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Graded Assignment Practice: You Do the Math Answer the following questions to learn more about wages and income levels in the United States. 1. Calculate the hourly wage associated with the two annual income levels listed below. Assume that an individual works 40 hours per week for 50 weeks each year. (5 points) Annual income Hourly wage 2005 U.S. federal poverty line for a family of four $19,350 $9.675 2005 U.S. median household income $46,326 $23.163 2. For each of the professions in the left column, calculate the annual pay based on full-time, year-round employment consisting of 2,000 hours a year (40 hours per week for 50 weeks each year). Record your calculations under "Annual income" in the table. Then, find the difference…show more content…
Bureau of Labor Statistics$ 3. Choose a profession for which the annual income is higher than the U.S. median household income. Why might this job pay more than the median? How could productivity, the law of supply and demand, and international competition and technology affect wages for this job? (5 points) Air traffic controller because they have a lot of responsibilities, and I think that is a very hard job because a lot of lives are in their hands. The technology plays a very important role in this job because is the way through they control everything. 4. Choose a profession for which the annual income is lower than the U.S. federal poverty line. Why might this job pay less than the poverty line? How could productivity, the law of supply and demand, and international competition and technology affect wages for this job? (5 points) Child care workers because is an easy job, they don’t have to use technology and not a lot of people use this

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