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Today, the minimum1 wage has increased by 25c from $12.75 to $13 an hour. For young people who are still being trained for the job, their pay has increased by 20c from $10.20 to $10.40.
At $13 an hour, this comes to $520 for a 40-hour week. The median hourly rate for all workers, including people on a salary, is $20 an hour. Usually professional2 people like teachers and lawyers receive a salary which is a yearly3 amount. It may be paid every two weeks. A median is an average where half the people receive more and half the people receive less.
The age group which has the highest weekly pay is between 35 and 39 years of age. The median for this age group is $777 a week – ($900 for men and $657 for women).
The median household income is $1,236 a week. This includes government benefits4 like “Working for Families”.
These figures are for the June quarter last year, collected by the Department of Statistics5. If you are interested, you can find these figures on the Stats website.
Questions
What is the difference between median and mean? Why does the Stats Dept prefer the median?
Who earns the minimum wage?
Why do men earn more than women?
1 minimum | |
adj.最低的,最小的;n.最小量,最低限度 | |
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2 professional | |
adj.专业的;职业的;n.专业人员;职业运动员 | |
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3 yearly | |
adj.每年的,一年一度的;adv.一年一次地 | |
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4 benefits | |
n.津贴费;利益( benefit的名词复数 );(给职工的)奖金;救济金;益处 | |
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5 statistics | |
n.统计,统计数字,统计学 | |
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