"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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On top of that, $500K over 3 years equates to approximately the cost of
1
full time professional (as in highly skilled) employee with all benefits
and
overhead thrown in.

This seems hugely over-blown. I'd be interested in how you arrived at
that?
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Been dealing with labor rates for 25+ years -- Air Force, gov't contractors,
big companies, medium companies. Most places, the cost of an employee is
about 3 times their salary. It's pretty consistent. Even in a small
business with no benefits, an employee will cost 1 1/2 to 2 times salary.

With those overhead rates, that $500K would pay for one person earning about
$55K/yr. Not an unreasonable number for an AF or civil service controller.