Klarinet Archive - Posting 000552.txt from 1999/02

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: new math
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:19:04 -0500

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
>I do not think that any Craftsmen on earth make $1000 per day. Does not
>happen. Maybe $65-85,000 yr, but not $1000 daily.
>Does anyone in the Clarinet business (including Stoltzman) make $20,000
a
>month, every month of the year? I doubt it.

David,
the difference between what a craftsman is paid and what they cost may
make up that difference. Office overhead, tools, benefits, taxes,
travel, etc.

However, at $100/hr, even at 10 instruments a day, is still only
$800/day, not $1000.00, assuming our craftsperson works a "normal" (for
the US) 8 hour day. That doesn't mean they get _paid_ that $100.00 an
hour - $50.00 an hour for someone being charged out at $100.00/hr would
be more like it - but $100.00/hr would be what the business would claim
as a cost on the annual report to stockholders, though (if they used an
"external" burn rate. An "internal" (break even) burn rate would
probably be closer to $70-$85/hr for someone who makes $50.00/hr,
depending on incentives, travel, bonus, etc.).

At least it works out that way in my company.
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