N.J.: Longshoreman Washes Trucks for $466K a Year
Labor costs at the Port of New York Harbor are the highest in the nation. Part of the reason they are so high might be the $117 million in compensation packages for over 400 longshoremen in New Jersey and New York, which includes some workers who are never officially off the clock.
From NL.com:
The top 100 dockworkers alone at the marine terminals on both sides of the river each get more than $300,000 a year, according to salary data obtained through public records requests by NJ Advance Media.
One makes $516,996, based on an hourly rate that pays him 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through a formula of straight time, overtime, double-time, as well as weekend and holiday pay. Another, who works as a timekeeper, is paid every hour that any union member is working. He received $513,382 last year.
