The gross estate for federal estate tax purposes often includes more property than that included in the probate estate under the property laws of the state in which the decedent lived at the time of death.
The falling minimum wage has led to poverty and inequality. Today, at the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, working 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year yields an annual income of only $15,080. As shown in the figure, this is below the federal poverty line for families of two or more.f the federal minimum wage were raised to $10.10 per hour, as Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) have proposed (depicted by the dotted line), it would bring a minimum-wage income back above the poverty line for a family of three.
Salary Statistics. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 2010 median pay for all sociologists was $72,360 per year, or $34.79 per hour. The 2011 mean annual wage for sociologists was $79,460 per year, or $38.20 per hour.The bottom 10th percentile of sociologists earned a mean annual wage of $43,870, or $21.09 per hour.Many sociologists just starting out likely fall into this category. The top 10th percentile earned a mean annual wage of $129,780 or more per year.Related Reading: Salary Wages of a Beginning Maternity Nurse.he bottom 10th percentile of sociologists earned a mean annual wage of $43,870, or $21.09 per hour. Many sociologists just starting out likely fall into this category. The top 10th percentile earned a mean annual wage of $129,780 or more per year. Related Reading: Salary Wages of a Beginning Maternity Nurse.