Unit 8: Wages

Calculate Their Pay

100

A job listing for a restaurant manager advertises an annual salary of $47,500. How much would the gross pay be each pay period if the manager is paid biweekly?

$1826.92

200

Marco has a part-time job after school in an office. He usually works 12 hours each week and earns $21.00 per hour. Estimate his yearly gross pay if he works 50 weeks this year.

$12,600

300

Alexa works in a bowling alley that pays $18 per hour with time and a half overtime pay when she works more than 40 hours per week. What is her gross pay if she works 45 hours in one week?

$855

400

Gia makes $80,000 per year working a full time job (40 hours a week for 50 weeks a year). What is the equivalent hourly rate?

$40/hour

500

Jazzlyne is a salesperson at a technology store and earns a 12% commission on sales plus $10 per hour. How much would she earn if she worked 40 hours and made $12,834 in sales in one week?

$1940.08

Types of Pay Vocabulary

100

Getting paid biweekly means you get paid every .... ?

2 weeks

200

Mish is paid bimonthly, and Joycelle is paid biweekly. How many more paychecks per year does Joycelle get?

2 paychecks

300

What is a fixed amount of pay earned each year called?

A salary

400

Name a job that might earn most of their pay through commissions.

salesperson, realtor

500

If you are paid hourly and work more than 40 hours a week, what are you legally supposed to receive?

Overtime pay (at least 1.5 times your hourly rate)

Would You Rather?

100

Would you rather work 45 hours a week and make $70,000 a year, or work 45 hours a week and make $32 an hour with time-and-a-half overtime for hours over 40?

hourly you make $79,040 per year

200

Would you rather get paid $2700 biweekly or $2900 bimonthly?

$2700 biweekly = 70,200 a year

$2900 bimonthly = 69,600 a year

300

Would you rather:

make $6500 monthly

or 

make $30 an hour working 51 hours a week with time-and-a-half overtime for hours over 40?

Write "monthly" or "hourly" and the amount of money you will make with the better paying job.

You make more with the hourly job (88,140/year) 

400

Would you rather get a $2/hour raise or a 5% raise?

 You currently make $42/hour.

5% raise is a raise of $2.10 an hour

500

Would you rather make $40 an hour or $75,000 a year? Assume you work 50 weeks a year, for 40 hours a week.

$40/hour is better