Originally Posted by GoFast8

Technically it is. It's just a very very small raise.

Using 75 hours/month for a year. Not including per diem.
75hrs x 12 months = 900 hrs/ year

Old Pay
$38.66 x 900hrs = $34,794

New Pay
$50.21 x 900hrs = $45,189

Total Raise Per Year
$10,395

Old pay included a $20,000 retention bonus, paid out over 2 years making it $10,000/year of bonus

So that's a $395/year raise....making it a whopping $0.43/hour raise (approx)