How Much Money Do Mechanics Make $$$ Flat Rate VS Hourly (2022)
How Much Money Do Mechanics Make $$$ Flat Rate VS Hourly (2022)
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Lmao so wait non certified techs in california make more money than me im flat rate and i get oayed bi weekly and i make 25$ and i have tiers so if i dont do certain things i dont make 25$ an hour .and i have 4 ase and expert level at toyota.this is in ct and im 32 years old been doing this since 2009 now that i see how underpaid i am im deff not doing this anymore
Politics.. meaningless word. It’s 100% about the dispatcher. If she is thirsty run a Dr. Pepper up to her immediately. If she’s hungry order In or go pick a pizza up. If she has a headache buy her a bottle of 100 aspirin. If she needs gas money get her keys and go fill her car/ truck up. If she’s trying to fart go up to her workplace and rubby dubby on her phat gut.
This is old fashion bribery and it still gets the job done. You’ll see an increase in your pay immediately. If she as of the sudden go over to clean up and pay Big Dick Rick to ease over to her work place and do his due. Okay class any questions ?
Just uploaded a short. They charged me $238 to install a few brake light bulbs in my corolla
So would you recommend going into being a flat rate tech? Especially for someone like me who is considering it for their first job.
I do 200 hours in one week motivated painter 💪💪💪💪 the body shop way better then mechanics
I think you left one key thing out. Tools (In Kommiefornia cant remember if I talked about the CA wage laws)… As Flat Rate it’s a given that tech provides the tools. What about Hourly Techs, should they be required to provide? If they do provide what would be their min wage be? As CA states: "If you are required to provide your own tools to complete the work for the employer you are to be paid no less than 2x min wage state min or local min whichever is more."
So proud to hear you getting that class A bro. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Great vid…Stress level is a major factor since I turned 45
Aircraft mechanic and y’all get paid way more an way better then we do. Just learning how much better y’all get paid.
Not a vehicle mechanic, but a maintenance technician for machines with voltage categories 1-4. I made $91,000 last year, but the downside is I work overtime hours to get it, so I’m on 10-12 hour shifts and extra days every now and then. I’ll tell you what, that overtime is good stuff though, especially when you retain the flexibility to decline
Also, I spend like 4 hours doing nothing, just waiting for calls. So I end up watching these YouTube videos and making stock trades 😂
At 9:26 – that’s not bad for being early in your career. I’m curious how many more years until you can get $150k/year? (and assuming you work in a major urban area with many high paying white-collar jobs)
i dont care what you say but flat rate jobs are rushed
Good For You Bro!! I Totally get it… Stick to Hourly …
A&P mechanic here and I’ve watched a few videos. My big question is if it is really worth it? I got out of aviation and went to commercial driving and just recently got out of that. Local Toyota dealer says I have to start as a lube tech (I get it cause I have A&P and not ASE). I know I’m gonna take a pay cut, but I’m tired of being away from my family. My first year as a class a driver I made over $100k with GA Pacific on the east coast. I know I’m not gonna make that, but I guess my question is can I make a comfortable living for my family bending wrenches at Toyota? Willing to take all the ASE tests and all that so that’s not an issue for me (I’m smart I just can’t prove it on paper apparently 😂)
Thanks for this video. I’m getting back into the automotive field due to teaching in Chicago public schools being very unreliable and seasonal. 😊🎉
CHANGE COUNTRY…COME TO CANADA AND GET REAL PAY!!!
My grandson(He’s 21 old) fix big engines on diesel-powered shovels and drills also large haul trucks, large excavators, and material handling equipment in open air mines in Canada and he get paid $40.00 an hour for 100 hours a week every two weeks(home for two weeks after)….All northern mines here in Quebec are looking for more employees! Quit working for cheapos in the USA!
Making $25 hourly as a tech at an independent shop, 4 years in with 3 tech school certs and ASE master/L1, 609 etc etc. If I work overtime 6 days a week I can barely hit $5k a month. Thinking about flat rate… thanks for video
In CA it’s double minimum wage at 160 hours for flagging techs. I’m a dispatcher at a dealer and the lazy younger techs make a little over $5400 a month doing f all while the older more hard working techs make well over 10k-12k.
Just like most things in this country the concepts and ideas are great but the execution due to the politics is trash.
This guy is an idiot. He’s breaking his back for very little and no benefits. Once he’s older he’ll be slowing down and he will realize what my comment means.
when it’s slow in the winters and nobody is bringing their cars in do you work on the cars on the lot? i don’t know if that’s just a used dealership thing or if new dealers do it too. i assume there’s way less cars on the lot that need work but still
I once worked in a body shop and the guy who was my training lead flagged 235 hrs my first 2 weeks and 255 in the 2nd 2 weeks
Is there a book where all the work is broken down how many hrs each project cost ?
So if you live in California being a tech is a lot easier. Got it.
With flat rate you learn how to cut and skip. Quality is not important. As long as the vehicle works, it good enough. Leftover parts, nut and bolts… Can’t care.
Quantity is what makes you money, not quality.
California pay certainly is higher.
Flat rate doesn’t work for diagnostic guys
California, its nick named the tool wage. If you are required to supply your own tools, you are given double minimum wage. But during the initial training period, you get a few more dollars per hour than minimum wage. You get more money supposedly if you go over 85% efficiency but the managers get their bonus .Im in the RV industry and ive never gotten over 85% efficiency 😢 but generally there is more subjective repairs with no real tech support. So many different floor plans and my particular shop doesnt get access to wiring diagrams. I have to google that shit on RV forums.
Fuck flate rate!
Hourly = consistent money (unless you get sent home or laid off during slow times).
Flat Rate = Inconsistent but overall dramatically more pay if you’re in an efficient shop and you hustle.
The trouble with flat rate begins with the service advisor and he will sell you short for the job every time
Flat rate is good if you know how to weaponize it for your benefit . The shop owner knows how to manipulate it , thats for sure
Another thing that every two weeks pay sucks I want to get paid every week. No wonder don’t anyone want to do that. I rather work off the street and get when the job is finished
Imma quit automotive technician school
Is this why when I look at job listings for auto mechanics, they offered pay rates are like $15-$45? I didn’t understand how the range could be so wide, but now that I learned about flat rate it makes more sense.
I worked for a good year shop in the 90s we got 40% of all labor Sometimes i booked 3000.00 labor a day if you hustle..
So I’m not in the industry quite yet, looking at going back to school in my early 30s to be an auto tech. Will be taking a pay cut to do so but I absolutely loathe my current job so I think it’d be a good switch just for my long term drive to work. I’m also in CA – I had never heard that flat rate techs that provide their own tools must be paid 2x minimum wage. I find that to be very interesting considering every job posting in my local area for auto techs are ~$10 less than double minimum wage right now. 2x is currently $30 and most of these postings are between $18 and $22. Whats the story there? Is that just blatantly illegal, or are they using some loophole by defining a lift as a tool? None of these dealers are buying you a whole toolset, all the techs there have their own boxes loaded with tools from trucks and other means of getting them. Looking for someone who knows more on this particular situation to shed some light on it, thanks!
Would you recommend joining union??
I completely left flat rate. I wont work flat rate anymore, Im currently making $20/H with overtime. Its a local shop and the owner is my manager. We still have some issues, but pay isnt one of them. Everyone gets paid the same day and we all work with each other sometimes with no sense of stealing each others money. I feel way more comfortable working on cars knowing ill be paid no matter what.
How much of your pay goes to buying tools?
I’m going to school to get ase certified and I’m confused on which to be flat rate or hourly 😅
Hourly is better
@8:10 Preach it Rev.
Way to build your bones, keep following the linear path.
Yea my brother told me some corrupt shizz in dealership. He work at a dealership where the service manager and mechanic were in it together. he gave gave him all the gravy jobs and the mechanic would give him kick back money. 😂 And he was that guy
Unionize the industry if you haven’t.
Btw does your shop have all data? And do you miss the gasoline industries and people friendly environment (stores, food, malls)
I get fravortision cause I do all the shit nobody else wants to do
Left after twenty years. Now a railroader was the best thing that ever happened.
What’s the best way to learn to drive a manual car or pick up truck. I dont know anyone who can drive a stick.
how can you tell in a used vehicle that a manual transmission is in good condition and not shot????????????