The 2020 census day is a year away but the Census Bureau is recruiting and hiring people for important preliminary work right now.
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Applicants can qualify for both field and office positions. The office positions, which are more limited, will be located in area census offices. The role of these offices is to recruit, select, hire, train, manage, and pay all office and field staff who work within the designated boundaries of the geographic territory assigned to the office.
In-field address canvassers are being hired this spring. The actual work of confirming addresses will start in mid-August.
2020 Census jobs offer good pay, flexible hours, a weekly paycheck and paid training.
You can set your own time schedule. You can work five hours one week and 40 the next week.
The pay is $13-14 an hour (more for an office position) and canvassers are reimbursed 58 cents per mile. You will be updating an address list.
In-Field Address Canvassing is the process of visiting specific geographic areas to identify every place where people live or could live. Field staff then compare what they see on the ground to the existing census address list. They verify, correct, or add address and location information.
Thanks to modern technology and innovations, 99% of the time you won’t get out of the car, according to one local recruiter. You need to be a little tech savvy because you will be using an I-pad, which is provided.
You must be 18 years-old and a citizen. You can apply online and the interview is done over the phone. You will need to get fingerprinted for a background check. If offered a job, you will receive instructions on next steps via email.
Even if you’re not selected for a canvassing position, your name may be put back in the pool for jobs that open later this year or in 2020. Your application will remain on file.
The Address Canvassing operation will be completed in October. Then the Census Bureau will finalize the address list for the 2020 Census.
The mapping tool will help address what is historically a huge issue in rural parts of the United States: uncounted residents.
Houses down rural roads and back in the woods aren’t always easy to find. People with local knowledge and experience are being recruited for the count.
It’s not just our civic duty. Census data is how we secure funding to meet community needs. An accurate count is crucial. The census will determine the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives; and it will be used to plan for roads, schools, and hospitals.
Applications are available online at 2020census.gov/jobs or for more information, please call 1-855-JOB-2020. The US Census Bureau is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applying for one of these jobs is simple. Pay rates for field and clerical jobs can be found at: 2020census.gov/jobs/locations/national-map.html.