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Or maybe that the majority that possess those traits go into other higher paying jobs that also require those traits. Starting around here for electricians is closer to $25-35. If you are concentrating and studying the NEC, you could alternatively study to be a dev and make more.

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Union elections in the bay area rake in about 140k/year after 5 years on the job. Highly competitive, but no college required.

That's in a HCOL and about half the starting salary of a FAANG dev, probably about the same as starting for a non-FAANG dev in that area, right?

If I could be reasonably expected to make that in my area (Philly region), then that sounds great and is substantially more than I make as a dev.

That sounds about right.

Im not saying it is the best job in the region, just demonstrate that blue collar jobs can still provide a comfortable living with such salaries.

I would expect it to scale by regional COL.

And this is perhaps the issue, people compare expectations against 'best' much more than they did in the past, because of all the (soc)media pushing it at them.

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