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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dai on January 03, 2007, 09:02:59 pm

Title: Wages up 50% in ten years
Post by: dai on January 03, 2007, 09:02:59 pm

Do you know that the average wage has gone up 50% since 1996?
I know that some of my prices definitely haven’t.
Time for a serious price revue. Dai

Title: Re: Wages up 50% in ten years
Post by: Clear Vision on January 03, 2007, 09:22:40 pm

50%  :o

My prices are way too low!!!

The way that the majority of people think that are not self employed is that the average wage is £5.50 - £7.00 an hour.

So they cant understand when a window cleaner comes around and would charge £10 for a 15 min job. Then They think you are making £40 an hour. A lot don't understand running costs and expenses especially where I live.

That's one of the reasons why my prices are so low and I haven't put them up for ages!

Title: Re: Wages up 50% in ten years
Post by: JM123 on January 03, 2007, 09:56:32 pm

I've found that where we work.  They just don't understand that we get no paid holidays, sick pay, pension not paid into by work etc.

Title: Re: Wages up 50% in ten years
Post by: windows_chepstow on January 04, 2007, 05:13:56 pm

Quote from: dai on January 03, 2007, 09:02:59 pm

Do you know that the average wage has gone up 50% since 1996?
I know that some of my prices definitely haven’t.
Time for a serious price revue. Dai

But, I think I've read recently that the average first time house buyers are paying 40% of their income for the mortgage!

That's got to go into the melting-pot of how much to charge to clean their windows somewhere.