Salary expectations

Static and Flexible Budgets Overhead cost can significantly affect the profitability of a projec t and is the only cost outside the control of the project manager. The project is expected to contribute a definite amount toward the expenses of the company and will be charged this amount even if the production rate is zero. This is the fixecTcomponent of the overhead cost and will include directly allocable costs such as depreciation and a proportion of general costs such as office salaries and heating. 

The divers who were involved in the construction of these docks and breakers got 540 per day. Since they could only work during slack water, a diver might only be submerged for an hour or two a day, and when he was down there must be another diver above water. The salaries of the other workers were also high but did not compare with the divers . It was expected that labor charges alone would be 20% greater than if the same work were performed in the contiguous 48 states. 

If it is expected that a supplier may have a strike, the company may stockpile items. Some needed materials like coal are dumped on a cleared piece of ground. Others may be stored in box cars or tank cars if the present storage facilities are full. This is expensive storage, but it is only a temporary situation. Actually, most chemical plants do not close if the hourly workers strike. The salaried employees run the plant, and the supply of chemicals is not stopped, although it may be reduced. 

If you work in a small city, you can expect a smaller annual salary than is paid in large cities. Geographically speaking, salaries tend to be lowest in the southern region of the United States and highest out west. 

We need to persuade the importance of buy-in to the entire faculty and administrators. That is, we need buy-in from ourselves. It is an excellent advance to exclaim that diversity is important. However, at the end of the day, or better yet, at the end of the year, when you are expecting a promotion, nothing that you do to enhance diversity affects your promotion or your salary increase. Clearly, diversity has not been an issue in measuring most of our academic careers. Perhaps this could be factored into the equation. 

The adipic acid process is a relatively complex process and essentially contains two plants phenol hydrogenation and KA oil oxidation. We should therefore assume at least four shift positions for each plant, say nine total. For a Northeast Asia basis, we expect that the salary cost per shift position will be lower than the typical 50,000 per year that we would assume for a U.S. Gulf Coast plant. As a first approximation this is estimated as 30,000/y. The remaining salary and overhead costs are fixed following the assumptions given in Section 6.2.4. 

In the private sector, medicine accounts for 35 percent of healthcare costs. High prices and excessive utilisation are the main reasons that medicine costs more than the 10 percent one would expect. Other factors include the relatively low salaries of doctors and nurses. 

Standardized mortality ratio (SMR) in the subgroup was 328 (5 observed/1.52 expected deaths, 95% confidence interval [Cl] 33-61, p value not reported). Kimbrough et al. (1999a) found no significant increases in mortality related to ischemic heart disease, hypertension with heart disease, other diseases of the heart, cerebrovascular disease, or circulatory system (arteries, veins, pulmonary circulation) in a study of 7,075 male and female capacitor workers. One of the subgroups (male salaried workers) in this study had a significantly decreased risk of mortality from ischemic heart as indicated by an SMR lower than 100 (44 observed/97.5 expected deaths, SMR=45, 95% Cl 107-766, p<0.01). Neither of these studies reported adequate quantitative exposure data. The inconsistent results of these studies could be due to differences in exposure levels, durations, and latencies, as well as types of Aroclors and cohort sizes. Additional information on these studies is provided in Section 3.2.8.2.I. 

There were non-statistically significant (p>0.05) increases in mortality from skin melanomas in the hourly male workers (5 observed/3.8 expected, SMR=130, 95% Cl 42-303), hourly female workers (3 observed/2.0 expected, SMR=144, 95% Cl 30 21), and salaried male workers (4 observed/1.9 expected, SMR=210, 95% Cl 57-538 in the Kimbrough et al. (1999a) study of capacitor manufacturing workers summarized in Section 3.2.8.2.I. 

Only limited exposure to other chemicals was reported. There were statistically non-significant increases in melanoma mortality in hourly male workers (SMR=130 95% CI=42-303 5 observed deaths, 3.8 expected), hourly female workers (SMR=144 95% Cl=30-421 3 observed deaths, 2 expected), and salaried male workers (SMR=210 95% CI=57-538 4 observed deaths, 1.9 exp). 

Upper and lower salary limits, which a job seeker must set herself, have an enduring importance. They enable a candidate to compare and contrast offers from two firms, aid in negotiations, and cultivate realistic expectations. 

Salary calculator. Another source of salary information for industrial scientists working in the United States is an online calculator posted by R D Magazine. To reach this calculator, visit www.rdmag.com. The calculator requires your age, scientific discipline, years of experience, and highest academic degree. It also needs the number of employees in the kind of company that interests you and the state where you would like to work. When you enter this information, the calculator displays an annual salary based on a survey of magazine subscribers. This figure may exceed what a newcomer can expect to earn, for the respondents are seasoned pros. ... 

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