def _parse_contract_wages(self, table):
wages = [i.text() if i.text().startswith('<STR_LIT:$>') else '<STR_LIT>'<EOL>for i in table('<STR_LIT>').items()]<EOL>wages.remove('<STR_LIT>')<EOL>return wages<EOL>
Parse the wages on the contract.

The wages are listed as the data points in the contract table. Any
values that don't have a value which starts with a '$' sign are likely
not valid and should be dropped.

Parameters
----------
table : PyQuery object
    A PyQuery object containing the contract table.

Returns
-------
list
    Returns a list of all wages where each element is a string denoting
    the dollar amount, such as '$40,000,000'.