If you check the numbers in the link (or alternatively use common sense), you'd realize that the carpenter doesn't actually see a good chunk of that money.
The wages are listed as $40/hour, which turns out to $80k/year before taxes, which in the peninsula is not exactly a ton of cash.
The wages are listed as $40/hour, which turns out to $80k/year before taxes, which in the peninsula is not exactly a ton of cash.