Squintz
Senior Member
I am looking for a few electricians who can help me establish a pricing guidline for my work. I have been doing jobs for a general contractor for the last year now and it is mostly nothing Automation related. Just general things such as rewiring a room and sometimes an entire home. I think I have been under charging for the jobs tho and would like to talk to a few experienced people in private. I am making a profit on my jobs but I am not so sure I am getting what I should be getting.
Often the general contractor gives me a price he would like me to do the job for. I think I need to start taking control and give him the prices.
One example is a small job I am currently doing. He said he had a quote from another electrician to do the work for $375. Wanting the job I said sure I will do it for $375 also. After looking deeping into the wiring system and before starting work I had to bump the price up to $450 because it was going to take me a little longer than I initially thought. He agreed rather easily to pay me the $450. So now I am wondering if I could have gone up to $500 or even $600 and still got the job.
If you have experience I would love to talk to you. I am in the Baltimore, MD area and do realise the market is different in each city and pricing will change. But any advise will help.
Often the general contractor gives me a price he would like me to do the job for. I think I need to start taking control and give him the prices.
One example is a small job I am currently doing. He said he had a quote from another electrician to do the work for $375. Wanting the job I said sure I will do it for $375 also. After looking deeping into the wiring system and before starting work I had to bump the price up to $450 because it was going to take me a little longer than I initially thought. He agreed rather easily to pay me the $450. So now I am wondering if I could have gone up to $500 or even $600 and still got the job.
If you have experience I would love to talk to you. I am in the Baltimore, MD area and do realise the market is different in each city and pricing will change. But any advise will help.