I just checked my math and I think I dropped the ball there, though.  

$9.75 x 24 hours = $234 per day. Times 365 days =$85,410.  Add in the employer-paid Unemployment, Social Security and Medicare taxes at 10% ($8,541) and it is actually $93,820 to have a full time moderator 24/7.   

If you want them to be able to get sick, have a vacation or any other days off, you probably need to increase that by one more employee.  So add $31,273.

$125,093 is the value of the free labor Civil Comments is getting out of the 'commentators'.  No wonder Christa wants to crack the whip!