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.
One reason why, they say, is the ultra-high labor costs for union workers employed by the Big Three. It costs over $73 per hour on average to employ a union auto worker, according to University of Michigan at Flint economist Mark J. Perry.Is it right to tax the average worker making $28.50 to bailout workers whose labor cost is over $73 an hour?â Perry asked. He explained that in 2006, widely available industry and Labor Department statistics placed the average labor cost for UAW-represented workers at the former DaimlerChrysler at $75.86 per hour.