This is how we do it at our place (after much trial and error...failing with charts etc). The 3 kids each have chores they do becasue we are a family and we all pitch in to help (keeping room tidy, making their own beds and one other age appropriate chore). Then they each have 3 paying jobs they can do (only if they have kept up with their chores). One of the jobs can happen as often as daily, the other ones happen once a week. Each paying job is worth .25...if they do all they can do, they can earn up to 1.75 a week...and they think they are rich. I also have 3 other paying jobs that they can do together as a team...if they accomplish the task, without fighting or crabbing at one another...and all help out, they can earn .50 each. after a job has been completed, I inspect right away and if done properly, they get paid right away. This has worked out better than any chart I have ever attempted to follow.