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Wages Worksheet

This document contains examples of calculating gross weekly wages for various pay structures: 1) Salary examples calculate gross weekly wages for employees paid $1500/month and $27,000/year. 2) Hourly examples calculate earnings for 40 and 52 hour work weeks, including overtime pay. 3) Commission examples calculate earnings from straight commission on real estate and various product sales. 4) Salary plus commission and hourly plus commission examples calculate total gross weekly earnings from base pay plus percentage commissions on sales. 5) Piece work examples calculate weekly earnings based on set rates per item completed.

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Wages Worksheet

This document contains examples of calculating gross weekly wages for various pay structures: 1) Salary examples calculate gross weekly wages for employees paid $1500/month and $27,000/year. 2) Hourly examples calculate earnings for 40 and 52 hour work weeks, including overtime pay. 3) Commission examples calculate earnings from straight commission on real estate and various product sales. 4) Salary plus commission and hourly plus commission examples calculate total gross weekly earnings from base pay plus percentage commissions on sales. 5) Piece work examples calculate weekly earnings based on set rates per item completed.

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Calculating Gross and Weekly Wages

Worksheet

Name:______Peter-john Hyde__________________________________

Group Members:_______________________________________________________

A. Salary

1. Maria's job pays her $1500 a month. What is her gross weekly wage?

Annual = 1500 x 12 = $18000 Weekly= 18000/52 = $346.15

2. John grosses $27,000 a year. What is his gross weekly wage?

27000/52= 519.23

B. Hourly: A regular work week is 40 hours. Overtime pay is time and one-half.

1. Isabel drives truck for $8.75 an hour. If she worked 40 hours, what would her gross
earnings be for one week? 8.75 x 40 = $350

2. Manual is a word-processor operator. He makes $11.50 an hour. Determine his


gross earnings for a week if he worked 52 hours.

11.50 x 40 = $460 overtime= 17.25 x 12= $207 Total= $667

C. Straight Commission

1. A real estate agent earns 2.4% on the sale of a house priced at $89,950. What is
her take home pay that day? $2158.8

2. A salesperson receives step commission on sales calculated as follows:


* 8% on first $1000
* 12% next $2000
* 20% on sales above $3000

3. Calculate the salesperson's earning in one week if their sales were as follows:

Monday $1500.00

Tuesday $3000.00

Wednesday $ 970.00

Thursday $4563.81

Friday $2760.42

Total Sales = $12794.23

8% of $1000 = $80
12% of $2000 = $240
20% of $9794.23 = $1958.85

Total = $2278.85

D. Salary Plus Commission

1. Emilio earns $150 per week plus 38% commission. He sells $1043.92 in one
week, what is his gross weekly earning.

150 + 38 % of 1043.92
= 150 + 396.6896
= $546.69

2. Mary earns $28 000 a year. One week she grossed $658.00. She had sold
$1673.19 worth of merchandise. What is the rate of her commission?

$150 x 4 (.38 x $4175.68)


=$600 $1586.76 = $2186.76 gro

E. Hourly Wage Plus Commission

1. Emma is a sales clerk at a bicycle shop. She is paid $6.25 per hour for 30 hours work
week plus a commission of 8% of sales. In one week, her sales were $2319.75, what is
her gross weekly earning?=

Pay for a week = 30 x $6.25 = $187.50

Commission = $2319.75 x 8/100 = $185.58

Gross weekly earning = $373.08

2. Sam is paid $6.45 per hour for a 37.5 hour week plus 6% of sales for a week.
What would Sam's sales have to be for him to earn $400 in a week?

money per week

=$6.45/hour×37.5hours/week=$241.88/week

money from sales

=$400−$241.88=$158.12

total sales

$158.12/0.06
=$2635.33

F. Piece Work

1. Jolene gets paid 17 cents a tree for tree planting up north. In one week she
planted 2437 trees. What is her wage? 17 x 2437/100 = $414.29

2. A seamstress is paid $9.55 for every pair of pants made. How many pants would
have to be made to receive $525 a week? 525/9.55= 55

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