#parableofthetalents $7.25/hr * 8hrs = $58 - fica: ($58 * 7.62%) =$4.4196 (fica) $58 - $4.42 (fica) = $53 1 talent = 6000 days ( ~20 years ) of day labor * $53/ day = $318,000 in a financial sense or since the price of silver on march 21, 2018 at 8:50 am est was $16.29/ ounce and 16 ounces in a pound times 80 pounds = $20,851 per talent of silver bit of a change in value of labor and silver since biblical days 80 pounds * 16 = 1,280 ounces of silver in a talent ÷ 6000 days work = 0.21333 ounces of silver / day $16.29 / ounce of silver times 0.21333 ounces = $3.4751457 the average worker in biblical times at today's silver price made $3.47 worth of silver / day ? thank god for unions a dime weighs 0.080 ounces before 1965 dimes were 90% silver a day's wages in biblical times ( at today's silver price ) were about 3 silver dimes a collectible roosevelt silver dime is worth about $1.18 today https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talent "