Employers pay a substantial amount more than salaries for their employees. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the average employee compensation averaged $30.07 per hour for March 2011. In addition to compensation, employers pay for benefits, along with local, state and federal taxes.
antiquary. n, pl-quaries. 1. (Antiques) a person who collects, deals in, or studies antiques, ancient works of art, or ancient times.
1 John Earle, Micro-Cosmographie: or A Peece of the World Discovered (7th edn., London, 1660), p. 33. 2  Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, 1707â2007, Sarah McCarthy, Bernard Nurse and David Gaimster (London, 2007).