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Lake Charles union is highly industrialized, and unions barely exist. They used to be stronger, but to head dad and my father in law tell the stories, they ruined it for themselves.

I think I do love that

I wonder if there is even a "prevailing wage" for climbers in Louisiana. We aren't exactly a big union state.

Asplundh pays the lowest here, 12-14$/hr. we pay 20$/hr for a climber and competition pays 15-17$/hr. I guess it's area depending.

I've gone an hour away to Lafayette Louisiana and made 400$ a day on several occasions. 10 hour days not counting drive time, but it was awesome money.

Agreed butch

Two fiddy is fair, but it ain't happenin here. I've heard that a good climber is worth 10% of the job. Average 1600 a day on non crane work, 20$/he before workmans commp is maxed out

If you get bored, call the tree guys in the phone book for lake Charles and ask what they pay for a climber (except Stevens tree, that's us and it goes to dads phone) they will tell you 250$+ per day, when people start working it drops like a lead balloon.

Yeah feels like it too butch, but I'm self employed. Other climbers in lake Charles make 15-18/hr. nobody works as. Sub, all company guys. I pay myself as much as possible.

I can't imagine it to be very common. I know in my area, the highest paid climber is myself, 20$ an hour, no benefits, no retirement and we pay 40 hour guarantee but nobody else does around .

I have a friend not far off from that as an employee. Not in louisiana though...haha. Benefits for tree guys, what's next, safety gear!?!