Chapter 6Payroll
Section 2Gross Earnings: Piecework and Commissions
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Find the Gross Earnings for Piecework
• Time Rates: salaries and wages that depend on actual time on the job
• Incentive Rates: pay is based on production and actual performance on the job
• Piecework Rate: pays a given amount per item produced
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Gross Earnings
Gross Earnings =
Pay per item × Number of items
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Incentive Rates of Pay
Piecework rates:
43 cpm
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Piecework and hourly rates
Incentive Rates of PayCommission Pay
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Incentive Rates of PayCommission Pay
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Example 1
Stacy Arrington is paid $.73 for sewing a jacket collar, $.86 for a sleeve with cuffs, and $.94 for a lapel. One week she sewed 318 jacket collars, 112 sleeves with cuffs, and 37 lapels. Find her gross earnings.
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Example 1 - SolutionMultiply the rate per item by the number of that type of item.
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Find the gross earnings by adding the three totals from the table.
$232.14 + $96.32 + $34.78 = $363.24
Determine the Gross Earnings for Differential Piecework
• Quotas
– Certain number that must be met
– Premium for each item produced beyond quota
• Added incentive within an incentive
• Example: rate paid per item depends on the number of items produced
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Example 2Suppose Metro Electric pays assemblers as follows:
1–100 units $2.10 each
101–150 units $2.25 each
151 or more units $2.40 each
Find the gross earnings of a worker producing 214 units.
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Example 2 - Solution
214
–100 100 units at $2.10 each = $210.00
114
– 50 50 units at $2.25 each = $210.00
64 64 units at $2.40 each = $210.00
214 units = $476.10
The gross earnings are $476.10.
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Find the Gross Pay for Piecework with a Guaranteed Hourly Wage• Piecework and differential piecework
rates are frequently modified to include a guaranteed hourly pay rate.
• Often necessary to satisfy federal and state laws concerning minimum wages.
• Employer must pay either the minimum wage or the piecework earnings, whichever is higher.
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Example 3A tire installer at the Tire Center is paid $10.50 per hour for an 8-hour day or $1.15 per tire installed, whichever is higher. Find the weekly earnings for an employee having the following rate of production.
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Example 3 - Solution
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Calculate the Overtimefor Piecework
• Piecework employees, like other workers, are paid time and a half for overtime.
• It is common for the overtime rate to be 1½ times the regular rate per piece.
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Example 4Eugene Smith is paid $.98 per child’s tricycle assembled. During one week, he assembled 480 tricycles on regular time and 104 tricycles during overtime hours. Find his gross earnings for the week if time and a half per assembly is paid for overtime.
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Example 4 - Solution
Gross earnings =
Earnings at regular piece rate +
Earnings at overtime piece rate
= 480 × $.98 + 104 × (1.5 × $.98)
= $460.40 + $152.88
= $623.28
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Commission Rate
A commission rate pays a salesperson either a fixed percent of sales or a fixed amount per item sold. Commissions are designed to produce maximum output from the salesperson, since pay is directly dependent on sales.
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Find the Gross Earnings Using Commission Rate Times Sales
Straight commission: the salesperson is paid a fixed percent of sales.
Gross Earnings =
Commission rate × Amount of sales
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Example 6
Amanda Roach, a food-supplements sales representative, had sales of $10,230 one month, with returns and allowances of $1120. If her commission rate is 12%, find her gross earnings.
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Example 6 - Solution
The returns and allowances must first be subtracted from gross sales. Then multiply the difference, net sales, by the commission rate.
Gross earnings
= ($10,230 – $1120) × 12%
= $9110 × .12
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Determine a Commission Using the Variable Commission Rate
Sliding scale or variable commission: method of pay is designed to retain top-producing salespeople
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Example 7
Maureen O’Connor sells food and bakery products to businesses such as Starbucks and is paid as follows based on monthly sales.
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Example 7 - Solution
$32,768
– 10,000 $10,000 at 6% = $600.00
$22,768
– 10,000 $10,000 at 8% = $800.00
$12,768 $12,768 at 9% = $1149.12
total commissions: $2549.12
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Find the Gross Earnings with a Salary Plus Commission
Salary plus commission: the salesperson is paid a fixed sum per pay period, plus a commission on all sales.
Gross earnings
= Fixed amount per pay period +
Amount earned on commission
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Example 8
Jaime Bailey is paid $325 per week by Beverly’s Creations, plus 3% on all sales over $500. During one week, her total sales were $2972. Find her gross earnings.
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Example 7 - Solution
Gross earnings =
Weekly salary + 3% on sales above $500
= $325 + .03($2972 – $500)
= $325 + (.03 × $2472)
= $325 + $74.16
= $399.16
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