Question

New Hospital employs 200 people on the nursing staff. Sixty are nurse’s aides, seventy are practical nurses and seventy are registered nurses. Nurse’s

aides receive $ 15 an hour, practical nurses $ 25 an hour and registered nurses $ 30 an hour. What is the (weighted mean) hourly average wage of the nursing staff?

Answer 1

The total hourly payroll is ...

... 60×$15 + 70×($25 +30) = $4750

Then the weighted average hourly pay for a member of the nursing staff is ...

... $4750/200 = $23.75