How much should a carpenter earn?

My husband has been a carpenter for over 30 years now. Wages in England are not as good as they have been due to immigrant labour from Eastern Europe - these people come over and accept very low wages (£8 per hr), working sometimes 18 hrs a day, 7 days a week and are sending virtually all their wages home to start their own businesses when they have enough. Whilst you can applaud their hard work and dilligence it has left English carpenters fighting for a reasonable wage and finding it difficult to support their families due to higher cost of living. Of course wages in different towns do vary and Dublin being a capital city I would have thought would attract higher earnings like London. I think what you are earning is slightly lower than average for the trade. The best way to find out is to try on the internet job sites and see what wages are being attached to carpentry. My husband usually argues for around £12.50 to £13.00 if he has to travel, but if it is here in Portsmouth he ...  more

I'm in Australia in the north west of the country and a chippy here is working for $80 to $120 an hour due to the lack of people who wish to work in a small town of 15 thousand It's hot and dry here but them money sure makes up for it You should look at getting a work visa for Australia and come over for a few years  more

i live in canada also a carpenter i make around 25 dollars an hour here  more

hey u want to earn some more money what u hav earned this time there is the only way to earn more then wht u r earning. u hav to show ur skills what u hav done in the 4 year course or 2 years now. Made something different what a person can't imagine made such type of things.First of all study the nature of the person what he wants what type of design hw want to expect from a firm what type of design still he/she is purchasing. then only u are able to know what u hav to made as u know that the moods of the person changes regularly. that's why i tell presents some design to ur company or some other company and try to impress him so that they think u are for their higher post then they increase ur salary. or open ur own company if u hav funds then present these design under ur own company label.  more