As already mentioned, that is revenue, not profit.  If you take $1000 worth of material (costs) and make something you can sell for $2000 (price), then you&#x27;ve created $1000 in value, not $2000.<p>My point is that the value created by a worker doesn&#x27;t define the salary (although it creates a cap, you can pay more than value created).<p>A great example are lawyers.  With the glut of lawyers out there, a lot of lawyers are getting paid less than $50K&#x2F;yr.  I would argue the work they do is worth more than that, but since there are so many lawyers chasing so many jobs, salaries fall.