Think supply and demand, then add in liability insurance, advertising, marketing, tools, warranty, profit, down time between jobs, telephone, taxes, unemployment insurance, health insurance etc. Suddenly that $35 an hour is less than minimum wage.

Of course you could probably just hire an illegal alien, or a homeless guy for what you are willing to pay and then hope for the best.

Oh.... and I agree, I think that's too much.

Please try to be serious. The average hourly wage in the USA is below $18.70 (see http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t16.htm). I'm glad for you that you're a rich man but some of the rest of us are, well, average.

But fine, let's call it $80 per hour. The installation would still be 6+ hours per window. It sounds high, whether by the dollar figure or the implied hours figure (I've been told that the pros take less than two hours per window). What are other people getting for estimates?

The normal dealer charge for labor on an insert window is around $200 per window. You may find some who charge a little less but you will also find many who charge more. So while I agreed with you the prices you posted are out of line, $30 per hour is ridiculously low and I doubt you would find an experienced installer willing to work anywhere near that cheap. Debate it all you want, it is what it is. And I am being serious.

Do your quoted prices include removing the existing unit and diposing of it, prepping the opening, any reframing that may be required ? All of these normally go into the costs, and 2 hours to properly install window may be a bit on the shy side, pricing as i am familiar with would be probably around $800 for removal and a new install plus dumpster costs and if the window opening needs to be changed plus framing and material costs.

For what it is worth, the quotes i am getting on Andersen and Pella are about the same, right at $1,000 a window for a complete tearout.

I looked at vinyl and the cost was less , around $600 a window.