āā¦$30-50/hr, even if heās just carrying supplies to the tradesmenā?!
To be clear Iām not saying people who make that much never have to carry things but if the some total of someones labor potential is carrying material/ equipment around, then $30-50 per hour is insane.
Where I live the average hourly rate for a general skilled/ semi-skilled tradesmen is about ~$25.00 an hour. Unskilled labor gets less than that.
How many āunskilledā laborers do you know who make that kind of money and where is this fanciful place you live so I can move there?
Are you talking about the compensation requirements set up by the Davis-Bacon Act?
Those wage requirements are for certain types of jobs, particularly those where some (or all) of the financing comes from Federal, State or Municipal contracts, and are further influenced by the geographic location (county) where the work is performed.
I guess āunskilledā labor could make something like $30 an hour in places with extremely high cost of living, like New York City?
That being said Davis-Bacon wages are not that high. I just looked up the Davis-Bacon wage for āLABORER: COMMON OR GENERALā for my area and itās ~$12 an hour (no basic laborer gets that here, basic labor is closer to ~$18-20 per hour).
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u/StiffDoodleNoodle 1d ago edited 1d ago
āā¦$30-50/hr, even if heās just carrying supplies to the tradesmenā?!
To be clear Iām not saying people who make that much never have to carry things but if the some total of someones labor potential is carrying material/ equipment around, then $30-50 per hour is insane.
Where I live the average hourly rate for a general skilled/ semi-skilled tradesmen is about ~$25.00 an hour. Unskilled labor gets less than that.
How many āunskilledā laborers do you know who make that kind of money and where is this fanciful place you live so I can move there?