Can someone give me a general idea of what I should expect to get wage wise, in western mass? I will be working with my own tools, work includes everything from clean up and framing to simple finish work? I know that could vary a lot. It has been a quite a few years and a career change since I have done this work.
thanks
eric
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$7.14
No, no. 8.85. Its higher there than in the south. DanT
thanks guys.
I`m in southern NY, so I can`t speak to your localle directly, but illegal grunts are getting a hundred cash a day for less than what you`ve described.
Good luck in your new career.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
Hey JD,
I grew up down in Yorktown and spent years working all over the county ( Fairfield too) . Up in Orange County now but still get down some. Where you out of ?
I`m down in Pelham.....was actually up that way (Mahopac) yesterday.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
I actually started out doing this, then decided I wanted to make the big money:) So I started a commercial photography business. Seven years later I now know I don't have the personality to be able to be successful in that business, and have some kind of family life. So back to cold weather I go. 8 dollars seems kinda cheap for someone who can build with out needing a sitter? Anyway thanks for the input.
I'm sure they are yanking your chain. Skilled carpenters around here are in the $15-$20 range. You will probably have to start a little lower, and prove yourself.
Stacy's mom has got it going on.
The job description he included in his post didn`t sound like that of a "skilled carpenter".....more an apprentice.
$7-$8 an hour is low....but not terribly for one just getting back in the swing.
If he proves himself a competent apprentice, he`d deserve a quick wage bump......but not in the $15 to $20 range.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
Maybe I'm giving him more credit than I should.
$8 is appropriate for a clean-up guy that cuts measurements to +/- 1/4".
Stacy's mom has got it going on.
eap, I'm based on the North Shore, MA. You know starter homes start at 375k! I pay a college kid 10 per hr clear. Good kid dose what's needed no fuss. My brother can do almost everything on his own. Not super fast but dose nice work, 200 a day and i'm trying to get him more with out having to take it out of mine. Mine only me, my accountant and the IRS know! LOLAll Things Wood!
Stephen Prunier Carpentry
That is pretty similar to what I have been hearing from the guys I have been talking to around this part of the state. Heck my kid gets 9 a hour plus benefits to sell computers at best buy. Thanks for all the info:)
In eastern Long Island, the illegal day laborers are getting $15-$20/hr. Carpenters can get $40+/hr and they are always in demand.
Don't know if it's 7.14, or 8.85.
But if your running above the table, and are properly insured, and have truly accounted for your overhead, then it will be between one third and one half of what your customer pays you.
Or you could run below the table, and get the hundred a day in cash.
Unless you're the lead dog, the view just never changes.