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re: Is anyone else not pushing their kids to attend college?
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:35 am to GeauxTigers123
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:35 am to GeauxTigers123
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lol what trade? I love how yall act like 60-70k is “big money”
Even just employeed plumbers can make a lot more than that.
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lol what trade? I love how yall act like 60-70k is “big money”
Even just employeed plumbers can make a lot more than that.
no they dont. this is the problem with this board...they see the business owner of the plumbing company and think everyone makes that....they dont.
in LA the median for a plumber is 61k. the 90% is 77k.
electrician is ~54k & ~70k
HVAC- $47k & $63k
welder is $44k & $57k even a welder 2 is only 10k more, welder 3 is 63k & 80k
so no they arent making "big money" unless they are working lots of overtime or go into some type of management position like superintendent
now if you want your kid in the trades, instrumentation is a good one but you have to have college for that. same with operator at the plants. both are much better jobs than basic construction hands.
now if your kid wants to be a contractor and build houses, that is a different story.
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:41 am to lsu777
There is no way my kids aren't going to college. Too many on this board see the uselessly degreed working at Starbucks and extrapolate that to 90% of college grads.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:43 am to lsu777
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this is the problem with this board...they see the business owner of the plumbing company and think everyone makes that....they dont.
And I'll re-iterate, the people who have the mental ability to run one of those businesses could have gone to college and run any sort of business, many of which have much higher margins than trades.
The last time I weighed into one of these I tried to explain that in great detail, and even added in that trades are a great pathway to people who have the innate ability but had shitty circumstances growing up that prevented something like a normal/college path to management/ownership. But the people on this board talking about sending kids to college likely did not frick up their kids so much trades are the best (only?) path to this sort of life success.
This is actually why I theorize your highly skilled trades are losing population even though the demand is high. Those guys who were, for example, insanely smart carpenters in the past don't slip through the cracks as often now and get the opportunity to go to college and apply their mental ability elsewhere. Even when carpentry is in high demand with a low supply of labor, it's still not going to have the margins of other economic output.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:48 am to lsu777
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electrician is ~54k & ~70k
Maybe an apprentice but all the electricians at my production faculties make > than 100k easy.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:13 am to lsu777
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in LA the median for a plumber is 61k. the 90% is 77k. electrician is ~54k & ~70k HVAC- $47k & $63k welder is $44k & $57k even a welder 2 is only 10k more, welder 3 is 63k & 80k
The much maligned communications major:
Median is 57k, 90% is 85k
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