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the industry also dictates salaries. Most companies see what their competitors pay to employees for specific jobs and determines if they offer the same, a little less, or a little more. Most companies evaluate their existing staffs and do the same for handing out increases in salary. The industry sets the salaries, not government or the company.Your wages are determined by your skill set and experience you have in the field for which you are employed in or looking for employment in and the reality is working in Burger King or any fast food joint does not require high dollar skills.