Not at $56/hr. They might be overpaid, but an annual number would be more believable; too many variables in a "per hour" number.
How do you know that? Some do real estate during the busy season. Some work online. Moreover, looking at it in terms of total compensation per hour is the only way to account their opulent benefits, yet it does not consider job security, which unionized public employees enjoy to a scandalous degree. So in that respect, this analysis understates the disparity between public and private employment.
They might be overpaid, but an annual number would be more believable; too many variables in a "per hour" number.
Just as "believable" as adjusting downward every other worker's pay by three months a year, plus all the other time off these slugs get.
No. It's legit. People get paid for the time they spend working, and no other time. People get overtime for extra hours worked, "HOURS" being the constant here.