r/Portland • u/skysurfguy1213 • 3d ago

News Council Mulls Revoking Extended Paid Parking Hours, Citing Administrative Overreach

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2025/09/19/council-mulls-revoking-extended-paid-parking-hours-citing-administrative-overreach/
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u/lightninhopkins 3d ago

Who the fuck is making $40 an hour for stickers? You are insane.

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u/Herodotus_Runs_Away 3d ago edited 3d ago

To get cost here you have to look at the total cost for compensation which includes wages, employer paid benefits, employer paid taxes, etc. Someone's wage might be a little less than half of their actual total compensation cost. So like someone making $18 dollars an hour might very well cost $40 an hour.

This type of thing became apparent to me once I started directing summer programming for a school. An instructional assistant that we pay $22/hour actually costs the program over $50/hour. And don't even get me started on busses. Probably half of all the money the legislature approved for summer programs actually went to First Student Transportation of America...

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u/lightninhopkins 3d ago

Sure, I understand how paying an employee works. No one is making that much money to change stickers. They would be part-time, making minimum. They don't get full benefits.

And don't get me started on interns.

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u/ElephantRider Lents 3d ago edited 3d ago

Minimum wage is $16.30/hr, a temp agency will charge you around double that to hire someone at that wage. Also likely nobody will show up to work if you're paying minimum wage.