Self employed day rate?

[WillTimberlake]

I've known climbers here in Essex only charging £100 a day, with own saws etc. Crazy, but about right for a 'good' and useful groundy with saw tickets etc.

52 weeks a year, 5 days a week = 260 days. Take away 21 for holidays and say 10 for bad weather/breakdowns etc = 229

229 days x £100 = £22,900 per year

Take away fuel, saw and vehicle maintenance, further tickets and training, tax/no etc, you know what you need to do...

 

Bugger all really at the end of it!!!

[benedmonds]

Compare it with others, it doesn't look that bad.

 

from:,UK average salary is £26,500 but figures reveal huge pay gap between rich and poor - official earnings list - Mirror Online

 

Cabbies £16,416 (+4.6%)

Customer service £16,525 (+9.5%)

Undertakers £16,526 (0%)

Packers £16,820 (-0.4%)

Tele sales £17,362 (-1.1%)

Chefs £17,391 (+0.3%)

Gardeners £17,595 (-1.3%)

Street cleaners £17,616 (-3.8%)

Butchers £17,681 (+1.2%)

Hospital porters £17,748 (+5.8%)

Farm workers £17,925 (+4.9)

Traffic wardens £18,065 (-4.2%)

Travel agents £18,344 (+10.7%)

Van drivers £18,744 (+2.9%)

Tyre & exhaust fitters £18,888 (-4.2%)

Bank clerks £19,908 (+9.3%)

Youth & Community workers £20,240 (+2.6%)

Civil servants £20,330 +1.2%

Council administrators £20,351 (+2.9%)

Vicars £20,568 (-3.6%)

Security guards £20,841 (+2.2%)

Plasterers £21,155 (+0.1%)

Lab technicians £21,168 (+0.2%)

Fork lift drivers £21,444 (+0.3%)

Musicians £21,492 (+6.8%)

Roofers £21,921 (-1.5%)

Bricklayers £22,476 (-7.0%)

Painters £22,700 (+1.9%)

Ambulance staff £22,854 (+5.6%)

Housing officers £23,001 (-0.6%)

Bus & coach drivers £23,095 (+3.0%)

Posties & messengers £23,178 (+17.5%)

Librarians £23,940 (-0.3%)

Carpenters £24,029 (+1.4%)

Photographers £24,242 (-4.8%)

Farmers £24,520 (+5.5%)

Estate agents £24,783 (-8.2%

[hamdogg]

Compare it with others, it doesn't look that bad.

 

 

 

from:,UK average salary is £26,500 but figures reveal huge pay gap between rich and poor - official earnings list - Mirror Online

 

 

 

Cabbies £16,416 (+4.6%)

 

Customer service £16,525 (+9.5%)

 

Undertakers £16,526 (0%)

 

Packers £16,820 (-0.4%)

 

Tele sales £17,362 (-1.1%)

 

Chefs £17,391 (+0.3%)

 

Gardeners £17,595 (-1.3%)

 

Street cleaners £17,616 (-3.8%)

 

Butchers £17,681 (+1.2%)

 

Hospital porters £17,748 (+5.8%)

 

Farm workers £17,925 (+4.9)

 

Traffic wardens £18,065 (-4.2%)

 

Travel agents £18,344 (+10.7%)

 

Van drivers £18,744 (+2.9%)

 

Tyre & exhaust fitters £18,888 (-4.2%)

 

Bank clerks £19,908 (+9.3%)

 

Youth & Community workers £20,240 (+2.6%)

 

Civil servants £20,330 +1.2%

 

Council administrators £20,351 (+2.9%)

 

Vicars £20,568 (-3.6%)

 

Security guards £20,841 (+2.2%)

 

Plasterers £21,155 (+0.1%)

 

Lab technicians £21,168 (+0.2%)

 

Fork lift drivers £21,444 (+0.3%)

 

Musicians £21,492 (+6.8%)

 

Roofers £21,921 (-1.5%)

 

Bricklayers £22,476 (-7.0%)

 

Painters £22,700 (+1.9%)

 

Ambulance staff £22,854 (+5.6%)

 

Housing officers £23,001 (-0.6%)

 

Bus & coach drivers £23,095 (+3.0%)

 

Posties & messengers £23,178 (+17.5%)

 

Librarians £23,940 (-0.3%)

 

Carpenters £24,029 (+1.4%)

 

Photographers £24,242 (-4.8%)

 

Farmers £24,520 (+5.5%)

 

Estate agents £24,783 (-8.2%

 

 

Will that be after tax though?

[Tree Lc]

Charging £100 a day is okay of you can get regular work. If you charge £80 per day and work 5 days per week that will give you £1600 per month.

If you can only get 3 days per week charging £100 per day then your wages are only £1200 per month.

What are you going to do with the extra days off - most probably spend money on doing something.

I am a great believer in working as much as you can to get the best things in life.

So there is no real answer apart from, it depends on you.

Tree LC

Horsham tree surgery

[James Atkinson]

£120-£150 a day , the end haha