The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.States or departments in four nations contain  Amazonas  in their names.he Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species.
National Salary Statistics. Information published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that electricians working in the United States earned an average salary of $52,910 per year and an average wage of $25.44 per hour as of May 2011.
Electricians reported wide variances in average pay from state to state. According to the BLS, electricians in Alaska had the highest average salary, $72,030 per year as of May 2011.Those in New York averaged $70,680 per year, and those working in Illinois earned an average of $70,430 per year, still almost $20,000 above the national average.ay by Industry. Electricians working as building equipment contractors made up the bulk of those employed, and they reported an average salary of $52,600 per year. Those working in non-residential building construction had a comparable average, $52,910 per year.