Ground-person’s daily/hourly rate

fhudo

fhudo

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How much is a fair rate for a ground-person where they are casually employed (as opposed to full time)? My new company is based in North Carolina. I want to be commercial but fair.


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I'd pay more for a full-time guy who knows/ follows the program, who should be more productive, as compared to a part time guy, but really its all about how much can they produce and how much input do they require.

I'll pay anybody anything they want, if I can bill accordingly. If the superman of treework could do 5 times the job, he gets 5 times the pay.
 
I’m not saying not to pay a full time time guy or any guy what he’s worth but there’s a difference between hiring a part timer who tells u he’s only available 1-2 days a week and the guy u call and hope/expect to be available when u need help or extra hands on a job. You can’t pay that guy crap and continue to hope that he’ll be available every time u need him.
 
I don't offer full time. I appreciate the help I can get, and trust. I start off at $20 for a trustworthy, eager learner, that can run a saw, tie knots, and operate the chipper.
 
southsoundtree said:
I'd pay more for a full-time guy who knows/ follows the program, who should be more productive, as compared to a part time guy, but really its all about how much can they produce and how much input do they require.

I'll pay anybody anything they want, if I can bill accordingly. If the superman of treework could do 5 times the job, he gets 5 times the pay.
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Well 4.5x
 
I personally don't work with unskilled groundies, so $20 hr is the bare minimum. How is anyone gonna live off anything less in 2018? $12-$15 an hour isn't gonna draw the kind of talent I'm gonna trust my life, and my client belongings with.

I recently had a couple of Redwoods removals over a very expensive span of power line, so I called my numero uno groundie Markus "the carcass" Carino and payed him $40 hr, and threw him a bonus. Why? Because is a highly skilled worker with decades of experience, the job went smooth as glass, he was worth every penny, and I literally couldn't have done the job without him. Sounds fair to me.
 
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