Watch Out: How 53 an hour is how much a year Is Taking Over and What to Do About It
For many Americans, 53 is an average of their yearly work hours, but this isn’t true for everyone. For some it may be as much as a year or more. If this sounds like you, I recommend checking out our “What’s Your Weekly Hours?” infographic.
I’m not sure if you know about this, but if you do, look into this for yourself. If you’re reading this, I’d like to get you a little closer to what you’re planning to do with your life.
Because of the way the US tax code is structured, most of us spend more than we earn. This has many serious implications. For instance, if you’re making $20 an hour and work for an employer for an average of 53 weeks a year, you would owe Uncle Sam 40% of your income. This is called your “employer penalty” and it is very high.
In the movie 53 an hour, the character whose life most people tend to get hung up on is a guy named Bob who lives for the day when he can live a regular, boring life. The movie’s title is a reference to the amount of time he spends working in an office, which he estimates to be 53 hours a year.
If you’re making 20 an hour and work for an employer for an average of 53 weeks a year, you would owe Uncle Sam 40 of your income. This is called your employer penalty and it is very high.
The employer penalty is high because it is not enough that the employer is paying you $40/hour when you are earning $20 an hour doing the same job you did at the beginning of your career. Your employer must also be paying you that $40/hour when you haven’t worked an hour for that employer in the last month. This is called your employer’s wage and it is much lower.
It’s a terrible thing to do when you’re not even paying your employer. It’s really hard for a couple of people to find an employment that is both right and wrong because it’s not working the way you want it to, so you need more than 20 hours of work to get there. When you are at the same or more of a career than your employer, you’re paying 20 hours of work.
If youre on a 40 hour week and your employer gives you a bonus for working more, you should be paying your employer less than 30 hours a year. Otherwise, you are working 40 hours a year and your employer is paying you more money. This is a rule that most employers follow for themselves. If youre a programmer, you can find a job where you are working 40 hours a week and your employer is paying you less than 30 hours a year.
For programmers, the 40 hour week is a standard part of the job description. In other words, programmers work 40 hours a week because that is how long they can expect to work for.
This works in a different way for everyone. For programmers, 40 hours a week is a standard, even encouraged, part of the job description. For someone who works in a different field, or who is not a programmer, 40 hours a week is not standard. For instance, someone who works at McDonalds is expected to work 40 hours a week and be paid by the hour.
