A lot of what a tower company charges is to cover "overhead" Out of a $75 - $125 hourly rate
$12-25 goes to the climber $5-10 goes to tools / equipment / etc $10-15 goes to vehicle / gas / heavy tools / etc $20-30 goes to insurance (liability & worksmans comp) $10-15 goes to scheduling / dispatch / project management $18-30 goes to tower company gross margin (to cover SG&A and profit / return) -Charles ------------------------------------------- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Merkel Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 1:06 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Tower Climber Pay We have several tower climbers on staff and do almost all of our own tower work. We're trying to figure out what the correct pay scale for them is. I would say 95% of the time these guys are working out in the field doing customer surveys, installs or service calls. The other 5% of the time they working on anything from a grain leg to a 300' cell tower either putting up new equipment or repairing existing equipment. On average what would some like this make on an hourly basis? Do you pay them differently based on what they are doing, for example, one rate while doing field work and a higher rate for tower climbing? I have a good idea of what tower companies charge but I am not sure how that boils down to what the guys actually doing the tower work make. Any thoughts? -Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
