From the WSJ article: "'It's sad,' says Mr. Crane, who had been earning about $28 per hour at Delco, before overtime." He could get to $100k relatively easily

From the WSJ article: "'It's sad,' says Mr. Crane, who had been earning about $28 per hour at Delco, before overtime." He could get to $100k relatively easily with a 60 hour work week which is perfectly reasonable. $28x2000 + $28x1.5x1000 gets him to $98k, and holidays usually mean better than time and a half.