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I was just woundering what the going rate for a finish carpenter with five years experance and own tools is worth.
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That's pretty wide open for interpretation, I'd say. Do you mean one of those "finish carpenters" who's not a real carpenter, can't build a dog house or shingle a roof, wants to do just the clean and easy stuff? (sorry, not referring to you, of course, but I've met a few of those). Five years experience doing high end stuff or skinny trim? I've also met well-equipped guys with lots of money, brand new tools, the best of everything... but not a clue how to do good work. Okay, I'm venting here, sorry... you're worth about 1/3 of the value to the customer of the work you produce in an hour including materials, bottom line. So if you're slow, make lots of mistakes and do crappy work, you're not worth much, but if you consistently put out top quality in record time you can name your price! But five years, in my humble (!) opinion, isn't much experience, it takes four to be able to call yourself a carpenter in the first place so are you a first year journeyman? Around these here parts you'd start at about $11.00 an hour until you showed what you could do, your work is your best resume.