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I am a journeyman carpenter and am thinking of striking out on my own, but don't know what to charge. What I do know is you have to charge more than you expect to make. With deductions, overhead, insurance, profit and tools. It all tacks on quite a bit. Does anyone know, and can anyone tell me what the going chars rate per hour for a journeyman carpenter. If a company charges out on a flat man hour rate it is going to be much lower, because they have a labourer or two at half, an apprentice at 60-90% and a journey man at full, which averages out much lower, but with me, you get an all journeyman crew, albeit just one guy.  
I plan of focusing on the jobs that are too small to be bothered with by the home builders and bigger carpentry guys, and I am a very well rounded carpenter, so stuff like concrete under 200 sf, decks, steps, basement finishing, kitchen install, the like.  
I would like to have an apprentice of my own, and maybe some summer labourers, but that is once I get to the point I can show I can employ myself.  
I think there is an underserved market in between the house builders and the handymen.  
Let me know what you think.  
Thanks.

I think most place charge in the area of $100/hr for a journeyman, part of which of course goes to the company. I would think you could easily charge $50-$60/hour.

If you've been doing this for a bit, is there a way to find out what your fellow carpenter guys or hired people are making on their own?  
 
I guess it would depend on your advertising costs and each and every person has different overhead costs, depending on their specialty. Facebook pages are free and social media is very cost effective.  
 
I have no personal information on journeymen carpenters, but would this link to average costs in Manitoba for labour costs in different professions be helpful at all?  
 
https://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/standards/docici-wagefactsheet.html

Have you considered taking an estimating course, they will teach you the basics of cost accounting which is figuring out all of your fixed costs and spreading them over your expected projects. That being said if your overhead is small, and the actual journeyman employee rate is $30.70 I believe, then you could start around $50-$60. However most people won't want to pay by the hour because then you have no incentive to finish promptly. You should calculate how long it will take you to finish a job, plus supplies and pst, an amount for overhead and voila.

the by hour rate would deter me from looking at you. Pretty much you should have a sqft/linear foot price on everything you do. Finishing basements should have average per foot price with extras for certain things. Fences per lineal foot price. Decks sqft price, etc. This way too as a potential customer I know budgeting costs for estimating so by giving values like that I could shrink or grow the project without having to keep going back and forth on pricing.

I guess then the question is what is the going rate for these things, and then I can work backwards to see if it is possible to do them in those hours. That would give me a budget of time, and until I get a truck, I could have the customer source, buy, and have the materials delivered.  
Some numbers I have found, not knowing if they are applicable, are:  
Basic wood fence, 12/lf  
Trim install 3/lf  
Interior door install, $150 per( in framing, jamb and all)  
Interior/basement framing 4/lf of wall  
Exterior, 7/Lf  
Hainging drywall, $15 per sheet  
What do you guys think, compared to what is out there?  
No materials in this exept screws and nails

In my opinion, I would never have you come and do any renos for that price lol.

CarpenterGuy said "I guess then the question is what is the going rate for these things, and then I can work backwards to see if it is possible to do them in those hours. That would give me a budget of time, and until I get a truck, I could have the customer source, buy, and have the materials delivered.   Some numbers I have found, not knowing if they are applicable, are:   Basic wood fence, 12/lf   Trim install 3/lf   Interior door install, $150 per( in framing, jamb and all)   Interior/basement framing 4/lf of wall   Exterior, 7/Lf   Hainging drywall, $15 per sheet   What do you guys think, compared to what is out there?   No materials in this exept screws and nails "

I think the above prices are totally reasonable. i also think a $50-$60 hour wage is reasonable as well granted that you are actually at the jobsite. you can also base things around whether you are providing the materials or if your customer is supplying their own materials. Remember that you are in business to make money, not to just provide a service with nothing to show for a profit.  
Good luck!