Assuming hourly rate of: 73.91 (wage floor) + 32.50 (benefits) + 2 (bump) = 108.41 And a 40 hour standard week: 108.41 x 40 = 4336 (weekly rate), 4336 x 52 = 225492 (yearly rate) Assuming double weekend rate, for 8 hours on both sat/sun: 108.41 x 2 = 218.82 (weekend hourly rate), 218,41 x 8 x 2 = 3469.1 (weekend rate, 3469 x 52 = 180394 (yearly rate)

Therefore working 8 hours a day, for every day of the week (including weekends), for one year would earn: 225492 + 180394 = 405886

This is very big money but it's not 'half a million dollars'.