Rofl. I wouldn't believe it for a second. I have seen at least 8 offers for wags this year , among colleagues, New hire staff, classmates, and in my personal experience .. this is across 3 markets , 4 districts, range was $58-65/hr for new grad floater .. I will grant that some markets have kept the same starting salary for 2-3 years now (the urban low COL saturated ones) while staff got nominal raises.. which is basically a 1-3% real starting rate decrease .. but $40/hr ? Not buying it... If it's true, 90% of those hires will leave company for greener pastures , which is gonna cost more than their salary difference when turnover skyrockets . Sounds like an inspector who likes to think they are smarter than they are.