Hourly $ ?

**Livinthedream** · October 27th, 2011, 11:53 AM

How much do you earn per hour and what do you do?
DH and I are both self employed, charging about $40 P/H. He is a floor and wall tiler, I am a saddler
However, I am "over" being self employed and am looking to go back to being employed, albeit doing the same trade I am now, I was thinking that I can only afford to do this if I get $25 p/h (before tax).
I have no idea what people get paid these days.

**~ Zarava Flutterby ~** · October 27th, 2011, 11:58 AM

You could try googling wageline for your state to give a rough idea of the industry standards?

**Maruschke** · October 27th, 2011, 11:59 AM

$66

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**Mother Goose** · October 27th, 2011, 12:01 PM

I'm a nurse on two different pay levels and I earn between $27 and $37 an hour (depending on which job I'm doing).

**briggsy's girl** · October 27th, 2011, 12:12 PM

i'd agree checking the award for your type of work is the only way to know if an offer is a good pay rate for what you do

i work in a govvy call centre - i am on good money for what i do (compared to previous jobs/award) but not as good as some other call centre positions (both govvy and private).

i don't consider the dollar value of my role to be the primary driver towards whether i'm being paid the best i can for my job. other conditions definitely help. things like additional super, working in a fantastic office (we are ranked number 1 call centre for gov and combined gov/private for CC our size in both vic and AU), flexibility. yeah, it would be nice to be earning the same as some of the other CC's (we are negotiating at the moment) BUT, there is so much more to what keeps me content there kwim?? days like yesterday - when our supervisor went and got the ingredients to make us raspberry spiders "just because". the fact our team have a morning tea once a month. the massive amount of fundraising we do as a centre. it all contributes to us being happy to show up to work

definitely something to think about on top of the $$

**Tinks** · October 27th, 2011, 12:22 PM

I get $20 an hour as a shop assistant.

**Janie71** · October 27th, 2011, 12:56 PM

i'd agree checking the award for your type of work is the only way to know if an offer is a good pay rate for what you do

i work in a govvy call centre - i am on good money for what i do (compared to previous jobs/award) but not as good as some other call centre positions (both govvy and private).

i don't consider the dollar value of my role to be the primary driver towards whether i'm being paid the best i can for my job. other conditions definitely help. things like additional super, working in a fantastic office (we are ranked number 1 call centre for gov and combined gov/private for CC our size in both vic and AU), flexibility. yeah, it would be nice to be earning the same as some of the other CC's (we are negotiating at the moment) BUT, there is so much more to what keeps me content there kwim?? days like yesterday - when our supervisor went and got the ingredients to make us raspberry spiders "just because". the fact our team have a morning tea once a month. the massive amount of fundraising we do as a centre. it all contributes to us being happy to show up to work

definitely something to think about on top of the $$

I agree with BG - my job has allowed me to come back from maternity leave part time. They are also really flexible with hours and often will not take time off out of my allowances. My hourly rate is pretty good, but my work conditions are what keeps me at this job.

Janie xxx

**Ashlee** · October 27th, 2011, 01:02 PM

$25 an hour plus super, and I work for a global construction company doing an admin/PA role. I'm only on a contract though, so if I were to be permanent my hourly rate would drop.

**The[cookie]Doctor** · October 27th, 2011, 01:33 PM

Part time; $27.50 - $35 per hour as a business manager / personal assistant / representative of licensee.

**Sopdet** · October 27th, 2011, 12:11 PM

I get anywhere between $25 and $50 an hour depending on what role I'm doing, if I get the job I interviewed for yesterday (then I'll be on just under $45 an hour), it is for a specialist project role (once that contract is up I'll be on the $50+/hr rate for project roles). At the moment I'm earning a bit under $30 and I'm a cabinet correspondence officer.

Good luck with it all

**PumpkinZulu** · October 27th, 2011, 03:18 PM

DH earns $23 doing Market Research.

**ElleJay** · October 27th, 2011, 03:53 PM

I don't get paid per hour but per shift. They're as little as 4 hours + as much as 7 hours in a shift and I get $150 per shift (before tax. After tax it's $136.36)

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - even though I should be cleaning

**Amity** · October 27th, 2011, 03:54 PM

I think you'd all die if I told you my hourly rate.

But it's fair to say that I don't do 40 hrs a week and I do an awful lot of unpaid stuff like research and prep that's not part of my usual fee.

And I've spent an awfully long time studying.

I guess it depends.

**Novella** · October 31st, 2011, 02:16 PM

As a registerd nurse I get anywhere from $38hr weekdays up to $66 on Sundays and almost $80 on public holidays. My pay also differs depending on which shift I work eg morning, afternoon or night shift. I also have significant salary sacrafice benefits which increases my over all take homw pay. The flexibility in the shift works also makes it possible to work with small children

**Joeve** · October 27th, 2011, 03:57 PM

Divvy I want your job

I have studied lots also and earn a very decent hourly rate in my part time role for a large corporate. I do lots of unpaid hours also.

**Floweryfields** · October 27th, 2011, 04:12 PM

I also do unpaid hours - I think my employer refers to it as dedication to the job. Well, actually, I used to do quite alot of unpaid hours, stuff on weekends, etc, until someone gave me some persective on work/life balance and the lack of appreciation (do you know the word thank you) - $28/hour isn't enough to work for free on weekends, so I avoid it mostly nowadays.