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Boulder, Colorado has a McDonald’s offering $18/hour. Colorado is an awesome place to live and it’s more than double the federal minimum wage. The contractor w
by leesalminen 5y ago
Boulder, Colorado has a McDonald’s offering $18/hour. Colorado is an awesome place to live and it’s more than double the federal minimum wage.
The contractor who just renovated my house in Colorado is actively looking for a low-skill, high-effort worker for $35/hour.
The mason who did some stone work for me is looking for an apprentice and will pay $25/hour.
The electrician in my area is moving away, leaving a huge gap in the market. He earns well north of $200k/year.
The jobs are out there.
- tetranomiga 5y agoColorado is expensive as anything to live in and is only getting more expensive. $18/hour is NOT a livable wage in Boulder. $35/hour is only 72k a year at full employment (unlikely as a contractor employee) and probably will not receive benefits. That is also not enough to live in Denver or Boulder with a family. The jobs are out there AND DO NOT PAY ENOUGH TO LIVE IN THE AREAS THEY ARE IN. And before some genius comes in and says "Well don't live in those expensive cities then", those expensive cities still want burgers and stocked store shelves and everything else, they just don't want to pay people enough to live off of.