See also help wanted folder.
A good friend of mine is a framing sub in Jacksonville, Florida. He desperately needs some framing labor to round out a crew. Also wants to talk to anyone who can be a crew leader and keep things moving.
You probably know that the wages in Florida aren’t that great but it’s a job and a start or a step. I think labor that will show up on time, with their own transportation, and put in a full week and not quit after two weeks will have a wage of about $13 per hour. Beyond that it’s negotiable.
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Good labor is hard to come by here in Florida. A lot of building going on. I hear it has a lot to do with interest rates. People want to get the loans locked in and construction under way before the rates go up.
Good labor commands a premium proce anytime, anyplace.
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WOW! Amazing how much labor rates can vary.... In Florida, an experienced responsible framer earns $13/hr.
I've got a "home on break", greener 'n grass, 15 min late, leave early once a week, strong as an ox and twice as dumb guy earning $12/hr in my gang. My best guy's making $20 with bonuses and no benefits and speaks broken English. Both are somehow worth every penny!
Lemmee put it this waay - the cleaning ladies here make 15 - 20
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Speaking of cleaning ladies...........once in a while I'll spy the cash left out for Consuella or her cousin, figure out how long she is working here, how many she can do in a day, week.........no taxes..........no/little overhead or insurance.......
Start to wondering if I'm not in the wrong business sometimes!
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tradesmen can earn a Good & honest wage, if the guy doing the bidding / estimating charges a good & honest price, & has learned how to run a business efficiently.
A crew leader or lead framer gets from $15 to $20 per hour.. a good one anyway
I have two crews and everyone makes 15 or more
good luck
Yes, but you can live high on the hog for $8 a hour here.
where is here?
brownbagg,
Here in Minnesota a grunt who shows up late more often than on time who misses at least one full day a week and at least twice a week needs to take off early for some reason or another is worth $15 to S18 an hour. (or used to be before construction just about stopped early last spring)
A lead carpenter who was fairly reliable was worth 25 -28 an hour and a foreman type who could lead a crew and bring a project in under budget could earn near 6 figures with benefits and usually a company truck..
Wages have soften some lately as crews working for cash with no unemployment insurance to fall back on have gotten despirate..
Something in the order of 10% of the framers are now out of business.. Many of the rest are hanging on by their finger nails.
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thanks
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dieselpig,
I noticed but it's a viable subject especially due to the overbuilding of spec homes.
Raw grunts are now working for $10.00 an hour cash and they'd darn well better show up or the boss has a whole list of guys looking for that type of work..
Lead carpenters wages haven't really softened much nor has Foreman types capable of bring in a job on time and under budget.
I have noticed that more and more grunt types are paid cash under the table lately. With telehandlers doing much of the previous grunt work there is far less demand for them and fewer and fewer Guys start out that way and work their way up as carpenters, lead carpenter, foreman, and then contractor..
The normal turn time from grunt to contractor used to be less than 5 years often as little as three. I haven't recieved an application in the last year with anything less than 18 years.