Hi Barrie, I'm sorry I don't have more complete information. I have to confess, I have no idea of what the national average earnings figures are. I work for a piano store, and even amoung the people who work there, the figures vary widely. For full time employees, the lowest is probably just over $11,000, and the highest is around $30,000 (although I happen to know that that person worked a lot of overtime to earn that much.) I cannot speak with as much knowledge of the independant techs in the area. I have only ever heard three figures from full time techs in this local area, and they fell between $30,000 and $50,000. (Good manners prevents me from elaborating any further.) As far as other trades, or the national average of all workers in all fields, I'm sorry I won't be of much help. I imagine that there would be someplace on the web that would give such information, but I haven't been there yet... It kind of reminds me of about 10 years ago... My wife and I were newly weds. At the time I owned a very small janitorial service who's only workers were my wife and myself. We worked a few hours in the evening or a few hours in the morning, and sometimes a few hours on the weekend. We only made about $800 per month. We rented a mobile home on about an acre and a half of land out in the country. We had a big garden, and a nice flock of chickens. We had time to go places and do things. We'd go to the library and check out a whole armfull or books, and we read them. We didn't have much money, and we drove around in old 'clunkers', but when I look back, it seems like life was much simpler and slower paced. And that was only 10 years ago. It seems now, we're both working full time jobs, bringing in more than we ever dreamed of 10 years ago, but I'm really wondering about where it's all going. How much is enough? Sure I could find ways to spend the money, but just how much of my _life_ am I willing to give away to have those dollars. I'm only 34 years old, but the older I get, the more precious life becomes to me. I've started taking walks again in the mornings, going down a dirt road through the woods, watching the birds and the squirels, the occasional deer or muscrat, listening to the water burbling in the stream, and enjoying the living creation around me. No amount of money can buy that. How on earth did I ever get that far off topic? Wow. It's a beautiful day here, and I'm enjoying life. I hope you all are able to enjoy your corner of the world as well. Wishing you life's best, Brian Trout Quarryville, Pa. -----Original Message----- From: Barrie Heaton <Piano@forte.airtime.co.uk> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Saturday, June 19, 1999 3:01 PM Subject: Re: Earnings: Self employed, or employed... Brian L. >In article <00b501beb9f3$7a146120$61b5aad0@brian>, Brian Trout ><btrout@desupernet.net> writes >> ...According to the latest available figures from the U.S. >> Department of Labor, average salaries for tuners/technicians in >> 1990 were as follows: >> >> >> Fully half of it's members income........................ less than >> $20,000 (most likely, part timers) >> 18% netted >> .........................................................$20,000 - >> $30,000 >> 26% had a net income of....................................$30,000 >> or more. >> >Hi Brian, > >Do you have a National average yearly wage, some were in your country >stats. > >At the moment in the UK the average yearly salary for working class >£19,000, Middle class I think is £26,000 piano tuners in the UK are >classed as Middle class. > > >Barrie, > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly >URL: http://www.uk-piano.org/ | To Your Neighbour >The UK Piano Page | >pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED > >
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