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   Guest_ | Mar 30, 1999 08:27am | #1

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   Tom, recent article in the Boston Globe featured the Nan't building boom. Off season rents for a house: $1500/month with a dozen guys camped out... or $60/day to fly on and off island to accomodations on the Cape.

   Pay? Seems most guys I talked to on the Cape are getting $15 to $30, with a promise for more if things are really moving. Yet More, if you can walk on water, work without materials, have good weather juju, etc...

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   Jay_Malaspino | Apr 01, 1999 02:00am | #2

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   Tom,

   Competent finish carpenters are making a minimum of $25 to $35 an hour with the arrangements you described. If you are paying for airfare and do not need the work that bad I would ask for $30 to start and move upwards from there. It's a different world working on the island and you can't sell yourself short.

   Jay Malaspino

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   Tom_Slater | Apr 01, 1999 03:09am | #3

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   I was offered a job on Nantucket @ 25 per hr. as a sub doing finish carpentry Contractor will provide housing - i pay food and transportation (live in Vermont) anybody out there work on the island - if so what is the wage for good finish man w/tools and 20 yrs exp? thanks tom

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   Guest_ | Apr 01, 1999 03:09am | #4

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   Hard to believe I saw this post. Im thinking of heading out there myself for the season. I live in NY and know a builder and some other people out there so Id have a place to stay but probably wouldnt make that much because I wouldnt sub. Just hop on a framing crew for the summer. Your wage sounds about right for being a sub, but youd make that most anywhere being a sub I think. The wages out there arnt much different than anywhere else. Dont believe the hype. Just because its a beautiful island doesnt mean youd make any more. You might end up making a little more, but the cost of living is a little more. Its all relevant.