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• 17 Sep 2018

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I need to take on a self employed labourer to help with joist hanging, fixing plasterboard, timber framing etc. Nothing too taxing.

What sort of day rate should I be looking to pay do you think?

I’m in Wiltshire.

 

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Minimum wage is £7.83 per hour, after that its up to you to decide, how much do you need another labourer

 

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£70 -£80 unskilled

£90 - £120 improver

 

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Thanks Notch7, very helpful.

 

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Munzy said:

Thanks Notch7, very helpful.

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Thats in my area, sussex / surrey.

Ive paid self employed labourers / learners around the £75 / £80

And I sometimes 'borrow' a labourer from a plasterer I know. Hes a quite a skilled labourer that can run in a bit of brickwork, knock up, fit celetex etc. I pay him £100 / day.

IME you get far more value from an improver than a novice, but anybody half decent is hard to get hold of.