Dealership technician pay
THE HOUR
YOU SOLD.
WHO KEPT IT.
Customer pays
$180
per billed labor hour
Dealer keeps
$148
82%. Building, service writer, GM bonus.
You get
$32
18%. If the job books the hours.
WHERE IT LEAKS.
0.0
Diag time paid
Warranty says the fault is not reproducible. You ate an hour.
0.7
Warranty hours for a 1.5 hr job
Manufacturer time. Take it or leave it.
38
Hours turned in a slow week
You were there 50. Paid for 38.
$0
Your name on the invoice
The customer thanks the service writer.
SAME HOUR. SAME HANDS.
Dealer, flat rate
$32
Independent shop, hourly
$38
You, booked direct
$120+
Vetted techs still needed
2,000
Zero = customers book YOU direct. 15 vetted in your metro turns your city on.