[SoCal Pubbie]

That figure of $45 per hr is absurd. Perhaps $45 adjusted for inflation, but even that seems very high.

[BobL]

“That figure of $45 per hr is absurd. Perhaps $45 adjusted for inflation, but even that seems very high.”

The $45 is roughly what it was costing for bricklayers when I grew up...it probably is real, especially in CA.

[PapaBear3625]

From the article: For a helper, it was about $25 an hour, for a master who could run a complete job, it was about $45 an hour.

So that $45 is for the master carpenter who runs the job, with helpers getting $25, which is what I think has been reduced to $11.

[Lean-Right]

“figure of $45 per hr is absurd”
No, it’s not. My dad “broke me in”
(a union term) to hanging Sheetrock
when I was in high school, in northern
California, in 1969-1970. At that time
“rockers” we’re paid by the square foot.
At .07 per square, he was making close
to $100,000 a year. A little over $45
an hour....
Interesting to note, there weren’t many
rockers over 40. The pace was very demanding,
and it was hard physical work.