Know a young guy in his mid 20’s who is a residential electrician. Last year he made a little over 100k working regular hours with just a little overtime. Went to trade school and started working right away.
Same probably holds true for a lot of the service technicians, such as heating & A/C repair. Once you become proficient you can even start your own business if you are so inclined, and hire others to do the actual work. 8>)
HVAC is great, too.
What doesn’t have heating and/or cooling? How’s life when yours fails?
Skilled labor is in heavy demand. Too bad so many people don’t consider it. It is not the easiest job. For me, I would rather work in an air conditioned building all summer, but skilled labor is badly needed and pays well. Lots of people should be considering it.
Know a plummber who runs a crew of himself and a buddy. Pays his buddy $100k. Keeps $400k.