[Jewelry making - Article 00762] - Re: [Orchid] Why Young People Care About Handmade Things

[daniel spirer]

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>     I've been figuring most labor at $12 an hour. 

    $12/hour = $96.00/day=$480/week=$24,960/year. That puts you at
    poverty level in any big city today (certainly here in the Northeast
    or in most areas of California). It certainly puts you at that level
    if you're the boss and taking all the risks. That of course assumes
    that you can actually get in full 8 hour days every day, every week,
    without any interruptions in your production (which is highly
    unlikely so more likely you're making about $13,000/year). If you're
    standing at a counter selling hamburgers you may not be worth
    $12/hour but if you're just about anything else you're worth a whole
    lot more than that. At least when you stand at the counter selling
    hamburgers you get paid for the entire 8 hour day at the same rate.
    Doubt that's happening with what you're doing---do you include
    selling time? bookkeeping time? idea time? cleaning time? 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
www.spirerjewelers.com
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