U.S. census looks to hire workers starting at $16 an hour

As 2020 approaches, efforts are gearing up to prepare for the U.S. Census. 

That includes hiring workers in various positions, including census takers, to go door-to-door collecting vital statistics on the country's population. 

Tuesday marks census recruitment day around the country, including in Florida and on the Space Coast as the federal government looks to hire 250,000 people nationwide. 

The hourly pay rate for census takers in Brevard County is set at $16, and workers can be reimbursed for mileage and other work-related expenses as well. 

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"The hours and schedule will vary and the employees will normally be able to set their own schedules," according to Gregory Engle , U.S. Census Bureau spokesman. "The 2020 Census will run through the middle of next year and it is expected that most employees will be on-board through then."

Several types of positions are available, including: 

• Recruiting assistants travel throughout geographic areas to visit with community-based organizations, attend promotional events and conduct other recruiting activities.
• Office operations supervisors assist in the management of office functions and day-to-day activities in one or more functional areas, including payroll, personnel, recruiting, field operations and support.
• Clerks perform various administrative and clerical tasks to support various functional areas, including payroll, personnel, recruiting, field operations and support.
• Census field supervisors conduct fieldwork to support and conduct on-the-job training for census takers and/or to follow-up in situations where census takers have confronted issues, such as not gaining entry to restricted areas.
• Census takers work in the field. Some field positions require employees to work during the day to see addresses on buildings. Other field positions require interviewing the public, so employees must be available to work when people are usually at home, such as in the evening and on weekends.

Anyone interested in the positions can go to 2020census.gov/en/jobs or call 1-855-562-2020 and select option 3.