips and small, colorful envelopes. It’s up to you!

5. DIY Chore Chart Magnets

Want your chart to be magnets instead of paper? These are printable chore circles you punch out at one inch, glue onto flattened bottle caps, and back with a ceramic magnet – so they stick to the fridge and get moved around as chores are claimed.

Blank circles come in the set too, and that's where the money part comes in: write what each chore pays right on the circle, so your kid sees the price before they pick up the job.

6. Poker Chips Work for Hire Chore Chart

Check out this work-for-hire chore chart that uses poker chips to pay your kids!

Psst: want to use free printable chore money instead of real money? Check out these 17 free kid money printables.

Free Printable Chore Chart Pictures

Need a free printable chore chart with pictures?

1. Picture Reward Chore Chart

What a great idea – a chore chart with pictures (for non-readers, or kids that need visuals) that also promises a reward at the end!

Just cut out the icons and laminate/add Velcro (if you want to use this multiple times). You can also edit the child’s name on the chart.

Chore Chart Money Clip

Check out these fun money clips attached to chore charts.

1. DIY Chalkboard Money for Chores Chart

Got a chalkboard? You’ll need that, plus some clothespins you can write on to create this simple money clip chore chart.

2. Snack Baggie Chore Chart

Another way to clip money to a chore chart is by using snack bags as this woman does.

Clip the bags, then just refill them with chores and money as needed. Done!

Free Editable Printable Chore Charts

Looking to fill in your own chores and rewards on a cute chart, OR, looking for a template you can edit in a program?

That’s what this next section is all about.

1. The Editable Weekly Chore Chart (my free printable)

Most “editable” chore charts online are only editable in the sense that you can print them and write on them with a pen. This one your teen actually types into.

They fill in their own chores, how many times each one has to happen that week, and what it pays when it's done that many times. Then they save a copy and print a fresh one every week.

Two color options to pick from. And here's why I built it to be typed in rather than handed over finished: a teen who wrote the chart and argued the rates will use the chart. A teen handed a finished list will lose the list.

2. Rewards Point Printable Chore Chart

You can choose which chores you want your kids to do, and how much money OR reward points they’ll earn for each.

Then, there’s a space below to fill in what’s been earned, so that you can tally things up at the end of each “pay” period.

How Do You Make a Fun Chore Chart?

What are some things that can make chore charts fun?

Glad you asked.

Do things like:

• Pair it with one of these 17 chore games (including my free White Elephant Chore Game)
• Use some printable kids' money and let them shop at a home store once a month with what they’ve earned
• Allow your kids to negotiate chore prices with you (great life skill for them to practice!)

Pair one of these printable chore charts with money with an allowance system, and you'll be well on your way to your child self-discovering some important money life skills.