Labor costs even more in Australia, yet total systems are installed for about 1/3rd - 1/4th the cost of the US. It’s not labor.

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Schiendelman 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It is labor. It's code. The amount of labor required to do an installation to code in the US is easily 50% more, if not more than that. Australia also has standardized streamlined racking that works on much higher percentage of roofs, the US has a lot more custom construction.

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BobaFloutist 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>Labor costs even more in Australia

This is really surprising to hear. Are you sure about that?

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tstrimple 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Australia's minimum wage is significantly higher than in the US. An adult working as a burger flipper at McDonalds can expect a minimum of $27.81 / hour.

	▲	dalyons 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		yup. not just the minimum - skilled labor costs are very high too.