[kop316]

As a thought, profitable can have a lot of variance. If my "profit" means I only make minimum wage when all is said and done, why would I bother owning a business? The staffing costs account for a lot of a businesses expense (#1 or #2 depending on rent costs), so an increase in staff costs could changes "make healthy living" to "barely make more than the workers".

I would hope that the business owner is making more than the workers, that is the person taking the risk on the business, and most likely putting in a lot more time/effort to keep it profitable.