Perhaps the biggest way that the president influences the departments and agencies of the executive branch is through his appointment powers. The president has the authority to fill the most critical positions within executive departments and agencies with the people he thinks will best implement his agenda. But this authority is not absolute; the Senate is authorized to confirm these appointments.
Unsurprisingly, Google Sourcers are earning an obnoxiously high amount. The average hourly contractor there is looking at $47.30/hr, while the salaried tech sourcer enjoys a range of $76-116k. There appears to be a pretty wide range for sourcers, from either $22/hr to $33k a year, all the way above six figures.
Many waiters and waitresses are paid less than the federal minimum wage by their employers and rely primarily on tips to earn a living. Including both tips and wages, the average hourly rate of pay for a server in the United States was $10.05 as of May 2011. This is the equivalent of about $20,890 per year. Of course, some shifts and some restaurants are better than others, and earnings depend almost solely on how well patrons tip, which tends to fluctuate.