Question:

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.

Annual income

Hourly wage

2013 U.S. federal poverty line for a family of four

$23,550

11.775

2013 U.S. median household income

$51,994

25.997

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 between each annual wage figure and both the poverty threshold and the median household income. If the difference is a negative number, record it as such.

Hourly wage

Annual income

Difference between annual wage and federal poverty line

Difference between annual wage and median household income

Federal minimum wage

$7.25

14500

-9050

-37494

Oregon's minimum wage

$8.95

17900

-5650

-34094

Average for all occupations

$23.87

47740

+24190

-4254

Marketing managers

$51.90

Family-practice doctors

$82.70

Veterinary assistants

$11.12

Police officers

$26.57

Child-care workers

$9.38

Restaurant cooks

$10.59

Air-traffic controllers

$58.91

Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2013)

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?

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?

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