Your base salary will be $83,000 with an additional 85$/shift. You work 7 shifts per 2 weeks. what is year annual salary?

Question

Your base salary will be $83000 with an additional 85$/shift. You work 7 shifts per 2 weeks. what is year annual salary?

Answer 1

Hi Jay,

 

(1) determine how many additional shifts are worked in a year's time

 

You can consider how many 2 week periods are in a year. There are 52 weeks in a year so when you divide 52 by 2 you get 26. Therefore you work 7 additional shifts 26 times during the year. 

7x26=182 additional shifts

 

Another way to find this number is to set up equal proportions. 

7 shifts is to 2 weeks as x additional shifts is to 52 weeks

7/2 = x/52

 

Cross multiply and you get 2x = 364

x = 182 additional shifts

 

(2) you earn $85 for each of these

182·85 = 15,470

 

(3) Add this amount for additional shifts to the base salary to get the annual salary

15,470 + 83,000 = 98,470

 

98,470 is your answer