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.
Internists had an average annual wage of $189,210 in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Internists' average hourly wage totals $90.97, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics survey.The median wage, meanwhile, measures the wages of the internists with a salary in the middle 50 percent in their field in the United States. That figure was $183,170 per year in 2011.nternists had an average annual wage of $189,210 in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Internists' average hourly wage totals $90.97, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics survey.