"The median salary for #carpenters in 2021 was $48,260 per year, according to the U.S. Bureau of #Labor Statistics. For #plumbers, #pipefitters and #steamfitters, that figure was $59,880, and for #farmers, #ranchers and #agricultural managers, $73,060.

"Still, filling #trade and #technical #jobs takes active recruitment...Now especially, there's an urgency to fill open posts...as the federal government funnels billions into projects to upgrade roads and transit systems"
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/05/1142817339/america-needs-carpenters-and-plumbers-try-telling-that-to-gen-z?sc=18&f=1001

America needs carpenters and plumbers. Gen Z doesn't seem interested

Baby boomers are aging out of jobs they long dominated like builders, farmers, mechanics Young workers aren't clamoring to take their place.

NPR
General lack of updates from me lately, mostly due to the fact that I'm working on graduation exams for the next crop of #union #pipefitters. Busy week but it's worth it to help people make it from the lower class to the #middleclass. When we fight, we win, one person at a time. #laborstrong #us208