Grym
2015-11-15 13:39:36
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Hello Sebastian,
8.50 EUR minimum wage and on top of that about 40 percent employer contribution plus overhead costs plus calculated vacation/sick leave/etc. result in 11.90 EUR. 20 EUR gross for the contractor including everything therefore results in a gross wage for the mason of around 14.30 EUR. That is well above the average gross hourly wage in East Germany. If the contractor calculates 20 EUR in costs for his own craftsmen, there is a large buffer in that and already a share of profit.
It is different if you want to employ a mason for an hour who does not work in YOUR company; then completely different overhead costs arise, as you pay for the accountant, the tax advisor, the administration, etc. Also, you pay the VAT, the company's taxes, and so forth, easily reaching 60 EUR to 80 EUR.
The general contractor certainly does not pass on the entire advantage, absolutely correct. But from significantly lower purchase prices, market power with subcontractors, own mason and site manager, and possibly the site manager even being authorized to issue certificates, a large cake emerges, whereby the general contractor already makes a profit through his own employees. And this large cake partly goes to the general contractor, but partly also to the client. After all, the general contractor is also in competition with other general contractors.
Do you have a price breakdown for your house? Then one could check that. You have taken out here and there a few individual aspects and they may be correct as such. But what use is it to you if you saved 3,000 EUR on the controlled residential ventilation when the starting price for a basic house at the architect is already 50,000 EUR higher?
8.50 EUR minimum wage and on top of that about 40 percent employer contribution plus overhead costs plus calculated vacation/sick leave/etc. result in 11.90 EUR. 20 EUR gross for the contractor including everything therefore results in a gross wage for the mason of around 14.30 EUR. That is well above the average gross hourly wage in East Germany. If the contractor calculates 20 EUR in costs for his own craftsmen, there is a large buffer in that and already a share of profit.
It is different if you want to employ a mason for an hour who does not work in YOUR company; then completely different overhead costs arise, as you pay for the accountant, the tax advisor, the administration, etc. Also, you pay the VAT, the company's taxes, and so forth, easily reaching 60 EUR to 80 EUR.
The general contractor certainly does not pass on the entire advantage, absolutely correct. But from significantly lower purchase prices, market power with subcontractors, own mason and site manager, and possibly the site manager even being authorized to issue certificates, a large cake emerges, whereby the general contractor already makes a profit through his own employees. And this large cake partly goes to the general contractor, but partly also to the client. After all, the general contractor is also in competition with other general contractors.
Do you have a price breakdown for your house? Then one could check that. You have taken out here and there a few individual aspects and they may be correct as such. But what use is it to you if you saved 3,000 EUR on the controlled residential ventilation when the starting price for a basic house at the architect is already 50,000 EUR higher?