> health insurance premiums and stuff paid by the employer. As indicated above, most blue-collar jobs don't carry similar benefits. Totally fair to include in

> health insurance premiums and stuff paid by the employer. As indicated above, most blue-collar jobs don't carry similar benefits. Totally fair to include in the TC number. It's also a higher percentage of notional wages for the specific type of job. Health insurance premiums for a family of 4 are averaging approximately $10/hr; it would be silly not to include that in a comp discussion where employees might be looking at other jobs that pay $15/hr. Again, even backing out the compensation you don't want to call "compensation," these are still very good jobs.