You might need to define a “bad” wage. According to BLS, the median wage for a plumber is slightly above the median wage in the US as a whole. I do think some

You might need to define a “bad” wage. According to BLS, the median wage for a plumber is slightly above the median wage in the US as a whole. I do think some of the inflated values of some jobs is they are somewhat opaque, while the stuff of jobs like plumbing is easier to at least conceptualize, even if the work itself still requires skill and care. It’s easier for a BS job to inflate its importance if people don’t know exactly how it works.