No not at the moment but they all have insurance thru their spouses. I do have plans to offer something next year but we all saw the high prices and probably won't end up doing that. We are small enough and I am not looking to expand right now. We are very blessed in that respect. The higher then avg pay rate for the techs (50/hr) is to help them cover taxes and such. It also keeps good talent.
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Most of the fleet mechanics at our shop (government) came from dealers. They make about $40 an hour plus benefits/vacation now and are totally happy to be away from the dealer stress. That's what they say anyway and rarely quit.
This is also true, wife owns some "inside" stock and when she gets vested enough becomes a "principal" but when bidding jobs uses at least a 2.4x multiplier of peoples' hourly wage.
Sounds like the kind of operation I would love to give my business to if I didn't live across the country!
4WD
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And perhaps the incentive of running things when you retire …
That‘s a great arrangement we don’t see often enough - and when I do it’s often immigrants …
As others noted 100k+ is being made. Several of us in Indianapolis area are making that
JTK
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Just curious if you're getting medical benefits, 401k, etc, on top of that.
Reason I ask is, I'm seeing this a lot lately. One example was a younger millright we had contracted with at work. He was bragging that he makes $50/hr, but this is with zero benefits, 401k, retirement, etc.
Around 1/4th back when I was a dealer tech. But they didn't charge anywhere near $245/h
JTK
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What would that figure look like today though. 25%? I'm not sure. Regardless, a guy I know is a toyota tech. Has been with the same toyota dealer for probably 20yrs now. He doesn't make $100K. $100K is well above average for where I live.
I hear co-workers spouting off indeed adds all the time with very inflated sounding salary ranges. If you read the fine print on most of them, the dollar amount given has the cost of their benefit package tacked onto it.
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of young guys/gals would just do w/out medical coverage, or are lucky enough to be covered under a spouse's coverage or parents coverage. I do know in talking with my younger co-workers, they are woefully under funding their 401Ks, or don't even really understand what it's all about, even though the company gives you "free" money into it.
When I was at the dealer I made $25-27/ hour while they billed $109/ hour. I started as a helper and worked my way up to being probably the best mid-level guy there in a shop of about 35 guys. They wouldn’t give me any more money (except hourly incentives) because I wasn’t fully factory trained, but they wasted money on other techs for training, I was halfway certified in everything….which you can (could, this was 10-20 years ago) train 70% online. That was enough for putting your name to a warranty repair, that’s all they cared about. The guys that got the full in person training were only the best of the best, they’d come to our shop and blow steam up managements butt to get the job, get trained, and immediately quit to go back to better paying shops.
I think I make roughly $36/ hour now but it’s hourly / salary instead of flat rate, and also enjoy full federal benefits. Crazy amount of health insurance choices for way cheaper than I had at the dealer, WAYYY more time off, retirement benefits etc.
Highway flaggers make over $50/hr? Are we talking about the guys that are standing there doing minimal traffic control? In Ohio?
I remember seeing Universal Technical Institute's commercials making it seem all exciting like they were going to work on cars from NASCAR, dragsters, etc, and making $100k a year when dealer techs at the time around me were making under $60k.
Those, in DE on gov funded hiway projects
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