“When a plumber charges he charges by the hour, not by the minute.
If he fixes your pipes in 2 hours 15 minutes he charges for 3 hours.”
First off that isn’t every company’s policy and more importantly is my point that the “plumber” doesn’t charge you, the company does.
First, I have never had a plumber come to my house that I wasn't charged by the hour. Things may be different where you live but I have had this experience in 3 states with numerous plumbing companies in each state.
I have had some cut me some slack by not charging an extra hour for 5 minutes or so but anything over 15 minutes I have been charged an hour.
Second, the question wasn't how much can a plumber make working for a plumbing company.
A plumber in my area, working for himself, charging an average amount, before expenses and taxes, working an average year, no overtime, no weekends or holidays would make about $156,000.
I answered the question, I didn't assume anything else, whether he worked for a plumbing company, whether he had others working under him, etc.
Pick up the Yellow Pages and call a Plumber and ask him for an estimate to come out and unclog your toilet.
They’ll probably quote you $75.00 - $100.00 an hour, one hour minimum.
Plumbers who work on new housing/commercial buildings will charge the same.
I used to work in the trades many years ago.
Plumbers make good money, but they work hard for it.
Go climb under the crawl space of your home and try wrenching rusted out, stuck pipes.
Do it 8 hours a day, 5 days a week at minimum, for 20+ years.
This is liberal elitism at it’s best, or should I say, it’s worst.
They don’t have a clue as what the average American worker does and how hard they work.
They are used to collecting Government money for doing very little.
The Unions don’t help either - they overcharge, threaten to shut down non-union jobs, even threaten, intimidate and vandalize commercial and residential properties that are being built if they are non-union jobs.
I remember when I worked in the trades, the unions would send their thugs over and threaten the “General” (The General Contractor) if he didn’t hire them.
The “General” would have to get a court order barring them from the property, from picketing withing 1,000 feet of the job site, would have to hire Security so the wiring wouldn’t get ripped out overnight, etc...
That’s what the Unions, led by the Dems, do to people like “Joe the Plumber”
Remember a few years back in Philadelphia when those Union thugs beat up those Clinton protesters?
I live near San Francisco, and if you’re a non-union tradesman in SF, the only work you get are the $#!TTY jobs that they won’t take because they involve hard work and/or low profit margin.
My Brother was a Union Painter in SF and can tell you stories you wouldn’t believe.