Vocab
Occupation
A person's main employment
white-collar worker
Someone in a professional or clerical job who usually earns a salary and does not do manual labor.
gross salary
Salary earned before any amounts are subtracted from it (see "deductions").
diploma
A certificate received when graduating high school.
master's degree
Degrees earned after earning a four-year bachelor's degree.
Carrer
A long-term work history in a particular field.
base salary
A fixed salary that an employee can expect to earn at an entry level position.
net salary
The amount paid to a worker after deductions from the gross salary.
degree
Received when graduating college, graduate school, or any school after high school.
doctorate/doctoral degree
Highest level of academic degree.
career cluster
A group of occupations having related interests.
commission
An amount paid to an employee based on a percentage of the employee's sales
local taxes
Taxes that are paid to the city or county in which you live
college major
The field which a student wants to study.
job application
The form you fill out to ask for a job at a business.
blue-collar worker
A person that does manual labor usually for an hourly wage.
hourly wage
Pay based upon the number of hours you work and your hourly rate of pay.
state taxes
Tax levied on income at the state level.
soft skills
nontechnical skills needed by most workers for success on the job (communication, teamwork, self-discipline, showing commitment, flexibility, time management, and problem-solving skills.)
license
A legal document giving official permission to do something (example: teaching license).
workforce
All the people working or available to work, as in a nation, company, industry, or on a project.
minimum wage
A set amount ($7.25) by the federal government that is required to pay employees regardless of the job or employee. Some states set their own minimum wage and presently it is $8.70 in Ohio.
average salary
The total money paid to all workers performing the same job divided by the number of workers performing that job.
A four-year degree.
bachelor's degree
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