A small-business owner charges $60–$100/hour for various services but is losing money on specialized work like concrete and excavation. Mike Andes recommends consolidating into three tiers and raising rates for skilled tasks, since $100/hour isn't always enough.
$60 minimum; specialties up to $100; most commonly $80.
Three tiers: $60, $80, and $100.
What do you charge per hour on the projects? Right now?
60, minimum. $60aman hour. And then for specialties, it's up to 100. Most of the time, it's like 80 is the sweet spot.
Personally, I would Recommend not having 20 services with an associated hourly rate. I would say, here's our 60, here's our 80, and here's our hundred. And that way you could be on a job site and immediately know, oh, this is tree trimming. That's our 80. Right now what I want you to do is take all those and move them all up for concrete for excavation. If you're turning $100 an hour, you're losing money.
