When you say trades are you just talking about industrial robotics and the like? My family owns a construction business and the only tradespeople making anywher

When you say trades are you just talking about industrial robotics and the like? My family owns a construction business and the only tradespeople making anywhere close to $150k own their own business, and even then it's pretty rare to clear that kind of money. In my experience a tradesperson in the top 5-10% of the distribution might make around what a software engineer in the bottom 25% makes, and it's a pretty long hard road to get there.