Car Audio installer pay rates?

GT0336 · 16-09-2008, 02:09 PM

A friend of mine is working at a Sydney Car Audio joint as an installer, he has been there for a few years and is earning around $17.00 - $18.00 an hour. Is this on par with what installers are making or should he be on a higher wage? I Thought it seemed a little low.

Fev · 16-09-2008, 02:59 PM

depends on how old he is

GT0336 · 16-09-2008, 03:01 PM

He's in his late 20's / early 30's.

mattl · 16-09-2008, 06:30 PM

Then yess thats extremley low..that doesnt seem right to me at all. My little brothers 18, works at a pub carrying glasses and earns $19.12 an hour...surely that cant be right!!

[Tonko] · 16-09-2008, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mattl

Then yess thats extremley low..that doesnt seem right to me at all. My little brothers 18, works at a pub carrying glasses and earns $19.12 an hour...surely that cant be right!!

But im guessing thats late at night/early morning. Then it is very low...

Fev · 16-09-2008, 07:41 PM

no $18 is incredibly low. daytime maccas for a 25yr old is like $20/hr. There is a website you can look up to see what you should be getting paid although i cant remember what it is. its a government website

geckoGT · 16-09-2008, 08:02 PM

You guys are making me really depressed earning $23/hr as a Advanced Care Paramedic, should go work at macca's, at least it is less stress/

Fev · 16-09-2008, 08:16 PM

still more then me! 19.99p/hr although im only 20

ROOSTA · 16-09-2008, 08:24 PM

For full time that sounds about right to be honest..

$18*38= $684 a week.. $35500 a year..

Cheers,
Nik

BA Baracus · 16-09-2008, 09:16 PM

$35-36k p.a. is probably about right for the base wage employers can set for age. He could try http://www.industrialrelations.nsw.g...s/default.html to try and work out what the minimum they can pay for the position.

GlennBA · 16-09-2008, 09:27 PM

Thats crap money.. I'm on $22/hr and i'm 20 working for a bank.

FPV GT40 · 16-09-2008, 09:35 PM

Thats crap for what he does, I would think $25-30 would be closer to the mark...

snappy · 16-09-2008, 09:49 PM

they would be charging him out for no less than $50 an hour

Mr Hardware · 16-09-2008, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by geckoGT

You guys are making me really depressed earning $23/hr as a Advanced Care Paramedic, should go work at macca's, at least it is less stress/

Yeah but you don't get the downtime at maccas. Upgrade yourself to an ICP, better money for basically the same job. Just remember you get shift allowance, fatigue, awesome salary sacrifice benefits and lotsa holidays.
What state you in, mate?

Personally, I wouldn't bother turning up to work for less than $30/hr with full holidays, sick pay, super etc etc etc.

Sorry to say it, but stereo installer is about as low as it goes when it comes to fiddling with anything electronic... I should know, i'm a qualified electronics engineer!

Donny · 16-09-2008, 09:59 PM

Theres a lot of crap paying jobs out there. 2 examples here...

In QLD the average pay amounts for an over 21yr old casual Traffic Controller is just under $18 an hour. Less if they are put on permanant part time.
And thats a darn dangerous job, espicially on the motorways.

In the security Industry non armed guards will get 20 to 21 per hour on wages (casual) if they are lucky. On sub Contract, the rate varies between 15 per hr and 19 per hr. And you have to pay your own taxes on sub. Theres virtually no such thing as permanent part time in this industry, its mainly all casual or Sub Contract.
25per hr is good pay for armed guards or dog handellers, and is also more dangerous work. Guns are allways a soft target for theft on Guards, and with dogs, if you let your dog go onto someone, you better have an iron clad proovable reason for doing it that will hold up in court.

Those are 2 industries I have business dealings with up here in QLD.

Both these industries are at the bottom of the food chain work wise, like the retail industry, non qualified tradies, lackies, sterio fitters etc.

Heres the funny thing though....Traffic Control, you have to pass a Course to get a ticket to do it, and Pass an OH&S course also, plus at least 1 specialist sinage course. And depending on if you want to advance later to supervise/set up jobs etc there are 2 other sinage courses to complete and pass first.
And all of these are now not just sign the papers and you have it, but are administered and monitored officially, and you must pass compatency in all areas.

Security also needs a course, and they have clamped down on those a little over the last year or so, you need xtra courses if you want to do armed work, guard dogs, escort etc etc. So, technically these 2 examples are specialised jobs with crap minimum wages and conditions.

MotherNatureVer2 · 16-09-2008, 10:06 PM

Well arnt we all over paid little workers here ........

Try being the little girl who cuts your hair ....... we're on $16.72/hr as a qualified hairdresser ......... Im lucky ..... I get an extra $32/week because Im really experienced and am a manager .........

crispy · 16-09-2008, 10:18 PM

I would of thought that would be about right for a audio installer, qualified panel beater/ mechanic mates are on around the same rate.
I reckon thats all i'll be offered when i finish my comms apprenticeship aswell

GORDZ · 17-09-2008, 12:02 AM

how much is the owner of the hairdressers on though... I always thought there would be heaps in it... hell, $14 for my haircut that took 10 minutes... so i bought $19 hair clippers and do it myself :P

i'm going to go work at maccas with the mrs.

MotherNatureVer2 · 17-09-2008, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by GORDZ

how much is the owner of the hairdressers on though... I always thought there would be heaps in it... hell, $14 for my haircut that took 10 minutes... so i bought $19 hair clippers and do it myself :P

i'm going to go work at maccas with the mrs.

Owner is on less once its all worked out on a net basis ..........

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$14 is cheap for a mans cut these days ........ must remember that you are paying for power & phone & all other sundry bills too ........

Fev · 17-09-2008, 08:44 AM

maccas can pay really well.. a mate of mine was doing nightshift for a 24hr one(thornleigh) he's around 25 and he was earning about $900/week after tax

azaxr8 · 17-09-2008, 11:16 AM

im 19 and on $1600 a week after tax. guess what i do. Only way to earn the cash these days.

Fev · 17-09-2008, 11:35 AM

Your in the mines im guessing - or your a drug dealer :P

GORDZ · 17-09-2008, 11:52 AM

male prostitution

EBTom · 17-09-2008, 12:46 PM

Im 19, in my 2nd year of a freight forwarding traineeship, and only getting about $9 an hour, full time though.
Cant wait for the next few months when I get the qualification and my pay doubles.

LOWBA6 · 17-09-2008, 12:51 PM

Im 19. Accounts clerk (aka shitkicker) just over $12 an hour

SB076 · 17-09-2008, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by azaxr8

im 19 and on $1600 a week after tax. guess what i do. Only way to earn the cash these days.

Politian??

XH XR6 · 17-09-2008, 01:14 PM

Well i'm 20 $8.65 roughly an hour.

Horay for apprenticeships.

Cheers
Ben

henry_ford · 17-09-2008, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by azaxr8

im 19 and on $1600 a week after tax. guess what i do. Only way to earn the cash these days.

Oral instruction, re fellatio technique?

henry_ford · 17-09-2008, 01:20 PM

670 in the hand + car + petrol+ Commission.

Commission can be anything average of 1500.00 to 2000.00 per month in the hand.
and with lots of kids its never enough.

outback_chick · 17-09-2008, 03:36 PM

until I recently quit I was on 38k a year senior cashier - I am looking into either banking when I reach sydney or an apprentice spray painter im 22 and a chick so what age is mature age apprenticeships is any in this industry and does anyone know of anyone who wants one next year

what wages am I looking at... etc