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50 MOTOR VEmCLE DEPUTY REGISTRARSThe cost ranged from $1.77 to $2.62 per tnmsaction. Collectively these five deputiesearned about $216,000 in 1992, and would have earned about $352,000 hadthe driver's license fee been $3.50. .INCOME OF PRIVATE DEPUTYREGISTRARSTable 3.4 and Figure 3.4 present our estimates of the average income earned byprivate deputy registrars in different size categories. We estimate both the incomeearned in 1992 and the income that would have been earned in 1992 if the currentfee schedule had been in effect. For private deputies, we defined income as salariesand fringe benefits (excluding payroll taxes paid by the employer) earned bythe owner plus business income (revenues minus expenses) of the deputy registrar.For example, if a corporate deputy registrar received $150,000 in revenue, had expensesof$152,000, including $40,000 for the owner's salruy and $3,000 for theowner's health benefits, we would use $41,000 as our income figure ($40,000 +$3,000 + $150,000 - $152,000): Our income figures do not include-any incomeearned by the owner from renting a building or leasing a car to the deputy registrar.We found that:• Income earned by private deputy registrars varied greatly with size.Table 3.4: Average Income for Private Deputy Registrars, 1992Average A'illm!llllo!60,000 9 9 82,800 n,ooo 102,000 11,800 17,900Medium-Large 24-60,000 13 12 35,800 39,000 47,000 9,600 13,700Medium-Small 12-24,000 26 13 15,600 27,000 28,000 8,700 8,800Small