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Re:America Is Trying to Electrify. There Aren’t Enough Elect... by somenameforme on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @12:10PM (#34984923)
90% percentile electricians earn $100k average. 10th percentile software developers make $65k average.

There's also a relevant bias. The BLS does not adjust their wage percentiles to local cost of living/taxes. Software development jobs tend to be concentrated in high cost, high tax, high wage regions. By contrast tradesmen the demand for tradesmen is the same (per capita) just about everywhere. This bias makes the numbers difficult to compare. Suffice to say trades earn more in real terms, and software engineers earn less in real terms.

Electrician - https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes472111.htm

Software Developer - https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151252.htm

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Re:America Is Trying to Electrify. There Aren’t Enough Elect... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @12:17PM (#34985039)
Many electricians are working on 1099s, so you have to account for the extra payroll taxes they have to pay. And the higher electrician wages generally are in the same high cost of living places were SWEs make lots of money also.
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