I am in Seattle and want to hire a licensed electrician by the hour, and am finding it to be way harder than it should be. To get an electrician on a time and materials basis you either have to trust the recommendation of some rando on nextdoor, or you have to go with somebody who is not licensed on taskrabbit, of you need to call some company to bid on your job.
What I want is to go on a platform like taskrabbit, search on “licensed electrician”, then find somebody I can pay maybe $150 an hour to help me out. Instead all you see is unlicensed guys there for under $100 an hour. Platforms like Thumbtack are all about companies wanting leads so they can bid on jobs, so you can’t find pay by



