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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Earlier this week, I had a plumber snake a clogged kitchen sink drain - he charged $350 for 35 minutes of effort! [/quote] Snaking a clogged drain is the least favorite job for a trained plumber. We had a guy out to repair a leak behind a wall. He was here all day, did a few extra things and the job cost $6200. He got 20% of the "sale" related to jobs we added while he was here and about $20/hr for the rest of the job. He had more than 10yr experience. I asked why he didn't start his own business and he explained it isn't as easy as people claim - you need a license, insurance, tools, a truck, supplies etc and all that adds up, in addition to the high cost of living in this area. He didn't recommend plumbing for my nephew who recently graduated and isn't sure he wants to go to college. [/quote]

He needs to value himself more.  Live in a VHCOL and our plumbers (and HVAC) make closer to $40-50/hour themselves even with the big companies.  This is also why you might want a business degree/AA in business along with the plumbing training, so you build the skills towards owning your own business (yes it takes some capital as well as planning), so you can have 3-4 plumbers and yourself and collect the $150+/hour and keep 50%+ for yourself[/quote]

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