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.
According to the research done by Triton Polling & Research in the Van Nuys, CA area, the average labor rate is $74.03. Thirty body shops participated in this survey, and helped back up this research. The minimum labor rate is $45.00 and the maximum rate is $125.00. Although labor rates vary in the US, this information should be almost the same in other rural areas. This survey was done for the Collision Repair industry so that there would be an understanding on how much the labor rate is and how much it should be.