Are most plumbers salaried or payed by the hour?

[JWBlue]

I was wondering this.

 

[Terry]

Most are hourly. Done that.
Some are on commission. I would be thinking service plumbers mainly for that.
I have also worked piece work. Done that.
Normally salary is for supervisors. Done that.

I loved piece work. My first plumbing job was new construction, a shop with a staff of 150. After I got my forty hours in by Thursday, I was allowed to work piece work on Fridays. Funny, allowed to work piece work instead of getting time and a half. Hmmmmm.
With a helper and an apprentice, we were roughing in five three bath homes a week. Granted these were slab basements that the helper could dig the groundwork for, and the floor joists were open so I place my pipes through them without drilling. Hillis Homes.

 

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[Horizon Plumbing NQ]

We can atest that we pay ourselves by the hour.

 

[hj]

by the hour, but how that hour is calculated can vary. When I first moved here I worked for a company that paid me by the "hours on the invoice", even if the job only took a couple of minutes. I was logging 80 hours a week in 40 hours of actual time.