Happy Labor Day!

HAPPY LABOR DAY! BROUGHT TO YOU BY EASYFINANCE.COM FOR SOME PEOPLE WORK IS SOLELY A WAY OF MAKING A LIVING, FOR OTHERS THERE IS MUCH MORE TO IT – SELF-IMPROVEMENT, COMPETITION AND SOCIAL INTER- ACTION. IRRESPECTIVE OF YOUR MOTIVATION, TRY TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE TIME YOU SPEND AT WORK AND ENJOY YOUR DAYS OFF. HAPPY LABOR DAY! HISTORY Labor Day holiday was celebrated for SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1882, the first time, when NEW YORK CITY Peter J. McGuire organized a parade of 10,000 workers. 1893 By 1893, Labor Day In 1984, Congress passed was observed by a bill to establish a federal more than half the states holiday. President Grover Cleveland signed the bill soon afterward, designating 1894 the first Monday in September as Labor Day. UNSATISFIED 55% THERE ARE 155.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE NATION'S LABOR FORCE IN JUNE 2012, BUT ONLY 45% OF AMERICANS ARE SATISFIED WITH THEIR JOBS. THIS IS THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE SINCE SATISFIED 45% 1987. WHERE DO WE WORK? 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 REGISTERED NURSES 1,899,748 COOKS 1,051,896 LAWYERS 806,155 SOCIAL WORKERS 639,015 404,803 PROPERTY, REAL ESTATE, AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS 395,311 HAIRDRESSERS, HAIRSTYLISTS AND COSMETOLOGISTS 46,601 TRAVEL AGENTS 7,835 ACTORS In management, 6,997 business, science and DANCERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS art occupations, there are 26.3 million female workers. 52.6% FEMALES In comparison, there 47.4% are 23.7 million male MALES employees in the same occupations. 8.2 PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED PART TIME FOR ECONOMIC REASONS. MILLION $47,000 IS THE AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN U.S., BUT STATISTICS SHOWS THAT 50 PERCENT OF POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES LIVE ON $46,000 or less U.S. EMPLOYMENT: 38% 53% LARGE SMALL BUSINESSES BUSINESSES THE PRIVATE SECTOR COUNT WITH 53% OF WORKERS. THE 91% OF ALL US EMPLOYMENT. SECOND LARGEST EMPLOYER ARE THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE LARGE BUSINESSES WITH 38% US ARE SMALL BUSINESSES OF WORKERS. 8.3 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN 2011 WAS PERCENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SMALL In private industry, retirement benefits were MEDIUM available to 50% of workers in small companies, 79% of workers in medium size LARGE companies, and 86% of workers in large companies. 41% SERVICE OCCUPATIONS Medical care benefits were offered to 41% of workers in service occupations and 87% of workers in management, professional, and related 87% occupations. MANAGEMENT, PROFESSIONAL, AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS These benefits were 24% 86% offered to 24% of part-time workers and 86% of PART-TIME FULL-TIME full-time workers. •• IN STATE AND LOCAL 99 OF FULL-TIME WORKERS GOVERNMENT, AND PAID SICK LEAVE RETIREMENT AND MEDICAL TO 98 PERCENT. BENEFITS WERE OFFERED TO PERCENT THE COMMUTE TO WORK IN 2010, 16.3 MILLION OF COMMUTERS LEFT FOR WORK BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 5:59 A.M. THEY REPRESENT 12.5% OF ALL COMMUTERS. 76.6% 9.7% 4.9% 76.6% DROVE ALONE TO WORK IN 2010. ANOTHER 9.7 PERCENT CARPOOLED AND 4.9 PERCENT TOOK PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 25.3 MINUTES IS THE AVERAGE TIME OF A COMMUTE TO WORK 3.2 MILLION WORKERS FACED EXTREME COMMUTES TO WORK OF 9O OR MORE MINUTES EACH DAY Now THAT THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IS RAMPANT, IT IS CRUCIAL TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF WORK WHICH IS THE MAIN DRIVING FORCE OF ECONOMY, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE SPECIFIC KIND OF WORK YOU PERFORM. THE RATIONALE BEHIND YOUR JOB IS NOT ONLY YOUR PAYCHECK, YOU ARE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER AND OTHER PEOPLE NEED YOUR WORK. MOTIVATED? THE END BROUGHT TO YOU BY EasyFinance.com Guide to Consumer Financial Products SOURCES: HTTP://www.BLS.GOV HTTP://www.CENSUS.GOV HTTP://www.DOL.GOV/ HTTP://AVERAGESALARYSURVEY.COM/ © 2012 EasyFinance.com