I have seen this from personal experience.  If a business can get away with
paying someone the minimum wage or up to $8.50 they will.  On the other
hand, if you work for some of the bigger outfits that have preparators on
board like Fortess/FAE (don't mean to point out anyone in particular) or
other freight/exhibition companies that offer exhibit installation services
you are going to find the range to be upwards to $40 an hour and more.  And
yes, it does depend what you install - now that range doesn't sound too
ridiculous anymore, does it?

O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
(714) 993-5075, ext. 224; Fax (714) 528-0544
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> what kind of range is $8.50 - $45.00? i've worked as an installer, early
in
> my career for some major blue chip galleries during the height of the
> eighties. i think a fair and realistic 'range' for an hourly rate today,
for
> a general installation, would be $12.50-$17.50 an hour (and i stress the
> word general.) this all depends on what is being installed. if you are
> talking richard serra, double that amount.
>
> that is a range.
>
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