{ "name": "Dispatchzo Field Labour Rate Benchmark", "title": "Field Labour Rate Benchmark", "url": "https://dispatchzo.com/datasets/field-labour-rate-benchmark/", "csv": "https://dispatchzo.com/datasets/field-labour-rate-benchmark.csv", "markdown": "https://dispatchzo.com/datasets/field-labour-rate-benchmark/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-19", "license": "https://dispatchzo.com/terms", "headline": "The median published figure in the Field Labour Rate Benchmark is 39.39 USD across 2 sources' own pages in USD (range 29.33 to 49.46 USD; 4 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The median published figure in the Field Labour Rate Benchmark is 39.39 USD across 2 sources' own pages in USD (range 29.33 to 49.46 USD; 4 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.", "4 of the 17 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 12 October 2026.", "Field Labour Rate Benchmark, loaded vs base base median hourly wage, HVAC, US: median 29.33 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Field Labour Rate Benchmark, loaded vs base loaded employer cost per hour, civilian, US: median 49.46 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Field Labour Rate Benchmark, region AU: median 42.90 AUD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Field Labour Rate Benchmark, region GB: median 19.67 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 39.39 USD across 2)." ], "citation": "\"Dispatchzo Field Labour Rate Benchmark\", updated 2026-10-19, https://dispatchzo.com/datasets/field-labour-rate-benchmark/.", "changed_since": { "since": "2026-09-26", "previous_median": 39.394999999999996, "delta": 0, "direction": "unchanged", "sentence": "The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 39.39 USD across 2)." }, "national": { "unit": "USD", "n": 2, "median": 39.394999999999996, "min": 29.33, "max": 49.46, "p25": null, "p75": null, "mean": 39.395, "units": { "AUD": 1, "GBP": 1, "USD": 2 }, "published_sources": 4, "named_sources": 17, "read_sources": 17, "not_published": 13, "published_share": 0.235 }, "by_axis": { "loaded vs base": { "base median hourly wage, HVAC, US": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 29.33, "min": 29.33, "max": 29.33, "p25": 29.33, "p75": 29.33, "mean": 29.33 } }, "loaded employer cost per hour, civilian, US": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 49.46, "min": 49.46, "max": 49.46, "p25": 49.46, "p75": 49.46, "mean": 49.46 } } }, "region": { "AU": { "AUD": { "n": 1, "median": 42.9, "min": 42.9, "max": 42.9, "p25": 42.9, "p75": 42.9, "mean": 42.9 } }, "GB": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 19.67, "min": 19.67, "max": 19.67, "p25": 19.67, "p75": 19.67, "mean": 19.67 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "US BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook - HVACR mechanics", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/heating-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration-mechanics-and-installers.htm", "figure": "$29.33 ", "value": 29.33, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "loaded vs base": "base median hourly wage, HVAC, US" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "$29.33 per hour", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "9d3e04ada5e31cdf7fc6ce8c94390cdf5c90c7845ba891f97d1c3b8943d095d5" }, { "source": "Australian Bureau of Statistics - employee earnings, latest release", "url": "https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/employee-earnings/latest-release", "figure": "$42.90 ", "value": 42.9, "unit": "AUD", "vat": null, "axis": { "region": "AU" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "Median hourly earnings in main job was $42.90 per hour, up $2.90 since August 2024.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "76fafec9a7441740abd09efb3985d1694d3515d735db3273a2a0752b25a1fbe3" }, { "source": "ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025", "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2025", "figure": "£19.67 ", "value": 19.67, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "region": "GB" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "Median hourly earnings (excluding overtime) for full-time employees were £19.67 an hour in April 2025, compared with £18.66 in April 2024 (an increase of 5.4%).", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "42f70a632c8b8accc125f5dcd9d5a6adba1237e564c1bed713666bc4db3b4280" }, { "source": "US BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm", "figure": "$49.46 ", "value": 49.46, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "loaded vs base": "loaded employer cost per hour, civilian, US" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $49.46 per hour worked in June", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "4bfee81402f06f04477fd1d17773702fdc1b838e14ef22c718ad4b8efcdc5da0" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "US BLS OEWS 49-9021 - 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employee earnings, latest release", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410006401", "label": "Statistics Canada table 14-10-0064-01 - employee wages by occupation", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm", "label": "the statistical agency per jurisdiction", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 17 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 13 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 37 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the statistical agency's median and mean hourly wage per field trade per state or region, beside the employer's on-cost from the compensation release, giving the loaded hourly cost an estimate has to cover; and the compensable-travel rule per regime beside it, so the drive time in a dispatch day can be priced; changed-since on each release, which is the news when a wage year turns", "embed": "

39.39 USD

median published figure, Field Labour Rate Benchmark, across 4 sources, read 12 October 2026

Source: Dispatchzo Field Labour Rate Benchmark
" }