Wage Calculations



Wage Calculations

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|CLB Level: CLB4/PH3 |Method: |

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|Essential Skills Focus: |Prior knowledge of using a computer and performing calculations mentally, on paper or on a |

|Continuous Learning (find out how to |calculator is necessary. Prompt questions about the number of weeks in a year (52 wks.) and the|

|calculate weekly and hourly wages), Numeracy|number of working hours in a week (40 hrs. to keep it simple). Talk about the way wages are |

|(perform multiplications and divisions) |calculated in other countries. Discuss how using the Internet is another method of finding |

| |wages & salaries. |

|Task: |Demonstrate instructions step-by step using the LCD projector (if available). |

|Find/copy yearly wages, perform calculations|Hand out Sheet 1 & Sheet 2 to students |

|and copy results in a table |Go over the instructions on Sheet 1 and do the “Baker” practice calculations with the students |

| |on the board |

|Purpose: |On Sheet 2 have students record the amount calculated. |

|Students will |Have students perform the same steps for four other jobs and have them record their results on |

| |their worksheet. |

|use the internet to find wages of different |After completion of task discuss their answers and compare weekly and hourly wages among |

|jobs |themselves for the jobs found. |

|copy, calculate weekly and hourly wages | |

|transfer results onto sheet in appropriate |Follow Up: |

|boxes | |

|discuss/compare results |In groups of 3 or 4, have students talk about places where they would find information of hourly|

| |wages and ask them to come up with a table and do a reverse calculation for monthly and yearly |

|Materials: |earnings. To help the lower level students, a list of familiar jobs and hourly wages could be |

|Computers, Internet connection, LCD |given and ask them to match them and do the calculations for yearly wages. |

|projector (if avail.), calculators, | |

|teacher-made worksheets (2 sheets attached) |Debrief/Transfer |

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|Learning Style: |Discuss the real life application/importance of where they might need to do hourly, weekly, |

|Visual, kinaesthetic, oral & interpersonal |monthly or yearly calculations. |

|Time: 60 minutes | |

Instructions:

1. Log in onto your computer

2. Open Internet Explorer

3. In the search box type: Manitoba Job Futures and press Enter

4. Click on the title Manitoba Job Futures with the following green website: mb.home.cfm?site=graphic&lang=en

5. From the middle column, click on the brown title: Occupational Lists. A List of Occupations (by Title) in alphabetical order with their NOC number will come up

6. Find a job that interests you. Click on the brown numbers beside the job title (Example: Bakers (6252) – click on the brown numbers). Scroll down the web page towards the middle and look at the Earnings category

7. Copy onto your table the title of the job, the NOC number and all three earnings (starting, average and high)

8. For all three earnings (starting, average and high) calculate the weekly and the hourly wage (the weekly wage is calculated based on 52 weeks/year and the hourly wage is calculated based on a 40 hr. work week)

9. Copy the results in the right categories on your next sheet

10. Go back to the Occupational Lists and select four other jobs. Calculate the earnings and copy the results onto your table.

|Example: Title: Baker |NOC (6252) |

|Earnings: |starting |average |high |

|$$$/year |$19,900 |$25,400 |$37,400 |

|$$$/week |$382.69 |$488.46 |$719.23 |

|$$$/hour |$9.56 |$12.21 |$17.98 |

|Title: |NOC |

|Earnings: |starting |average |high |

|$$$/year |$ |$ |$ |

|$$$/week |$ |$ |$ |

|$$$/hour |$ |$ |$ |

|Title: |NOC |

|Earnings: |starting |average |high |

|$$$/year |$ |$ |$ |

|$$$/week |$ |$ |$ |

|$$$/hour |$ |$ |$ |

|Title: |NOC |

|Earnings: |starting |average |high |

|$$$/year |$ |$ |$ |

|$$$/week |$ |$ |$ |

|$$$/hour |$ |$ |$ |

|Title: |NOC |

|Earnings: |starting |average |high |

|$$$/year |$ |$ |$ |

|$$$/week |$ |$ |$ |

|$$$/hour |$ |$ |$ |

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