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WCB wrote: "According to their stats, a Rookie umpire makes about $1,800 a month, plus benefits, housing and per diem. A thirty five percent increase is preposterous. Corporate America averages 3-5% merit increases. That seems awfully selfish."
Problem is - there's been no raise for 10 years if their claim is correct.
Thus the equivalent of going from 1,800 to 2,430 (a 35% increase) over the 10 years is a rate of increase of 3.0465% per year (it compounds folks).
Seems to me like that's less than the 3-5% you seem to think os OK.
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Rich Ives
Different does not equate to wrong
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