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.
Annual Firefighter Salary. According to 2011 statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual salary for firefighters was $45,420, with an hourly median rate of $21.84 per hour. Actual salaries, though, ranged from as little as $22,480 to as much as $75,520. Experience brings higher wages.