As of 2000, over 165,000 Old Order Amish lived in the United States and about 1,500 lived in Canada. A 2008 study suggested their numbers had increased to 227,000, and in 2010 a study suggested their population had grown by 10 percent in the past two years to 249,000, with increasing movement to the West.
The top rate â charged by a BMW dealer in leafy Chiswick, West London â is nearly three times the average UK garage labour rate which stands at Â£74.33.Berry Chiswick BMW at Brentford in Middlesex is one of three in the capital charging more than Â£200 per hour.arage repair costs hit 'jaw-dropping' highs with the average rate now Â£75 per hour-and some BMW dealers are charging over Â£200. By Ray Massey for the Daily Mail. Published: 09:11 EST, 11 June 2014 | Updated: 11:06 EST, 11 June 2014.
Labour costs. The average hourly labour cost in the EU-28 was estimated at EUR 24.60 in 2014 and at EUR 29.20 in the euro area (EA-18). However, this average masks significant differences between EU Member States, with hourly labour costs ranging between EUR 3.80 and EUR 40.30 (Figure 1).Labour costs are made up of costs for wages and salaries plus non-wage costs such as employersâ social contributions.The share of non-wage costs for the whole economy was 24.4% in the EU-28, while it was 26.1 % in the euro area.ross earnings are the largest part of labour costs. Among EU Member States, the highest median gross hourly earnings in October 2010 were recorded in Denmark (EUR 25.00), followed by Ireland (EUR 18.30) and Luxembourg (EUR 17.80) â see Figure 2.