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Originally Posted by baddog
Are they paid by the hour or the pound? That sounds like pretty good money for a field worker.
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They are paid on performance... quick and efficient field workers (in Florida at least) make good money. Slow and lazy live below the poverty line. They are paid by the bushel, bag, or whatever they are picking.
Sod laying is also big here. Where I live we pay by the pallet (450 sq ft per pallet) = $10. I just had a team of 4 guys lay 10 pallets. $100 total / 4 guys / 1 hour = $25 an hour. Two of them were really fast and the other two were slow. I am sure the money is broken up accordingly. I spoke to them and most of them make 150 to 200 a day -> Cash. Things have been slower because of the housing market but at the peak most where laying 30 pallets a day - each.