John J. McDonough wrote:
> It's hard to get even a minimum
> wage employee here in the U.S. for less than $100 an hour, after all
> the non-wage expenses.

That's rediculous.  A good rule of thumb is that the total compensation cost
and directly related expenses for an employee is 15% above what is actuall
paid to the employee.  This does not count use of electricity, floor space,
equipment required, etc, but that doesn't need to be anywhere near that
high.

Think of it this way, what hourly rate do various services that use a
person's time cost you?  Shop rates for mechanics is in the $40/hour to
$60/hour range.  That has to pay for all overhead plus some profit, so
obviously these places believe the mechanic is costing them a lot less than
that.  A local PC board assembly place that does small quantity hand built
stuff charges $40/hour shop rate.


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