Consideration under American law. Consideration is the central concept in the common law of contracts and is required, in most cases, for a contract to be enforceable. Consideration is the price one pays for another's promise. It can take a number of forms: money, property, a promise, the doing of an act, or even refraining from doing an act. In broad terms, if one agrees to do something he was not otherwise legally obligated to do, it may be said that he has given consideration. For example, Jack agrees to sell his car to Jill
$236,155 = Total Average Pay and Benefits. The average Orange County firefighter earned $43.56 an hour, about twice the $23.06 per hour of an average worker in America, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
While on the average police officers made about $8,500 more per year than firefighters, this pay difference did not hold true in all states. In Illinois, for example, the average pay of police officers was more than $18,000 higher than the average pay of firefighters.t is worth noting that while police usually work a standard 40-hour work week, firefighters often work between 48 and 56 hours per week for less income. The average hourly wage of a firefighter in 2011 was $22.94, considerably less than the $27.05 average earned by police officers.