🤑ap microeconomics review

Wage rate

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The price of labor per unit of time, which in perfectly competitive labor markets is determined by market supply and demand and is taken as given by individual firms.

AP course connection

Topic 5.1: 5.1 Introduction to Factor Markets

Unit 5