Personally, I don't like doing this. I take my business very seriously and I always provide a professional estimate - I love my software that calculates everything! Well anyway I came across a couple of customers already who want to pay me by the hour and basically just labor. They provide the paint and I provide my spray machine, rollers nad brushes etc.. Well any ways my question is what is the rate I should charge? In my estimates I charge $38 to cover my overhead costs etc.. But I had to reduce this down to $28 because clients think it's too high. And even though I lowered it they still think it's too much and want to go all the way down to $15. I am not about to work for $15 even though the economy is bad I am not going to accept it. Is it too high or do they not want to spend a lot?
What is the average pay rate?
I live in CA