Going Rates For Tradies

[echnidna]

So what sorta money do chippies and handymen etc charge for labour?

[Bluegum]

Got a mate here who will do an 8hr day for $350 as cash (43.75 an hour). A friend of the family is a retired chippy and he still does cashies at $30 an hour.

[woodsprite]

When the guys were doing our extension earlier this year, they charged $140.00 an hour - two licensed builders and an apprentice. Dunno how much they each got out of the 140 though. When the electrician came he was working at $70.00 an hour. Local mechanic charges $75.00 for labour.

Me, I am self employed these days, doing paving, painting, gardening, etc. I charge one customer $24.00 but the rest are at $22.00 an hour. I know a few guys doing exactly what I do are charging between $28 and $32. Personally, I reckon anything more than $24.00 for what I do is ripping people off - after all not a highly skilled line of work and I actually love my work, so getting paid for doing what I love seems like a good deal to me.