prices for tuning in your country?

[Ryan sowers]

One thing to keep in mind about prices is that for the most part we here in 
the USA who are independant technicians have to pay a high premium for 
health insurance or go without. Some have spouses that have benefits but I 
know some technicians who pay approximatly $400 a month for health 
insurance. But I know that citizens of some other countries are more heavily 
taxed than we are. Cost of living is an important factor in comparing 
income. I'd be curious to know from our international technicians what 
percentage of a tuning is taxed by the government, and also how much goes to 
pay for food, housing, and education.

My price for an hour and a half tuning is $80. It seems about 40% goes out 
in taxes and operating expenses. The remaining 60% is divided up between 
housing, food, kids, and paying off student loans from when we attended 
college. Not much left over. What is it like in China? Or Germany? Or South 
Africa? Or anywhere else?

Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter, #985
Olympia, WA



>From: baoli liu <baoli_liu@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: prices for tuning in your country?
>Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 10:38:07 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
> > So, dear collegues, tell me about the prices for
> > tunings in your country.
> > What´s about asia, afrika, new zealand,
> > brasilia..........all the foreign
> > countries i only know from tv
> >
> > If anyone from you speaks german, feel invited to
> > visit my homepage.
> >
> > Gregor Weldert
> > gregor@weldert.de
> > www.weldert.de
>
>
>Hi Gregor,
>
>I am a technician from china,now I am working in the
>United States.
>
>I had charged 200RMB,about 25 US Dollars for each
>tuning,no tax.(The average salary in China is about
>600 to 1,000RMB/month)
>
>As I know ,some Chinese Technicians charge 100 to
>150RMB for each tuning,some technicians in South
>China,where the living cost is higher, charge 300 or
>more rmb for each tuning.
>
>Baoli Liu
>University of Wisconsin-Madison
>
>
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