My top paid employee is about half of what my hourly rate is. My hourly rate includes all my overhead.
If your able to charge out that much, you should be paying your top guys way more. Imo. Where I live, I certainly couldn't get 3 to 4 times what I pay my guys. For painting anyways. That's crazy.I'm not saying it's the best way to do things, but it seems to work out for me.