Locomotive Engineer Trainee or Truck Driver:
Starting Salary: $40-45k /yr
College Loans: $0
Job Requirements: Drug Free + Driver's License
Chance of Outsourcing/Insourcing: Very Low due to citizenship reqrments.
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Amen, I think anyone who is exulting over that pay chart for college graduates is being very unrealistic. Anyone who can pass a drug test and a "work keys" test can start today in the warehouse at the factory where I am currently employed less than three miles from my door and start at $24,000.00 working only scheduled hours and that is a four day on four day off schedule (12 hour shifts). Most people work overtime and easily make $30,000.00 or better the first year and this job pays far less than it did five years ago! The pay has actually been cut back! The same person can go into another area of the plant and after two years of OJT can earn $40,000. working the same schedule and can earn $50,000.00 or more with overtime. We just lost a maintenance man who was earning over $45,000.00 without overtime. He found another job with higher pay!! This is in a factory where wages have been slashed far below the level of five years ago and in a relatively low-wage area. I see nothing at all impressive about the starting pay quoted for graduate engineers!
What are the chances of that factory worker getting some more education and making more than $180,000.00 per year? Close to zero, I'll bet.