2007-12-11 04:49:50 · 8 answers · asked by Purple Vengeance 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Financial Aid
It is close to the national average.
"Narrowing our search to "salary," we found that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the average annual wages in the U.S. as $36,764 for 2002. More recently, the White House reports that the average hourly earnings of nonsupervisory workers was $15.54 in March 2004. The White House also gets its information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which states that in that same month, the average wage for workers in the private sector was around $520 a week."
It may also depend on whether it is the primary earner of a household. Two people making $17/hour make a pretty good family income.
--- Retired Guy
2007-12-11 04:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by Menehune 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um....depends on if you like money, thats pretty good if you don't have a college degree or a higher end job, otherwise that is more than enough to make an average living in any city/ community
2007-12-11 12:54:23 · answer #2 · answered by Tjj9000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the type of job and how other people are paid for doing that same job...you can find sites like monster.com that have salary comparison engines to look up your job title and region and compare your pay to how others are compensated.
2007-12-11 13:11:11 · answer #3 · answered by karen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$17/hr x 40 hrs a week x 50 wks a year =
$34,000 a year, certainly less after taxes!
You decide...can you live comfortably in this salary? are you supporting anyone else? do you have many expenses/debts?
I would say this is only a reasonable starting salary if you have a solid education, more so if you do not...
2007-12-11 12:56:29 · answer #4 · answered by moafy88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the job. sure beats minimum wage though. think of it this way. if you work a 40 hour work week you'll be making $680 a week, $1088 a paycheck, $2176 a month, $26112 a year.
2007-12-11 12:55:18 · answer #5 · answered by Ray E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all relative...relative to where you live in the country...your tax liabilities, and cost of living in your area. In some areas this would be decent...in others...you'd be scrabbling for every penny to get by.
2007-12-11 12:59:23 · answer #6 · answered by chyrrl j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on your status and the job,as well the location of the job plus demand load and time
2007-12-11 13:47:08 · answer #7 · answered by freshupfreddie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for taco bell hell yeah! for a rocket scientist.. not so much lol depends on what you're doing and where you live I guess.
2007-12-11 12:54:01 · answer #8 · answered by frogbfound 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋