Wages & Salaries
Teresa earns $6.25 per hour. Calculate her wage for the week where she works 10 hours.
10x$6.25 = $62.50
As a salesman, Andrew earns 16% of all the sales he makes.What does Andrew earn in a week where he sells goods worth $2800?
$448
George works in a factory and is paid 28 cents per fitting he makes.What does he earn in a week where he fits 1565 items?
$438.20
Jane earns $8.75 per hour for the first 8 hours she works each day, thentime-and-a-half for each hour after that.What is Jane paid on days in which she works:(i) 6 hours
6x8.75 = $52.50
Calculate the holiday loading of 17.5% of 4 weeks normal wages for each of these people, given that their normal pay is:Maree: $805 per week
$563.50
Amelia works at a factory for $11.55 per hour. For each of the following weekly wages work out the number of hours she worked:
(i) $438.90
(i) 438.90 / 11.55 = 38 hours
Kate is paid a retainer of $160 per week plus a commission on sales of 12.5%of the value of her sales. What is Kate paid for the following weeks, giventhe value of sales each week:
1)$480
$220
A plumber is employed to fit out a building. He is paid $8.50 for every tap he fits.What is he paid for fitting 820 taps?
$6970
If Felicity works overtime she is paid more than her normal rate which is$12.75 p.h. for the first 8 hours of work per day. Felicity earns time-and-a-half for the next 2 hours, then double-time for any hours worked after that. Calculate Felicity’s pay on days in which she worked the following:
9 hours
$121.13
Calculate the holiday loading of 17.5% of 4 weeks normal wages for each of these people, given that their normal pay is:
Anna: $576 per week
$403.20
Hilary earns $42 000 per year. Majella earns $925 per week.Using 52.14 weeks per year, find the difference in their weekly wages.
$119.48
Kate is paid a retainer of $160 per week plus a commission on sales of 12.5%of the value of her sales. What is Kate paid for the following weeks, giventhe value of sales each week?
$648
$241
David earns 6 cents for each newspaper he sells. What does he earn on a daywhen he sells 400 papers?
$24
Mikhaila earns $502 for a 40-hour week at normal pay. She needs to earn another $1000 over the next 12 weeks to put towards a holiday. Find: (i) her normal hourly rate of pay.
$12.55 per hour
Dane gets paid $650 weekly and has applied for his annual 4 weeksholidays. How much will his holiday pay be, if it also includes a holiday loading of 17.5% on 4 weeks pay? (ie. 4 weeks normal pay plus loading).
$3055
Steve changes jobs during the year. In his first job he earns a weeklywage of $523 over 6 months; his next job pays $535 per week for theremainder of the year.What is his total income in that year?
$27 508
As an art reseller, Chris is paid on the basis of sales made in the following manner:
6% on the first $20000
2% on the next $800000.
8% on the remainder
Find Chris’s earnings (to the nearest dollar) on the following sales: (i) $75000
$2 300
Marie the landscape gardener is paid to plant a new garden. She is paid$1.50 per metre of lawn laid, $2.50 per tree planted, and $0.85 per flowering plant she plants in the garden. Marie plants 400 flowering plants, 125 treesand lays 42 metres of lawn.How much money does Marie receive for doing this work ?
$715.50
Michael receives his pay and decides to check the figures.He finds that he is paid $195 for overtime of 12 hours. (i) What is the rate per hour Michael is paid for overtime?
$16.25
If 17.5% holiday loading is paid on 4 weeks normal pay, calculate the holiday loading for Archie who earns $1328 per week.
$929.60
Murphy's hourly pay rate increases from $7.75 to $9.20.Write this increase as a percentage of his original rate?
18.7%
Ian's income is $895 in a week when he sells $40000 worth of goods.If he earns a commission of 0.5% of his sales, what is his retainer?
$695
An electrician charges $16 per power point, $17.50 per light fitting, and$18.50 per switch. How much will the electrician receive for wiring a housewith 16 power points, 13 light fittings and 15 switches, if he also chargesan on site fee of $150?
$911
Miriam earns $11.56 per hour. She earns overtime at time-and-a-half for thefirst 3 hours she works each day after the normal 8 hours worked. After thisher rate becomes double-time. In order to save for a house deposit Miriam decides to work overtime for 4 hours each day, 5 days a week for 12 weeks.How much money will she earn in overtime by the end of the 12 week
$4508.40
If 17.5% holiday loading is paid on 4 weeksnormal pay, calculate the holiday loading for Archie who earns $1726 per week.
$893.20