Comparing Salaries and Lifetime Income

Compare the annual salary of several occupations requiring various levels of post-secondary education or vocational training and calculate the effects of the different annual salaries on lifetime income.

Part of The student applies mathematical process standards to develop an economic way of thinking and problem solving useful in one's life as a knowledgeable consumer and investor

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Pay Now, Pay for a Career

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to compare the yearly pay of different jobs and figure out how those differences add up over a whole career. Small differences in yearly salary can turn into huge differences over many years of working.

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