Average wage

[daiplayer]

What should an electrician earn ? ...cos i aint the type to rip people off....yet i struggle all the time. am i hangin myself ? :hanged:
:hanged::hanged:

 

[VoltzElectrical]

million dollar question. On site, £100 -£150 per day. Private, more difficult to judge as job could be few days or a few hours. You could price for callout + first hour then x amount per hour after that, or per job. You must remember that your hourly / daily rate need s to cover overheads including getting there and back, pricing the job in the first place, insurances etc..

This is a minefield and much better answers will follow.

enjoy and learn

 

[TPES]

Dunno... What you charging?

 

[daiplayer]

well i try to make a 100 a day, but fuel etc tends to bring it down with quoting estimating etc,...

For call out ive recently being doing £40 for first then £10 there after .....????

 

[vernam616]

That depends on so many factors

Type of work (domestic/commercial/industrial)
Area you live in

are 2 points i can think of

 

[millwall ken]

That depends on so many factors

Type of work (domestic/commercial/industrial)
Area you live in

are 2 points i can think of

Beat me to it...

 

[sythai]

Personally I've found it best to try and do everything on a price where possible..... works out much much better than £xx/hr + mats.

Unless it's a little job on the way home for a bit of beer money

(sorry mate - need to add a bit.... they only other time I would charge an hourly rate would be for fault finding & rectification + any mats required. I tend to charge more than a standard rate for this as it can be a bit more specialist. £40 up to 1 hour, following hours £27.50 - suppose it depends how busy you are really and what you think you are worth)

 

[daiplayer]

Ok so im quite new to the industry , and i never got into it for money ,... but i should be able to make a fair wage shouldnt i ?

I tend to try n charge houly mainly for call outs, as you dont know how long faults, etc could take ? ..

 

[Monkey]

I can remember asking brian scadden the same question years ago and he told me the basic thing charge what you need to earn the difference is why should i pay more for the same job thats down to you remeber things do go wrong so price that in your work good luck

 

[daiplayer]

domestic....with slight evidence of commercial showing its face now n then

 

[vernam616]

Yeh price work is good, depending if your quick enough to make the money, if you just like to plod along stick with the day rate, i get payed just over £100 a day but my fuel costs/vehicle costs are covered (work for a company)

maybe try a little higher to make it all worth while working for yourself

 

[daiplayer]

I can remember asking brian scadden the same question years ago and he told me the basic thing charge what you need to earn the difference is why should i pay more for the same job thats down to you remeber things do go wrong so price that in your work good luck

You know brian scadden ?

 

[millwall ken]

Personally I've found it best to do everything on a price..... works out much much better than £xx/hr + mats.

Unless it's a little job on the way home for a bit of beer money

Fair point folks.

 

[daiplayer]

Im in the south wales area...and if i could get a job working for someone i would ...but they are all hung up on ' we need experienced people ' ....HOW THE F*** CAN WE GET EXPERIENCE WHEN WE CANT GET A JOB !!!!!!

TRAIN PEOPLE FFS !!!!!

 

[HandySparks]

You know brian scadden ?

Brian's still going strong (at least he was 18 months ago when I did my 17th edn update course with him). Nice bloke, getting on a bit though.

His training company:
http://www.brianscaddan.co.uk/default.html

 

[Monkey]

Yep well the old lady scenario how much ive got zillions but you cant have any

you ve been here ten minutes and you are charging me fourty five quid in my day that would be ten bob,

yes love but i have , well son heres ten pounds for you trouble on your way son

its a mad world but its fun fun

and sorry there is the genine one in which you fill guilty to charge them so your bottom lips wobble and here it comes that will be errr............

 

[sythai]

Yep well the old lady scenario how much ive got zillions but you cant have any

you ve been here ten minutes and you are charging me fourty five quid in my day that would be ten bob,

yes love but i have , well son heres ten pounds for you trouble on your way son

its a mad world but its fun fun

and sorry there is the genine one in which you fill guilty to charge them so your bottom lips wobble and here it comes that will be errr............

Always a good idea to fully explain your pricing / rates before committing to the job. Everyone knows whats what then and no nasty surprise for the customer.

Saying that I have done the odd little freebie occasionally (rarely though..)

 

[daiplayer]

Yep well the old lady scenario how much ive got zillions but you cant have any

you ve been here ten minutes and you are charging me fourty five quid in my day that would be ten bob,

yes love but i have , well son heres ten pounds for you trouble on your way son



its a mad world but its fun fun

and sorry there is the genine one in which you fill guilty to charge them so your bottom lips wobble and here it comes that will be errr............

made no sense to me what so ever.....lol...sorry

 

[Monkey]

good point true be up front good advice. but if she phoned him first or phone around you might not make the front door

but thats life

be lucky but tell the truth best policy

 

[Monkey]

get me out of here