A small business employs 98 people. All of the employees work for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Eleven of the employees receive a wage of $45 an hour and the rest receive $30 an hour. In total, how much does the business pay its employees each week?

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Hope Sexton

8 November, 13:38

A small business employs 98 people. All of the employees work for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Eleven of the employees receive a wage of $45 an hour and the rest receive $30 an hour. In total, how much does the business pay its employees each week?

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Kaylee Gross · Answer 1

98 people get $30 per hour, and 11 get an additional $15 per hour. Then the total payroll per hour is

... $ (98*30 + 11*15) = $3105

So, the payroll for a 40-hour week is

... 40*$3105 = $124,200