rate of pay

[tahufford61]

I am in need of experience tree cutters and I was thinking of between $15.00 and $20.00 range per hour. Is this a decent wage or is it too high or too low.
Please let me know.

Thank you
Tim

 

[ASD]

I am in need of experience tree cutters and I was thinking of between $15.00 and $20.00 range per hour. Is this a decent wage or is it too high or too low.
Please let me know.

Thank you
Tim

to do what??????????

are u a tree co. or a home owner?

what benefits are u going to offer??

 

[tahufford61]

I have a tree cutting buisness and I am not sure on all the benifits that I am going to offer, right now I am trying to figure out a pay scale

 

[boo]

exp./insurance/workers comp./benefits/good equip./1099 taxes/location?
these questions could make the difference from 150.00 to 500.00 a day being a single climber's wages.

 

[tahufford61]

In regards to the question that I asked about wages, I am located in central Pennsylvania and most jobs around this area pay around $6.00 an hour for lawn care help, but I am not sure on tree cutters.

 

[Climb020]

In Jersey a new to few years experience will get you $14-20 while more seasoned guys get from $20-30. All depends on the work at hand ie. large TD or small tree pruning or will you be doing a little of everything. Also the benefits that are offered as well as company perks can keep a pay scale lower. Like were I work the company pays I higher % of my medical benifits so I make a dollar or two less then I would somewhere else.

 

[Freakingstang]

I have a tree cutting buisness and I am not sure on all the benifits that I am going to offer, right now I am trying to figure out a pay scale

Not to be rude, but you gotta figure out what benfits you offer before making a pay scale...

 

[SRT-Tech]

good topic!

what about small companies that you work for( i'm a groundsman), but your considered by them to be a sub-contractor, and issue them a receipt for the weeks work (I'm in Canada)? (ie, i issue a reciept for the weeks work and get paid that way....)

reason i ask is I am covered by the Workers Compensation Board by the owner (which means i should be an employee, according to Revenue Canada), but i have to pay my own taxes. I'm also spending a HUGE amount of $$$ of gas to go out to the jobsite, around $25 - $35 a day or more for fuel. I'm keeping all my reciepts, but i'm afraid that when i file my taxes I'll end up making not much at all........did some rough calculating and i figure about 8 an hour after taxes.....

 

[boo]

good topic!

what about small companies that you work for( i'm a groundsman), but your considered by them to be a sub-contractor, and issue them a receipt for the weeks work (I'm in Canada)?

reason i ask is I am covered by the Workers Compensation Board by the owner (which means i should be an employee, according to Revenue Canada), but i have to pay my own taxes. I'm also spending a HUGE amount of $$$ of gas to go out to the jobsite, around $25 - $35 a day or more for fuel. I'm keeping all my reciepts, but i'm afraid that when i file my taxes I'll end up making not much at all........did some rough calculating and i figure about 8 an hour after taxes.....

certainly does not sound good from here.... even smells fishy

 

[Ekka]

I am located in central Pennsylvania and most jobs around this area pay around $6.00 an hour for lawn care help, but I am not sure on tree cutters.

$6.00 an hour, are you in China?

Isn't there a minimum adult wage?

And is that $6.00 an hour legal in USA?

By jovies, some-one offered me that I'd suggest the get psychiatric help as they'd have to be delusional.

 

[clearance]

$6.00 an hour, are you in China?

Isn't there a minimum adult wage?

And is that $6.00 an hour legal in USA?

By jovies, some-one offered me that I'd suggest the get psychiatric help as they'd have to be delusional.

Yes Ekka, its true, here in Canada we have min. wage laws that are about the same. Little known fact, Sam Walton, founder of Wall-Mart, testified before the US congress to oppose min. wage laws. Dirtbag. In China I think $6 a day would be a good wage, anyways, who are you to question, don't you know the market is supreme? What are you, a liberal/commie? Hey mister, you better know your place. SRT-I say BS to your situation, buddy is getting a free ride, he doesn't pay the employers share of e.i., c.p.p., and 4% vacation pay does he? Ask for more jake, don't be shy, hardworking guys are as rare as virgins in Surrey.

 

[foodforests]

clearance, you're a dittohead aren't you?
how disappointing...

 

[clearance]

clearance, you're a dittohead aren't you?
how disappointing...

Are you insulting me, or is that some dumbass Hawian saying? Like the guys on Dog the Bounty Hunter, they call guys bra instead of bro, hmmm.

 

[foodforests]

Well yeah, I would consider it an insult, but the self-proclaimed "dittoheads" that listen to Rush Limbaugh seem to revel in the term.
So, no, its not a Hawaiian term.
Brah, is short for Braddah, which is a pidgin way of pronouncing brother. It takes all sorts to make a world, doesn't it?
At least you have formed your reactionary opinions on your own clearance, or at least without the help of Rush Limbaugh, so you've earnt back some of my respect.
Actually, now that I think of it, the entertainment value that you and Rush Limbaugh provide for me are pretty much the same sort of thing. I don't agree with much of what either of you say, but you are both funny bastards.

 

[Ekka]

I just Googled an was shocked by what I found out.

The minimum adult wage is $5.15 in the USA. It hasn't been lifted since 1997. And even the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed it!

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/06/14/fast-facts-on-the-minimum-wage/

http://www.socialistworker.org/2004-2/524/524_06_MinimumWage.shtml

I can see how the rich are getting richer over there, how American.

 

[dakota]

Here's one to chew on. I read somewhere a little while back that if the minimum wage rates in the U.S. had kept up with the increases in CEOs average pay increases, since 1990, the minimum wage here would be just over $23/hr.

Someone could certainly argue that the costs of goods and services could have increased by similar rate as well - which makes sense.

However, these numbers do illustrate our great inequities and if you look at other examples like pay rates in Japan for CEOs and here in the U.S. look to Costco, it's evident that there are some out there with a bit of fairness - it's just not common.

 

[diltree]

EkkA: A Bill was passed a week ago raising the minimum wage at the federal level from $5.15 per hr. to $7.75 per hr. Keep in mind that state law may require a minimum wage higher then the federal minimum wage, in fact most states where around $6.75 while the federal minimum was $5.15.........For the record My Company's Pascale starts at $11.00 per hr. and ends at $50 per hr.......I believe that was the original question


www.dillontree.com

 

[Ekka]

Cool, is all good.

I pay over here $18 an hour for a noob who knows jack, but I try to get them on a day rate of $150 net.

For better guys it goes up to $25 and hour or $200 a day.

For climbers anywhere between $250 to $400 a day (contract rate), but they have their own saws, ropes and gear. Also, that's why I climb most my own **** coz $400 is pretty over the top for many of the jobs we do.

I used to have a guy I got in a lot, he was $275 a day, and at that price I didn't mind him having easier days, some days he wouldn't have to climb anything as it was all felling work.

 

[Elixir]

$6.00 an hour, are you in China?

Isn't there a minimum adult wage?

And is that $6.00 an hour legal in USA?

By jovies, some-one offered me that I'd suggest the get psychiatric help as they'd have to be delusional.

in Pennsylvania, minimum wage was just increased to $7.25.

 

[Ekka]

Oh, here's another question.

In USA at what age are you deemed an adult for wages?

18 or 21??