That’s absolutely right.
Fashion has made it undesirable for certain classes to go into these trades, which means basically they are undersupplied, and the money is not bad at all. It takes intelligence and hard work, like anything else, but not necessarily a college degree.
Speaking of being undersupplied.
The Millennial generation has a vast gap of skilled labor to fill. Nobody knows how to work with their hands anymore.
FWIW, a friend’s son with no taste for a traditional degree, took the basic courses to qualify as an Electrician apprentice. He has to do hundreds of hours as an apprentice, then pass another test to qualify as an Electrician. It’s much more difficult than many Engineering undergraduate programs. For a student who would rather work-and-study than just do book work, it makes much more sense than struggling through college.