Pay Periods
When you get 26 paychecks in a year.
What is biweekly?
A job listing site that complies tons of open positions.
What is an employment agency?
When you get paid per item you created on the days job.
What is a pieceworkers?
What are three popular benefits jobs usually give out?
Any three of:
Overtime, Holiday Pay, PTO, Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement
(others may apply)
Mitchell found a job listed in the classified ads that pays a yearly salary of $57.3K. What is the weekly salary based on this annual salary?
$1,101.92
If Angie gets paid weekly and makes $453.50 every paycheck, how much does she make annually?
23,582
The tax form that employers must have you fill out when you are hired.
What is a W-4 Tax Withholding Form?
When you earn commission on something that you created and own the rights to.
What is Royalties?
The pay checks you get during retirement.
What is a pension?
Clarissa is considering two job offers. One has an annual salary of $61.1K and the other has an annual salary of $63.4K. What is the difference in the weekly pay for these two jobs, rounded to the nearest dollar?
$44
Jerica gets paid semimonthly. She makes $76,890 annually. How much does she earn each paycheck?
$3,203.75
Pat earns $575 per week at her new job. Express her pay as an equation using x for weeks worked and p for pay.
575x = p
Enid wrote a textbook for high school students. She receives a 5% royalty based on the total sales of the book. The book sells for $51.95, and 12,341 copies were sold last year. How much did Enid receive in royalty payments for last year, to the nearest cent?
$32,055.75
Ali has worked at a fashion magazine for the last 5 years. Her current annual salary is $64,000. When she was hired, she was told that she had four days of paid vacation time. For each year that she worked at the magazine, she would gain another three days of paid vacation time to a maximum of 26 days. How many paid vacation days does she now get at the end of five years of employment?
16
Joe earns a weekly pay of $510 plus a 5.02% commission on his real estate sales. If he sold $610,890 worth of homes this last week, what was his total pay? Round to the nearest penny.
$31,176.68
What is Gross Pay?
Michelle got a new job through the McCartney Employment Agency. The job pays $49,400 per year, and the agency fee is equal to 35% of one month’s pay. How much must Michelle pay the agency? Round to the nearest cent.
$1,440.83
Jill picks corn and gets paid at a piecework rate of 55 cents per container for the first 300 containers picked. She receives 60 cents per container for every container over 300 that she picks. Last week, Jill picked 370 containers. How much did she earn?
$207
Rachel contributes 20% of the cost of her individual health care. This is a $38 deduction from each of her weekly paychecks. What is the total value of her individual coverage for the year? (What is the cost including the employers coverage)
$9,880
A piece of paper or document with job history and a list of your skill sets.
What is a resume?
Last week, saul worked r regular hours and t overtime hours worth time and a half rate. He earned a total of $700. If x represents his hourly rate, express x in terms of r and t.
(Hint: Regular pay + Overtime pay = Total Pay)
700/(r+1.5t)
The Ludwig Employment Agency posted a job in the advertising field. The fee is 18% of three weeks’ pay. The job pays d dollars annually. Express the agency fee algebraically.
.18(3d/52)
Dafna makes sport jackets. She is paid d dollars per hour, plus a piece rate of p dollars for each jacket. Last week she made j jackets in h hours. Write an expression for her total earnings.
jp + dh
Dan’s employee benefi ts include health care coverage. His employer covers 78% of the cost, which is a contribution of $1,599.78 towards the total coverage amount. How much does Dan pay for his coverage?
$451.22
A tax that comes out of your paychecks to save for later if you retire.
What is Social Security?