If a new full-time employee is paid $50,000 a year, and taxes and insurance add  20% of wages to the cost, what is the total cost of the employee to the company?

If the salary of an employee is first increased by 20% and the decreased by 12%, then what is the change in his salary in percent?

The number of workers working on a job increases by 50% and the number of hours they work per day increases by 20%. By what percent should the wage per hour of each worker decrease so that there is no change in the total wage bill per day?

An employee is paid bi-monthly at an hourly rate of $10.62.  Assume the work schedule for the bi-monthly period is 11 work days and the employee works a full 8 hour day plus 2 hours overtime each day.  There is no overtime pay differential; all hours are paid at straight time.  The employee’s earnings are subject to Federal Income Tax withholding of 28% and a Social Security deduction of 7.65%.  There is also a deduction of $4.27 for insurance.  What is the employee’s net pay?

A man bought an old car and spent 20% of the cost of repairs. If his total cost including repairs was $ 1,20,000, at what price did he buy the car?

An employee was hired at a bi-weekly rate of $500.00. Each year, for two years, they received a 5% increase over their present pay. How much should the employee be paid, bi-weekly, after their second salary increase?