Question

Last year a small accounting firm paid each of its five clerks $25,000; two junior accountants received $60,000 each; and the firm’s owner got paid $255,000. This year the firm gave no raises to the clerks and the junior accountants, but the owner’s salary is increased to $455,000. How does this year’s raise affect the average salary for the accounting firm

Answer 1

the firm's average salary increased by 40%

Step-by-step explanation:

the average salary for last year = [(5 x $25,000) + (2 x $60,000) + $255,000] / 6 = $500,000 / 6 = $83,333.33

this year's average salary = [(5 x $25,000) + (2 x $60,000) + $455,000] / 6 = $700,000 / 6 = $116,666.67

this means that the average salary has increased by = [($116,666.67 - $83,333.33) / $83,333.33] x 100 = 40%