Here's what the BLS has to say about that. https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm I think about this when people pos

Here's what the BLS has to say about that. https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm I think about this when people post about how you don;t really need a college degree, you just need a trade. I have no doubt that some tradesmen do very well but I doubt they represent the entire class of workers. I do wonder what the numbers would look like if trained tradesmen (and women) were compared based on time spent learning (e.g. years of apprenticeship vs. years of college.)