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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _parse_contract_wages(self, table):
 """ Parse the wages on the contract. The wages are listed as the data points in the contract table. Any values that don't have a value which starts with a '$' sign are likely not valid and should be dropped. Parameters table : PyQuery object A PyQuery object containing the contract table. Returns ------- list Returns a list of all wages where each element is a string denoting the dollar amount, such as '$40,000,000'. """

        wages = [i.text() if i.text().startswith('$') else ''
                 for i in table('td').items()]
        wages.remove('')
        return wages