In case you hadn’t heard it before; Sanders make the most money. If they are good and fast. It’s piece work. There are a couple of videos around. jC’s glassing 101 and Fiberglass Hawaii has a video on YouTube on how to sand a surfboard. You’d be hard pressed to find a sander who will teach you. Laminators are next behind sander for $$ made. The bottom starting jobs are leash plug and longboard box installers. Finning multi fin boards has gotten pretty specialized. Not sure what those guys make. In most shops; one guy sets all the fins. You got to know how to use a router without thinking about it. Second nature.
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High end glassing shops on Oahu charge up to $600 for a longboard. I don’t know what other shops charge, but I always hear friends complain that they’re waiting for someone to glass their board. Some wait months for a shaped blank to get glassed. I don’t like to make boards for others, so I stay out of it. I won’t shape or glass for money, but I will give away old boards to friends.
If you do all the work, you get all the profit.