Auto Technician Compensation

[Sumboodie]

My area isn't economically depressed, but I don't think many passenger car techs are guaranteed $60/hr? Some guys make that and more on a nice gravy week of jobs at the dealerships I'm sure. I get the impression a dealership is the best gig going for someone fast and efficient, other than maybe a specialty shop?

I try to use to South Main Auto type garages, with the owner being there for 20+ years and a couple guys working on normal cars, with low overhead, building paid for 20 years ago. A slightly grungy waiting room is fine and no complimentary coffee is fine, I'll go for a bike or a walk...
For sure I wouldn't take my Porsche track car there(if I had one), but I don't think my cars need $200+/hr shops working on them.... I'm going for KISS and just good mechanics, not guys that could/should be working in aviation...

Exactly. And if there's Miss July 1993 type pictures still in the walls, it's a good shop.

 

[addyguy]

Very glad to hear AM got what he wanted, and is feeling positive about his future!

 

[camrydriver111]

Recent formal announcements mean there will be a high concentration of unskilled labor in L.A.

Upside: security guards in high demand

The upside is that it's easier to conduct national security operations in sanctuary cities. Serbrenica was a sanctuary city. Of course I hope you will have orderly deportations, and not what happened there.

 

[Dave Hess]

He's trying to set her up as a sugarmama for some middle-aged, single Bitoger?

Yes, exactly.

 

[mightymousetech]

Mechanic pay in the UK is totally awful. If I knew at 16 what I know now no way would I be turning spanner’s.

Was looking to move from Canada to either UK or EU, until I found out how much techs make there. Would be quite the pay cut. I don’t blame you.

 

[wpod]

20 minutes from town here, $2.2 million gets you 86 acres and a 4,000sq-ft century home. $1.2 million gets you 3,000sq-ft on less than an acre, and you pay your guys a lot better than what techs earn here

Unless the hay gets rained on.

 

[wpod]

I fixed Forklifts. It was actually fun and the best part was driving the semi to pick up and deliver forklifts. I made great income and benefits and was treated well. I would look into some type of industrial or plant maintenance / repair work is available near to you as an option. The sooner you start making decent income and investing it the better off you will become.