My Car Mechanics Post Labor Rate = $110 per hour. Why don't more HS kids train as mechanics?

[Anonymous]

$110 per hour is good money, more than a living wage. Plus fewer education expenses. Seems like a steady occupation, why don't more kids train for this job?

[Anonymous]

Because most don't take him that much and our area prep's for college not trades. It would make more sense to have more trade schools but also teach those kids business and math skills so they can own businesses as well as work in those trades.

[Anonymous]

Posted labor rate = $110 hr.

[Anonymous]

Because everyone now has to go to college and STEM has replaced shop. As shop class went away so did the vocational school track.

Actually everyone SHOULDN'T go to college but try telling that to the helicopter parents.

[Anonymous]

Because the mechanic only gets a fraction of that once you count for business expenses, rent, health insurance, etc. I bet they are lucky if they clear $40/hour.

[Anonymous]

Is your mechanic part of a garage or does she own it?

110 an hour pays for the mechanic (probably 18 an hour. Up to 25/30 depending on experience and models worked on), rent, warranty, tools like lifts and air compressors, shop supplies, consumables, etc, etc.

Then the mechanic’s personal expenses. Tools (probably 50k worth), education, certifications, etc.

Yes. You can make a decent living. But the mechanic is not making 110 an hour. Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because the mechanic only gets a fraction of that once you count for business expenses, rent, health insurance, etc. I bet they are lucky if they clear $40/hour.

Yes. It is $110 hours when they work -- to the company. You do not write checks to the mechanic, but to the shop. The shop pays him, the rent, the insurance, at least some of the tools/electronics...

Plus, there is benefits: vacation time, sick leave. health insurance, etc.

[Anonymous]

pp here....let me add, my company bills me out at close to $300/yr; I get about $100/hr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your mechanic part of a garage or does she own it?

110 an hour pays for the mechanic (probably 18 an hour. Up to 25/30 depending on experience and models worked on), rent, warranty, tools like lifts and air compressors, shop supplies, consumables, etc, etc.

Then the mechanic’s personal expenses. Tools (probably 50k worth), education, certifications, etc.

Yes. You can make a decent living. But the mechanic is not making 110 an hour. Nope.

If a mechanic is working in a shop he/she probably gets half or $55 per hour ($110k per year). But if he self employed he can earn much more than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$110 per hour is good money, more than a living wage. Plus fewer education expenses. Seems like a steady occupation, why don't more kids train for this job?

Well, for one thing, if the Mechanic shop is charging $110/hour, then the mortgage, and the electricity, and the maintenance on the lift to raise up your car, and salary for the person who checks in your car, and . . . are coming out of it.

Your mechanic might be making a living wage, but he/she certainly isn't making $110 an hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your mechanic part of a garage or does she own it?

110 an hour pays for the mechanic (probably 18 an hour. Up to 25/30 depending on experience and models worked on), rent, warranty, tools like lifts and air compressors, shop supplies, consumables, etc, etc.

Then the mechanic’s personal expenses. Tools (probably 50k worth), education, certifications, etc.

Yes. You can make a decent living. But the mechanic is not making 110 an hour. Nope.

If a mechanic is working in a shop he/she probably gets half or $55 per hour ($110k per year). But if he self employed he can earn much more than that.

Maybe the master at the Porsche/Mercedes/Ferrari/Lamborghini shop, but no way a ASE guy at a shop or dealer. No chance.

[Anonymous]

I know some college educated people with Masters Degrees that make less than that <$75K and they have piles of college loans.

Seems to me that trade school might be a better return than a Liberal Arts degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because everyone now has to go to college and STEM has replaced shop. As shop class went away so did the vocational school track.

Actually everyone SHOULDN'T go to college but try telling that to the helicopter parents.

False.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your mechanic part of a garage or does she own it?

110 an hour pays for the mechanic (probably 18 an hour. Up to 25/30 depending on experience and models worked on), rent, warranty, tools like lifts and air compressors, shop supplies, consumables, etc, etc.

Then the mechanic’s personal expenses. Tools (probably 50k worth), education, certifications, etc.

Yes. You can make a decent living. But the mechanic is not making 110 an hour. Nope.

If a mechanic is working in a shop he/she probably gets half or $55 per hour ($110k per year). But if he self employed he can earn much more than that.

Maybe the master at the Porsche/Mercedes/Ferrari/Lamborghini shop, but no way a ASE guy at a shop or dealer. No chance.

The $110 rate is posted at my regular old mechanic shop in a corner gas station - not a dealership for foreign car shop.

[Anonymous]

Because rich parents won’t dare let their offspring get their hands dirty.