re: Brother will be going to trade school this fall. What trade would you recommend to him?

quote:

---

If any of my kids struggle in college I’m immediately enrolling them in school to be an Elevator Mechanic. The union is very strong and their guys are making between $45-50 an hour.

---

Well, it doesn't really work as easy as "enrolling" them in the trade school.

But yes, the elevator union is one of the strongest in the nation. And while that income range is about right, the south has the lowest scale in the nation and those numbers don't include the benefit package that includes health care, a pension, and an annuity.

But as Rogertheshrubber said, theres a LOT of traveling involved. You go where the work is, but you're compensated for it (hotel reimbursed, meals paid, and per diem). And if you get into the escalator side of it you can pretty much write your own ticket. Thats where the real big money is.

Source: Elevator union mechanic installing escalators