There is also a ride prestige vs ticket price scale that works in a straight line from 11 dollars at 400 prestige to 34 dollars at 1300 prestige. i played a bit after the update but havnt really got into the details on the happyness vs pay scales yet.
i find the retardedly low starting pay they get now after the update suspicious, so im wondering if they changed the scale, but up until yesterday, this was perfect. These dollar amounts result in no quitting over pay, which up until the update was the #1 reason by far your staff quits. Pay goes from capable (2 stars) to master, (5 stars): at the new hire pay, they seem to be content for a while. Ima bout to drop some much needed knowledge i found online that works every time.