Ford Hourly Costs $8-20 Higher than VW?

[313WX]

Actually I would put the starting hourly wage for that college grad as less than that. Most college grads are going to be salaried employees, not hourly. They'll be expected to work more than 40 hours a week.

And not to mention a college graduate, for several years or even several decades, will have to contribute a much larger chunk of their check to debt payments, unlike someone straight out of high school making $20/hr on the assembly line...

Also, unless they're lucky enough to land a salaried Big 3 automaker position, those same college graduates will also have to contribute a much larger chunk of their check to medical insurance [[since there are very few employers that have the cash flows Ford and GM have).

[ndavies]

And not to mention a college graduate, for several years or even several decades, will have to contribute a much larger chunk of their check to debt payments, unlike someone straight out of high school making $20/hr on the assembly line...

They also won't have a pension. They'll have far fewer vacation days. They won't have 16 holidays. They will have to contribute far more to their health care then the UAW does.