i am currently training to be a electrician but i want to know if it is really good money as many say
2007-10-12 11:48:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
although i am not a contractor i am a retired licensed electrician...i got 65 dollars for the service call and 45 dollars and hour residential....80 dollars for the service call and 60 dollars an hour commercial...100 dollars for the service call and 80 dollars an hour industrial....some times i charge less for residential depending on the age of the person who needs help...also do the same for regular commercial and industrial customers who gave me a lot of work....also was a master hvac tech...had a business that repaired any electromechinacal devices motors, drills, saws, generators, plus any kind of water, pool or sump pumps....business done over 250,000 a year...not bad considering there is only 20,000 people live in our county and only 2 people worked in our business...sold parts to all the county and city school systems...plus worked on motors for the oil and coal industry...even though our business was a small independent business we served an area that covered about 15 counties and three states...Va. ky and tenn
2007-10-13 15:46:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It varies in each area. Usually better money on the coast in US. In rural areas you can start at around 7-8 bucks an hour.
I have made up to 19 bucks an hour 3 yrs exp. in Chicago and as little as 10 bucks an hour 4 yrs. exp. in South Dakota. But this was an area were the business people dont appreciate the good workers they have and why the town is dying.
I have heard of around $40 an hour for union boys on the east coast but remember and dont be fooled by these numbers. YOU will start out at way lower wages. Alot of the numbers that are on these answers are for journeyman licensed electricians which takes at least 4 years to get. And anything over $40 in the US is a contractor/master electrician that gets to charge what they want.
2007-10-12 12:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by analize2much 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is very good money. Get a license. Jackleg electricians like found on yahoo answers get 1/4 what a real electrician gets. Are you training in the UK or US?
And there are many more non union electricians than union ones in the USA. I do like the sound of that union mentioned above though: IBREW. That sounds like my kind of outfit. Union or not, it is a great trade. And no illegal mukluk can take it for $2. an hour, cause you need a license.
2007-10-12 17:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by John himself 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
A Master electrician in Michigan makes $45.00 an hour and is in demand.
With his side jobs my son-in-law makes $9000.00 a month I do his banking for him. This is in a slow year.
And by the way, he is a "real electrician" has been for over twenty-five years. Works for Dow also.
2007-10-13 00:50:08 · answer #4 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I have been hiring an electrician, i might dodge everybody with a posh business enterprise call, and that i might leaf by using telephone e book in alphabetical order, so i might propose something like Abbey electric powered centers (till you're blessed with a prevalent or surname that comes early in the alphabet).
2016-12-18 05:56:24 · answer #5 · answered by kuelper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a electrician in the US who's licensed and has a Journeymans card can make from $20-30/hr and depending on if he's in a Union shop or not, IBREW or other Union for a company such as Dow or Mobil.
2007-10-12 12:42:58 · answer #6 · answered by Ravin 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
my boyfriends uncle is an licensed electrician and he makes awesome money 40-50$ an hour
thats in the us
2007-10-12 13:25:36 · answer #7 · answered by Amber 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
an electrician job is union, so it's real big money. I think it starts at 18 and goes up in the 36 an hour range. sweet job if you know someone.
2007-10-12 17:09:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
residential not as much as
commerical.. not as much as
industrial
2007-10-12 14:27:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋