What are dealer labor rates in your area.

et2 wrote:
We've had our rigs serviced by General RV in our area over the last 10 years. It's amazing the rise in the labor rates. Every year they go up quite a bit. While at the dealer the other day I noticed it went from $135 per hour in 2015 to $150 this year. :E

I'm all for people making money. But I wonder at what point people just say no. I would consider someone else but nothing is really as close. The service isn't a step above the rest that's for sure. They'll even charge you the full hour, even if it didn't take all that time.

Maybe this is the norm everywhere?

In my driveway, I usually get about 25 cents and hour, but still better than the shock of hiring the work out to a dealership.
If and when it is necessary, I usually get an estimate of the work, so I know up front about where we're going to end up.
What's even worse, with labor rates sometimes, is that they put two people on it with one being the gopher and you're then charged double for that one hour and yes an hour is usually the min. whether a coffee break is involved or not.
As to your original question, yes and labor rates go up all the time and most always depends on how busy they are. They may say differently, but most base their charges on what they can get away with. Obviously shade tree mechanics will do you a lot better and the best place to have your work done sometimes.