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Originally Posted by southern151
Mechanical in a mechanical shop starts at $90. We do not get that rate. Ours is about $75. Frame is $65. Body and, paint runs @ $48 and, materials is $33/hr. We're working to bring some of those numbers up a little right now. Heck, we had an approx. 20% increase in material cost last year and, not a bit of increase in rate.  |
Do you feel there is a big difference in labor rates charged for shops depending why type of clientele they pursued?
I was always amazed at how different labor rates were in different markets. some markets there would be back alley type shops that would get all the low $ work, and then there would be high end lovely looking shops which had huge showrooms and immaculate work bays that would charge through the roof. Then other markets it seemed like all the body shops worked together and held the line on what minimum rates were.