$30/hr, $45/hr overtime

Yea… that’s how time & a half works…

And $30/hr doesn’t even seem all that high for a high-cost-of-living area like NY.
And yet it’s almost double the minimum wage.
Its something closer to 400% of the federal minimum wage and more like 600% of what some states have on the books. Minimum wage has barely moved since I was in high school.