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Comparing the Hourly Rate: Which is Higher – 48,00 a Year or 72 Hours? In this blog post, we’ll be discussing what it means for two different people to make $48,00 in one year. We will compare that to someone who makes $72 hours in one year. We’ll also explore which one is more demanding, and how to convert them into the other so you can see for yourself. The first question that we want to address in this post is – “which pays better?” We all know there are different ways to measure pay when it comes down to hourly work or yearly income. One way might be by looking at annual salary per hour worked (i.e., $48,00 annually divided by 200 hours). Another way might be comparing what someone earns each year with their total number of hours they work (i.e., 72 hours a year multiplied by 12 dollars an hour). In both cases, we’re calculating earnings based on time spent working for money (rather than considering revenue generated). We chose to compare the two by dividing annual earnings with total hours worked. So, for someone who makes $48,00 a year and works 200 hours in one year ($24 an hour), we would say that their hourly wage is $12 per hour. For someone who earns $72 dollars an hour but only works 72 hours in one year (again, at 12$/hour), they have an hourly rate of $15.84 per hour – so it becomes clear which pays better. Now let’s take a look at what each person does on the job: “one sits behind a desk analyzing business data all day” while “the other has more physical labor.” This could be seen as either less or more demanding. But in this case, it’s clear that the person with the higher hourly rate is working less hours and has more demanding work. Since one of these positions pays better than the other ($12 per hour versus $15.84), we can use them to convert from “hourly wage” into “yearly salary.” Doing so gives us yearly earnings: 200 hours divided by 12 dollars an hour = 166.67 for those who make $48,00 a year; 72 hours multiplied by 15.84$/hr = 1161$. The latter position will be paid out at a much faster pace than someone making just over 48K annually – earning roughly double what they would every two months (1161 vs 66). So
