That's actually the point I'm trying to make. A low-end-hourly-wage-slave IT desktop support tech, is the type of person that overtime wage laws are supposed t

That's actually the point I'm trying to make. A low-end-hourly-wage-slave IT desktop support tech, is the type of person that overtime wage laws are supposed to protect - yet they don't in Silicon Valley. At the same time, there are likely a lot of Professional salaried tech employees in rural areas of California, for whom $85K is considered a good salary. I'm just noting that creating a California wide over/under for overtime is going to result in some discrepancies.