Average income for Mercruiser certifed tech
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Average income for Mercruiser certifed tech
Looking for a consensus on the average wages for a Certified Mercruiser Tech, basic level, across the country, and labor rates. I have two shops I want to run an experiment on finding good techs and need this info to get the experiment off the ground. Thanks...
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Re: Average income for Mercruiser certifed tech
with little to no exp 10- 15 hr
20 + yrs exp 45-50 % billable hr .... was what I was making before going out again on my own,
I will not work on straight hr I have too much invested in the tools to save me time and too much exp to be paid straight time
20 + yrs exp 45-50 % billable hr .... was what I was making before going out again on my own,
I will not work on straight hr I have too much invested in the tools to save me time and too much exp to be paid straight time
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Re: Average income for Mercruiser certifed tech
The marina's and shops here are charging $85 to $95 per hour and think they are really paying top wages to techs at $15 to $20 per hour.
The shops want to bill like attorneys---by elapsed hours--and they don't even put down any protective coverings on white upholstery or clean up at end of job.
The shops want to bill like attorneys---by elapsed hours--and they don't even put down any protective coverings on white upholstery or clean up at end of job.
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Re: Average income for Mercruiser certifed tech
Originally Posted by Poorsche
The shops want to bill like attorneys---by elapsed hours.
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interesting, it is the same as here, and we are supposed to be the "low cost living area".... thanks....
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Re: Average income for Mercruiser certifed tech
Originally Posted by txriverrat2001
A reputable, reliable tech should make 75 - 100K a year.
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Generally labor billed is a 50/50 split between the shop and the tech. Unless the shop is greedy - then usually they are the ones with a higher turnover rate - and no one takes pride in their work - just flag it and tag it. Now that I'm own my own and pick and choose as I have a full time job - it's much better and my clients will wait weeks for me to do the job vs. the other guys. Always clean - always professional - and I always stand behind my work.
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Re: Average income for Mercruiser certifed tech
Originally Posted by txriverrat2001
A reputable, reliable tech should make 75 - 100K a year.
around here very few techs work on billable hour because they dont understand how it works and most shops are afraid that the tech will make too much where as I wont work for someone unless im paid billable hour............
also many techs here are afraid of the winter when work is slim so most dont fight it