News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that to Gen Z. Parent comment

Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by stonogo on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:51PM (#34266360)
No it isn't. You cherry-picked that single report, which was based on 76 turbotax returns. I suspect their data is wrong or corrupted, because making $160k as a journeyman lineman is only achievable with a decade experience and a truckload of overtime. Look around a bit further, or talk to actual linemen or unions, and you'll see the average salary for a lineman is about a hundred thousand dollars a year less than that.

https://www.salary.com/research/salary/alternate/journeyman-... https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/DTE-Energy-Journeyman-Linem... https://www.linemancentral.com/states/michigan

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by bluedino on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:00PM (#34266488)
Read some Reddit posts where people ask linemen how much they make. People reply with over $200k.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by Tokkemon on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:45PM (#34267194)
Yeah, because that's more reliable data.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by hotpotamus on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:11PM (#34267585)
Have you considered that they may not be telling the truth?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by bluedino on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:52PM (#34268108)
I know a lot of linemen and they do pretty well. $70k would be zero overtime.

Do you think they don't earn 30-40 per hour and have the ability to make tons of overtime?

The power company pays office workers time and a half to do "line watch" where they just park by a downed power line with a light on their roof until a crew shows up to fix it.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by stonogo on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:56PM (#34269467)
I don't feel the need to read Reddit, since I worked as a lineman for several years. It's possible to make bank in all kinds of trades, but that is absolutely not the norm, or even the average.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by AngryData on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:50PM (#34270738)
Tradesmen are some of the first people to inflate their actual wage because otherwise they not only have a "lower class" career, but they are also not doing as well as everyone else and it makes them feel like shit.

I would not accept their personal anecdotes over documented tax returns.

[ Parent | on HN ]