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[hillbilly]

So 853 a week is average weekly pay? My god, that means most folks make over 21 per hour? Not here, not even close. There are lots of people driving to another county to make a whopping 9.00hr. The Ford dealer pays mechanics under 10.00 flat rate here.. but charges the customer something like 80+ per hour. Not even a master tech can make even close to 20.00, HERE. Unless of course he has his own shop and can keep his own set rates.

However though, I do hear stories of Ford dealers in other places paying their mechanics good money. You'd think Ford would have a set pay scale and all dealers would follow.