Labor and Compensation

In 2000, the United States employed more than 134 million people, 5.6 million did not work The unemployment rate in recent years did not exceed 4-6%, which is average compared to other countries in the world. 

The average weekly working hours in the United States are 39.6 hours and an average of 2 weeks vacation per year. From 1 September 1997 the minimum wage in the United States was $ 5.15 per hour. In 2001, such wages were provided by only 3.2% of U.S. companies. The highest wages in the U.S. are workers are in the state of Connecticut (average $ 40 640 per year). The lowest is in the state of Mississippi - $ 20 993 per year. Among the states with the highest salaries include California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Maryland. 

Bureau of Statistics of Labor Market United States (Bureau of Labor Statistics) predicted the development of the labor market in the United States over the next ten years. The most in demand occupations will be: teacher, computer specialist (almost all of specialization), a nurse, a truck driver, accountant, manager of marketing and sales, auto, police, social worker, and engineer. Dismissals are threatening agricultural workers, telephone operators, bank cashiers, employees of insurance companies, tailors, butchers, sellers, and projectionists. 

The average annual income of U.S. families in 2000 was $41 994. The country consists of 2.4% very rich people with an annual household income greater than $ 200 thousand per year and 9,5% very poor whose income does not exceed $ 10 thousand per family. The total number of people living in poverty is 12% of the U.S. population (34 million). Most of the poor in the United States are the immigrants that have not yet adapted to the new way of life and society.