How much does a job cost?

According to Jake Frankel's article, It's the Economy, Stupid [Dec. 15, 2010 Xpress), the Buncombe County Commissioners approved a "$99.74 million federal stimulus loan to Ingles Markets Inc." The loan is to help Ingles [expand]  their facility in Black Mountain. The "completed projects would create at least 190 new full-time jobs, plus an unspecified number […]