# What's a fair wage for heavy yard work?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-fair-wage-for-heavy-yard-work/306616>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 2, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-fair-wage-for-heavy-yard-work/306616 "2005-06-02T20:48:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-fair-wage-for-heavy-yard-work/306616/21 "2005-06-06T20:55:51Z")

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> [@Hyperelastic](#):
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> What do you mean, “tax free”?

I’m assuming that the $100 given by the OP to the worker, isn’t being reported to the IRS. Hence it’s $16/hr “tax free”. Under the table… on the sly… the down-low… Between him and him, and nobody else.

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