Sentence examples for a share of the average from inspiring English sources

The minimum wage has decreased as a share of the average wage – nearly 60% in the early 90s, less than 45% per cent today.

The benefits include only the unemployment benefits as a share of the average gross income.

Net for the third fiscal quarter to Oct. 31 rose to $104 ,824,000, or 68 cents a share, on the average of 154,289,000 shares from $99,867,000, or 65 cents a share, on 153,889,000 shares for the similar three months last year.

Household debt is still well above its long-term average, as a share of the economy.

WHAT type of loans made up for a larger share of the average family's obligations than automobile loans for the first time in history in 2010?

The Fed noted that education loans made up a larger share of the average family's obligations than loans to buy automobiles for the first time in the history of the survey.

Excluding one-time items, the company earned 34 cents a share, ahead of the average analyst estimate of 26 cents.

That beat by a penny a share the average forecast of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call.

Qwest Communications qwst rose sharply after the long distance phone company, which is merging with US West usw reported a second-quarter profit of 2 cents a share, beating the average estimate of 1 cent by analysts polled by First Call.

Excluding $260 million in write-offs on the value of Harmonix, Viacom earned 75 cents a share, above the average of 70 cents a share forecast by analysts polled by Bloomberg.

Excluding a gain related to the sale of a business, the company posted a profit of $1.24 a share, beating the average Wall Street estimate of $1.20 a share.