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Thread: Tradies, what trade has the most potential in pay? I'm tired of working in an office.

post 1615173321 08-31-2020, 12:39 PM
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Thank you all for the replies. Hopefully this helps others on the fence as well, because the office life certainly is not for everyone. I've gained about 60 lbs since I got promoted, which was a year ago. Indoors all the time. No drive. Angry. Before that, I was installing hurricane shutters hanging off 30 story buildings out in the shine and rain but loving life and held at least 3.5x the amount of energy than I have now.

If it weren't for the fact that welding is horrible for your health and eyes, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Electrician, plumbing, and heavy equipment operator sound pretty fuking good.
post 1615174091 08-31-2020, 12:48 PM
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Sparkys, iron workers, pipefitters make awesome money but varies greatly in location.

Auto mechanic is good too. The master mechanic at my shop made $10k last month but that is not common. What I like about the mechanic gig is the better and faster you are, the more you get paid- if you can do a 41 hour frame swap on a Tacoma in 10 hours, you get paid for the 41 hours etc. IOW, there’s a 40 hour week done in one day.
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post 1615174241 08-31-2020, 12:51 PM
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post 1615174811 08-31-2020, 12:56 PM
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Electrician, pipe fitter steel stud framing. I make more than the the pipe fitters or HVAC and pay is only a few bucks less than Sparky for a J man.

There are also the benefits which vary from trade to trade, mine are VERY good. Plus vacation checks which end up being 7-10k once a year
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post 1615175021 08-31-2020, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted By KramericaInd⏩
Electrician, plumbing, and heavy equipment operator sound pretty fuking good.
My buddy just got a job as an electrician and has spent the last month on the roof of a building in the desert installing hundreds and hundreds of solar panels. Long sleeves, long pants, disgusting heat...I've contemplated a change too, but I don't know, grass doesn't always sound greener.
post 1615176191 08-31-2020, 01:14 PM
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Don't know why I have to keep bringing this up

Construction Manager>>>Superintendent >>>>>>>>>>Trades. The former two you're always on a different job site walking around or in your air condition job trailer doing paper work. You aren't doing anything that's backbreaking
post 1615179351 08-31-2020, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted By Suit⏩
Maybe you should get some reading comprehension and understand what a parenthesis ( ) means.

example. Heavy equipment techs make a lot of money. (easily over 100k)

Can't believe I have to spell it out completely.
Lol what a moron negged

According to the Oxford dictionary of Proper English useage, where you said “easy 100k” that means to earn 100k would be easy, ie not much effort.

“Easily 100k” is a completely different meaning, ie 100k all day long and likely to be substantially more.

200 years and Americans still struggle with basic English. Jeez.
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post 1615179621 08-31-2020, 01:56 PM
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Thermal engineering, long apprenticeship but it’s paid and once you are a journey man you can work anywhere and the unions have great benefits
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post 1615180271 08-31-2020, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted By Tornach⏩
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