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i mean sure, but all skilled labor is trending towards 200-300K wages in the us. if a "senior" software engineer can make half a mil, and an electrician can ma

• tptacek 1mo ago
  No it isn't! The median wage for an electrician in the United States is about $65,000. It's nowhere near $200,000. The median general skilled wage is lower than that.
• starkparker 1mo ago
  "Gen Z electricians making $240-280k in data centers" was a viral ploy by Mike Rowe on a podcast to promote his trades-training hustle. > "The electricians that I interviewed and met two months ago in a data center in Plano, Texas, all under 30 years old, all making $240,000 to $280,000 a year, all with as much overtime as they want, none with any debt, all three of whom were poached three times in the prior 18 months," Rowe said ... Google AI summaries then pick up wealth/finance grifter social media clickbait about it and parrots it as a fact. There are contract data-center electrical jobs paying $55-65/hr (some with signing bonuses, per-diems, and benefits on top), but they only come close to $200,000 takehome by working 12/7 with generous overtime. And these are 5+ years of experience, OSHA 30, journeyman license, bring-your-own-tools. They're also exceptional; most are still $25-40/hr.