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.
But the average Orange County firefighterâs benefit costs per hour of $36.93 was almost three-and-a-half times the $10.52-per-hour benefit cost for the average American worker. CPC notes that âveteran firefighters only work two 24-hour shifts per week before earning overtimeâ at a rate of time-and-a-half.