Right on, a apprentice should be worth 15 an hour to start, I was making nearly 8 an hour doing this job in '74. My rent was 135 for a nice place with pool, workout room and recreation area. All I paid was power and phone. Now they pay about 10 an hour which means you work two weeks to pay the rent, one week to eat and pay taxes, and the other to buy gas and pay utilities. Then of course the govt gives you money back at the end of the year if you have kids, then they say how wonderful the economy is.
I used to be a brick layer, brick layers were paid anywhere from $10 to $15/hr in drum roll 1975.