The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.States or departments in four nations contain  Amazonas  in their names.he Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species.
National Salary Statistics. Information published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that electricians working in the United States earned an average salary of $52,910 per year and an average wage of $25.44 per hour as of May 2011.
Unlike electrical engineers, where six of the top 10 highest paying cities for this occupation are located in California, the distribution of wealth for electricians is a little more spread out. Based on the latest research from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (Occupational Employment and Wages Study from May 2013), the national average salary estimate for an electrician is $53,560 and hourly wage is $25.75. Some metropolitan areas, however, pay significantly more for this occupation.