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Carpenters pay?

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tennbuck:
whats the pay for carpenters(scaffolding) at different plants?

thanks

Rennhack:
I'm not a carpenter, but what I've heard is typically $20 - $25/hr.  It really depends on what local you are working out of.  Jersey pays better than down south for most trades.

tennbuck:
so there are no carpenters on this site?

desertdog:
Not a carpenter but an experienced nuclear worker.  My buddy (experienced house builder) working his first scaffold building job at a fossil plant in MD was makng $38/hr and $85 per diem. 

p.s.- WTF are us RP's doing working for less?

Eightmile:

--- Quote from: desertdog on Apr 26, 2008, 10:33 ---Not a carpenter but an experienced nuclear worker.  My buddy (experienced house builder) working his first scaffold building job at a fossil plant in MD was makng $38/hr and $85 per diem. 

p.s.- WTF are us RP's doing working for less?

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I've heard close to the same wages from carpenters doing nukes, sometimes with and sometimes without diem.  Sometimes the number I've heard quoted is what I would call their "effective rate" which includes medical and pension and what-not through a union, but sometimes not.

And I've often wondered why we aren't closer in wage to the skilled trades.

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