How much is entry level work in your industry and area

[sinclair1]

If you drive to Savannah a packer in shipping can make $23 on an off shift with no skills.1st shift $20-$21
Some ex co workers say Atlanta is not quite that high?

What are they paying in you area?

I have a feeling it’s going to get wild when Hyundai and some others start trying to lure people.

 

[NCHillbilly]

If you drive to Savannah a packer in shipping can make $23 on an off shift with no skills.1st shift $20-$21
Some ex co workers say Atlanta is not quite that high?

What are they paying in you area?

I have a feeling it’s going to get wild when Hyundai and some others start trying to lure people.

$10. Your figures are upper level management here. And real estate is 2x as expensive here as there. A solid, really good middle management job is in the $50k range.

 

[RamblinWreck88]

In Gwinnett County, we can't pick up Hispanic fellers from the gas station for less than $20/hr usually. Seems it was closer to $12/hr just a few years ago. And that's just to do basic warehouse tasks.

 

[ADDICTED2HUNTIN]

$15/hr is minimum for me. Same position 5 years ago started at $10/hr

 

[ugajay]

Kaolin industry middle Georgia I think it's $17-18/hr. Qualifications are clean tee tee and breathing. And they can't find help

 

[livinoutdoors]

Well if a house costs $750k and a loaf of bread is $10 then well you know.

 

[fflintlock]

In the Atlanta area a laborer can start out at 20.00 an hour. I've got a few on my crew right now. I also hire temp agency laborers that we pay 28 to 30 dollars an hour to their companies. We're in the commercial, industrial mechanical/plumbing field.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Entry level these days is 5 yrs experience in that exact industry and position. Makes finding a new job pretty hard even when you have a decade or so of accomplished experience under your belt.

More seriously, in my specific industry, $20/hr is starting but you have to some mechanical experience. Any mechanical, nothing specific.

 

[ddgarcia]

Rock quarries are paying $21-25/hrs entry level depending on job and shift. Just hired 2 night shift maintenance kids, minimal experience, at around $25 I think.

ETA, I think that's pretty standard these days across most of the state and the range of companies. They prefer some experience of some kind but will hire inexperienced sometimes.

 

[Toliver]

The gas station near my house is hiring for $17 an hour.

 

[kayaksteve]

In the power distribution industry $17-25 seems to be the standard-no experience starting rate in my area but, it depends on a lot of things like what kind of job? contracting? working for a power company? Co-op? Do you have a CDL? Or tech school apprentice certificate? Are you just looking to get a foot in the door like janitorial, warehousing, customer service or going straight to the line crew? How bad does the company need help? A lot of factors.

 

[fireman32]

Probie Certified fireman with 8 weeks of training hires on at $45,000 a year.
Picker repair dude that can show up and knows what a 1/2 inch ratchet is starts at $15.00/hr. Much better ladder to climb working on pickers than firefighting, money wise anyway.
Overall $12-$20 an hour starting pay across the board in our area.

 

[Redbow]

Hmmm, some people are making very good money some not as much as I made when I retired from the RR. Locomotive mechanics were being paid over 18 bucks per hour in 2000 when I retired. I have no idea what the RR pays a mechanic now days, 23 years later. And RR retirement income is a heap better than SS.

 

[BeerThirty]

We have a meatpacking plant here in Newnan, I saw a sign a while back that I belive said $26-29/hr + benefits. I'm assuming that was targeting entry-level production workers.

 

[Core Lokt]

I work for a state agency and they just raised starting pay to a minimum of 40K a year.

 

[Batjack]

I work for a state agency and they just raised starting pay to a minimum of 40K a year.

From what I've seen that what Buc-ees is starting a janitor at, plus 2 weeks paid vacation and other benefits.

 

[BeerThirty]

From what I've seen that what Buc-ees is starting a janitor at, plus 2 weeks paid vacation and other benefits.

Lots of upside in retail, too. That janitor could very well be a store manager in 10-15 years pulling in over $150k if their store hits goals.

 

[Ruger#3]

Aircraft mechanics make about $30-35 ph to start. A seasoned mechanic with a large company will make 80-100 K annually.

 

[BassRaider]

My wife & I retired in '09. She went back as a consultant thru a temp agency and was paid $39hr. They wanted to rehire her at previous pay and she turned it down and also gave up the temp job .

 

[REDMOND1858]

If you ain’t making $20/hr around here, it’s your own fault.