Information released by the US Census in 2012, showed the Median United States Household Income for 2011 as being between $25,193 and $76,593, depending on what City you lived in, with a figure of $50,054 for the entire country .… Read the rest
Category: Employment
UK State Pension Changes 2016
On Monday 18 March 2013, the Government announced that, subject to Parliamentary approval of the Pensions Bill, the single-tier pension will be introduced in April 2016.
This reform will affect people who reach State Pension age from the time … Read the rest
UK National Minimum Wage 2012
The United Kingdom Minimum Wage Rates:
2012 from 1 October – £ 6.19 per hour (£ 235.22 per 38 hour week)
Hourly Minimum Rates
£ 6.19 Adult aged 21 and over
£ 4.98 18-20 year olds
£ 3.68 16-17 year … Read the rest
Average Wages in USA 2004 to 2012
United States Average and Median Wages 1990 to 2012..
The Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States
- $768 per week in 2012 (Males: $854 – Females: $691) [Retail Cashiers $376]
- $756 per week in
Racial Inequality of Wages in the United States of America
While gathering data for my own Big Mac Index ( how many Big Mac’s you can buy with one weeks wages), I came across some US wage figures based on race.
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers … Read the rest
Unemployment Rate United States USA
August 2011 US Unemployment rate
- 8.9% Males over the age of 20, in August 2011
- 8.0% Females over the age of 20, in August 2011
July 2011 US Unemployment rate
- 9.0% Males over the age of 20, in July 2011
World Unemployment Rates 2005-2010
Unemployment Rates around the World..
Unemployment figures around the world can vary by some large amounts, and not all figures can be relied upon for accuracy. However, these are some figures that give an indication of unemployment rates around the … Read the rest
Unemployment Rate United Kingdom
August 2009 Unemployment rate
The number of unemployed people in the UK was 2.47 million in the three months to August 2009, up 88,000 from the three months to May 2009 and up 677,000 from a year earlier.
The number … Read the rest
Wages 1999-2008 Australia
These changes in Australian wages, between 1999 and 2008, have been looked at to compare against the changes in Food prices shown at this article: www.britzinoz.com/uk-australia/comparisons/food-price-comparison-uk-aus
Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (Dollars) – Seasonally Adjusted
2008
$912.00 pw November 2008 – … Read the rest
Wages 1999-2008 United Kingdom
These changes in UK wages, between 1999 and 2008, have been looked at to compare against the changes in Food prices shown at this article: www.britzinoz.com/…/food-price-comparison-uk-aus
2008
Median gross weekly earnings for all employee jobs was £388
1999
Median … Read the rest