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At a few dozen other sites across the country, day laborers have set minimums, usually $8 or $10. But only at this corner in Agoura Hills, a well-to-do town 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles, experts say, have they been bold enough to insist on $15, nearly three times the federal minimum wage. Some laborers who are particularly skilled at plumbing or hanging drywall get $18 or more.

NYT article, which requires registration or whatever.

It is expensive to live in Calilfornia and these guys have skills. They are forming small unions, more power to them. For the tax issues, why would they pay taxes to a government that doesn't recognize their right to work here or live here? If the government creates a black market through its laws it can't expect to get taxes from it.