Company size. 1  $39K 10,001+ employees 10,001+ employees has a median base salary of $39K. 2  $36K 1,001-10,000 employees between 1,001 and 10,000 employees has a median base salary of $36K. 3  $36K 201-1,000 employees between 201 and 1,000 employees has a median base salary of $36K.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was instituted by presidential executive order under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of April 1935, to generate public jobs for the unemployed. The WPA was restructured in 1939 when it was reassigned to the Federal Works Agency.
Works Progress Administration. The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.