The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 7th February 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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A survey of 10,000 tradies shows that the median trade wage in Auckland is $25 p/h which is exactly the same as Northland.
https://www.yudu.co.nz/news/move-to-rotorua-for-better-tradie-pay/44664/
So the entire ‘tradie shortages’ does not seem to fit the reality of very low trade wages in Auckland (50% working below $25p/h) where we apparently have this skills shortages. If you try to employ a builder/plumber/painter then they charge $45 – $80+ p/h so you have to wonder who are all these workers on under $25 p/h. Of course women are paid a lot less too…
About 20 years ago the cash rate for a student doing tradie work like painting or labouring (aka unqualified and in cash was $20 p/h) so apparently construction wages have not only barely moved in that time, which with supply and demand does not seem possible and Auckland does not even command a higher rate with their massive cost of living than Northland or much more than most of the country.
You can’t make houses with immigration and work scams, as hopefully the government is starting to realise!