In article >, cshenk1
@cox.net says...
>
> Cindy Hamilton wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 2:25:17 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > > On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:32:39 -0700, la llorona > wrote:
> > >
> > > > jmcquown wrote:
> > > >> On 12/24/2015 1:14 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > > >>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 03:42:08 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > > >>> > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > >>>> On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 10:43:26 PM UTC-5,
> > > Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > >>>>> $10/hr for minimum wage entry level jobs for a person with
> > > minimal >>>>> education and no skills is darn good money... how
> > > much would you pay >>>>> for someone to sweep your floors, dust
> > > your shelves, and retrieve >>>>> shopping carts...
> > > > > > >
> > > >>>> I pay my housecleaner about $40 per hour. Cash.
> > > > > >
> > > >>> I don't believe you.
> > > > > >
> > > >> It really doesn't matter what you believe.
> > > > >
> > > >> Jill
> > > >
> > > > Why does it matter to you?
> > > >
> > > > Did Cindy tip you too?
> > >
> > > If I were paid $40/hr to clean a house I'd bust my butt to make it
> > > spotless, I'd even work overtime for straight pay; I'd launder
> > > clothes, detail your car, scrub bathrooms, I'd even clean your cat's
> > > litter pans and cook for you too, same as everything I do at home,
> > > for $40/hr I'd mow your lawn and trim m'lady's bush! LOL
> > > Around here people get paid between $10-$15 an hour to clean house.
> >
> > Prices for everything are much higher here, including housecleaning.
> > The average price per square foot of single-family housing in Ann
> > Arbor is $180. How does that compare with your area?
> >
> > The deal is, she cleans $80 worth. Kitchen, bath, cleaning the
> > hardwood floors, vacuuming the area rugs, and dusting. In that order
> > of priority. No overtime, except by prior arrangement.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> 40$ an hour at 40 hours a week is 83,200$ a year before tax.

Except that cleaning isn't like working in the same office all day
every day on an hourly rate.

the cleaner isn't paid for travel time to Cindy's place or between
clients, or for her lunch break, or days off; and her other clients
might pay less than 40 but have some other advantage (close to home,
easy work).

Janet UK