I know each of us fully believes we are worth much more than what we are actually paid. The money we earn from this kind of employment is referred to as linear income. Now there is nothing wrong with having a linear income, it is most honorable. People can earn good money by it.
Hourly wages can run from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars per hour.
However, linear income is limited to the number of hours worked, and only provides an income when you work. So while linear income may be the manner in which most Americans earn their pay checks, it is also the main reason so many of us cannot afford to retire. To make up lost ground, more and more bread winners are turning to something called time leveraging to create long term residual income. With time leveraging, there is no hourly limit placed on your worth, and money continues to come to you whether you work or not. The difference between linear income and residual income is that with residual income, your productive time is leveraged.