Annual wages for the most common occupations in the U.S.
registered nurse
administrative assistant
office clerk
retail salesperson
janitor/cleaner
cashier
waiter/waitress
food service worker
$69,110
$33,020
$28,920
$25,130
$24,840
$20,230
$20,890
$18,790
AFTER YOU READ
Look at the graph about average annual job salaries. Answer the questions.
1.
What is the average annual pay for a waiter?
2.
Which job earns an average annual wage of $24,840?
3.
Which job has the highest pay?
VOCABULARY STUDY
Suffixes
A
suffix
is a group of letters that you add to the end of a word to make a new word.
For example, you add
-dom
to
king
to make
kingdom
, the land of a king.
Suffix Meaning
Examples
-er
/
-or
a person or thing who teacher, player, actor, calculator
-ness
the condition of, full of
quietness, kindness, sadness
-less
without
careless, sleepless, priceless
Build Your Vocabulary
Read the Build Your Vocabulary note. Study the suffixes and their meanings.
Then complete the definitions of words from the article.
1.
A
diver
is a person who
.
2.
Darkness
means the condition of being
.
3.
A
tester
is a person who
.
4.
Fearless
means without
.
GROUPS OF 3
What are some good and bad features
of the unusual jobs mentioned in the article?
Would you like to have one of these jobs?
Why or why not?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ON THE WEB
For more information, go online and
search “strange jobs.” Find a strange
job and tell the class about it.
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