17 November 2022 - According to a settlement reached with the US Department of Labor, Krispy Kreme has agreed to pay 516 workers about $1.2 million in back wages and damages for wage violations. The national doughnut company allegedly broke the law by omitting to factor some employees' monthly incentives into their normal rates of pay, causing them to be paid overtime at less than the legal minimum. Individual payouts range from hundreds to thousands of dollars, with some employees expected to receive more than $13,000. Learn more about Overtime Pay in the United States of America.
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Nov 30, 2022 - Systems analysts that have worked for 10 years, receive between $3,511 and $8,651 per month. With 10 years of work experience, workers will earn from $3,511 to $8,651 monthly. This is evident from research conducted by Paywizard.org, in 2022.
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Celebrity Pay!
Do you have any idea how much movie stars in the US get paid? One of the biggest actresses in the world, Angelina Jolie, earns about $107,692 per day! Check out the salaries of your favourite actresses in the US.
Labour Rights Index
Do you have questions like Does US law provide for the right to strike? If there is a limit to maximum working hours and overtime? Or whether a 30-day notice is legally required before contract termination? Have your questions answered about fair wages, employment security, trade unions, and more, as well as their legal basis on WageIndicator’s interactive map and country profiles based on labor rights indexing.
Labour Laws
The employment-at-will doctrine states that your employer has the right to dismiss you for any reason or no reason at all, including reasons that may be "unjust" or "unfair". Furthermore, the doctrine gives employees the right to leave their job for any reason or no reason without giving notice. However, if a contract states a notice period, this period must be provided. Click here to learn more about labour laws in the U.S.
Did you know that disabled people earn 37% less than their non-disabled peers in the United States? Furthermore, disabled women make 83% of what their male-disabled counterparts make. Compare your salary with people in the same occupation
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Chris Rock
- Comedian - United States
- Born: 1965, South Carolina, United States
- Annual: $40,000,000.00
- Monthly: $3,333,333.33
- Weekly: $769,230.77
- Daily: $153,846.15
Will Smith
- Actor
- Born: 1968, Philadelphia, United States
- Annual: $35,000,000.00
- Monthly: $2,916,666.67
- Weekly: $673,076.92
- Daily: $134,615.38
Economic Facts
- Did you know that the richest DJ in the world is American DJ Calvin Harris? Other prominent DJs in this list include Marshmello, Steve Aoki, DJ Khaled, Skrillex, and the Chainsmokers duo Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart. Find out more about American DJs
- The gender pay gap in the US is prevalent in almost all industries. Women earn less than their male counterparts for the same number of working hours. For example, in healthcare, men have average weekly earnings of $1123 while women earn an average of $817, according to Statistica. Learn more about the gender pay gap in the USA
- American soccer star, Carli Lloyd earns an average salary of 518000 USD per year. She is the highest paid woman soccer player in the US. On the other hand, her male counterpart, Michael Bradley, earns around 6.5 million USD per year. Learn more about the Gender Pay Gap in the United States
- Did you know that the job of a dishwasher is the lowest paying job in the US as of 2020? Dishwashers earn an average of 23,000 USD annually. On the other hand, physicians are one of the top paid occupations in the US, earning an average of 250,000 USD annually. Use the Salary Calculator to compare the wages across different occupations in different industries
- Did you know that American actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson earns an annual income of 87.5 Million USD? In comparison, the salary of a security guard with ten years of experience in the United States of America reaches a maximum of 3665 USD. Use the Salary Calculator to compare your salary with others’ salaries across different industries
- Did you know that basketball player Stephen Curry’s salary is 40 million USD per year? In comparison, the highest paid woman basketball player, DeWanna Bonner, earns 215000 USD, which amounts to 18.6 times less than Stephen Curry’s annual salary! Learn more about Gender Pay Gap in the United States of America
- Did you know that Lebron James (Basketball Player for the Los Angeles Lakers) earns close to 39.2 million USD per year? Compared to this figure, a domestic cleaner in his hometown, Akron, Ohio, earns an average of 1782 USD per month! Use the Salary Calculator to compare the wages you earn with those of others in the same job.
- Did you know that in the United States, wage differences emerge mainly due to education, occupation or profession and the sector combined? Nowadays, women are on par in terms of education when compared to men, which was not the case ten years ago. However, research says that in 2020, women make only USD 0.81 for every dollar a man makes. Learn more about the Gender Pay Gap
- America is the most powerful country in the world. However, there is literally a cost to America’s military might. Based on 2019 figures, The US spends much more on its military than the combined expenditure of China, India, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Russia, the UK and France. While these countries spent $578 (together) on the military, the US spent $610 billion. What about Cost of Living in the USA?
- One of the major events that changed how industries and factories around the world operated, started in the United States. Henry Ford, of Ford Motors, was an American who is acclaimed as the creator of the assembly line. This idea streamlined the entire production process and increased efficiencies. Check the cost of living in the United States
- Estimates suggest that the United States sells more than 3 billion pizzas a year and that each American consumes a minimum of at least one pizza in thirty days. This pizza frenzy sustains more than 70,000 pizzerias across the country! What are salaries in the pizza sector?
- A defining feature of the United States’ vast geographical landscape, is the different and oftentimes harsh kinds of weather and climatic conditions. Due to severe blizzards, torrential hurricanes, and sweltering heat waves, the estimated cost of the 14 disasters in 2019 alone was close to 1 billion USD each. These natural disasters also affect working conditions and safety, which pushes the government to have stringent measures to address their effects. So how is pay affected by bad weather? Click to find out!
- The United States has the world’s largest economy but the state of California alone has a GDP of $2.998 trillion which is higher than a few of the biggest countries such as India, France, etc. Minimum Wages in the USA
- More than 33% of the population in the United States doesn't get adequate rest. This costs the country 411 billion USD through the deficiency of 1.2 million workdays every year. Take our survey on living and working in the United States during Coronavirus
- The coronavirus pandemic has severely impacted small businesses across various industry sectors in the United States of America. A decline of 19.1% was observed in the revenue growth in small businesses across all industries. Take our survey on living and working in the United States during coronavirus
- Do you know the largest employer by industry in the United States in 2020? The education and health services industry employed about 34.1 million people in 2020! Know more about Job and Pay in the United States
- Did you know the distribution of the workforce across economic sectors in the United States? In 2020, 1.31% of the workforce in the U.S. were employed in agriculture, 19.71% in industry, and 78.98% in services. Learn more about Job and Pay
- According to the Huffington Post, it will take more than 144 years to close the gender pay gap in the USA. A survey conducted by the Women’s Policy Research shows that Florida will be the first state to close this gap by 2038. Know more about the gender pay gap in USA
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