No argument there, but the OP stated:

“Most of the soft pay gains that will either make QoL better or enrichen us do not go into effect until after another red hot summer.”

I was demonstrating that most (not all) of the soft pay gains will, in fact, be in place for the summer. No matter how many times people try to say otherwise, the lions share of items that will drive increased pay do start before the summer.

There are certainly other items which are deferred, but the OP mentioned specifically that “soft pay gains” didn’t kick in until after summer, which just isn’t true.