Your Boss wants to test your estimating knowledge and asks you to work on the estimation of an asphalt pavement project that your company intends to take on$.$ This is a good opportunity for you to prove your skills.

The project consists of laying $40,000$ square yards of asphalt pavement in the Cherokee area. There is a single asphalt paver available for the project that can pave a maximum of $5,000$ square yards in an $8-$hour day.

The operator for the asphalt paver will be working $60$ hrs per week $(12$ hrs Mon through Fri$)$ and the overtime is paid as double time for all hours over $8$ hours$/$day$.$

You also acquired some more details as follows:

Base wage is $ $40/$hr

FICA is $7\mathrm{.}65\%$

Unemp insurance is $2\%$

Liability insurance is $$2\mathrm{.}50$ per $$100$

Workers compensation is $$6\mathrm{.}50$ per $ $100$

Fringe benefits are paid at $ $14\mathrm{.}50$ per hour

You are required to estimate the average hourly cost for the asphalt paver operator.