Consideration under American law. Consideration is the central concept in the common law of contracts and is required, in most cases, for a contract to be enforceable. Consideration is the price one pays for another's promise. It can take a number of forms: money, property, a promise, the doing of an act, or even refraining from doing an act. In broad terms, if one agrees to do something he was not otherwise legally obligated to do, it may be said that he has given consideration. For example, Jack agrees to sell his car to Jill
$236,155 = Total Average Pay and Benefits. The average Orange County firefighter earned $43.56 an hour, about twice the $23.06 per hour of an average worker in America, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employers. Over 90 percent of the nationâs 304,080 firefighters worked for local government, including municipal and county fire departments, where salaries averaged $48,450 per year, as of 2011. The highest pay was in computer systems design and related services, with wages at $69,280 a year, according to the BLS.