Posted on 08/02/2019 8:52:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
$100/hr. plumbers don’t have outstanding student loans.
Our son in law is a union pipefitter foreman, He receives $52.50 on his paycheck, wages and benefits total $85.78.
Add company provided, truck, phone, Social Security...
https://www.mca.org/mca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-Wage-Letter.pdf
We also have some kin that happen to be Physicians.
One has a house on an island and does very well, another has a nice suburban house simular to the pipefitter.
After his apprenticeship, the pipefitter can start banking the money for many years then the back or knees or...
The Physician completes Med school, then an unpaid fellowship... starts or buys into a practice $$$ and repaying his student loans... After paying for everything his income will continue to rise until he feels like cutting hours.
Why 4 years for 98% of what you need to know at work?
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