Here's how Jobs and Income aligns with curriculum standards in Connecticut. Use the filters to change the location, set of standards, and grade level.
Financial Literacy Standards
9.1: Earning Income
12.1: Compensation for a job or career can be in the form of wages, salaries, commissions, tips, or bonuses, and may also include contributions to employee benefits, such as health insurance, retirement savings plans, and education reimbursement programs.
12.3: People vary in their opportunity and willingness to incur the present costs of additional training and education in exchange for future benefits, such as earning potential.
12.4: Employers generally pay higher wages or salaries to more educated, skilled, and productive workers than to less educated, skilled, and productive workers.
12.6: Federal, state, and local taxes fund government-provided goods, services, and transfer payments to individuals. The major types of taxes are income taxes, payroll taxes, property taxes, and sales taxes.
12.7: The type and amount of taxes people pay depend on their sources of income, amount of income, and amount and type of spending.
12.8: Interest, dividends, and capital appreciation (gains) are examples of unearned income derived from financial investments. Capital gains are subject to different tax rates than earned income.