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Australia has the "Cult of the Tradies" (builders/plumbers etc). The starting salary of a qualified builder is AUD 125,000 (USD 83,000) and most earn much high
by aussiegreenie 2y ago
Australia has the "Cult of the Tradies" (builders/plumbers etc).
The starting salary of a qualified builder is AUD 125,000 (USD 83,000) and most earn much higher than that. If working in mining even non-skilled labourers are earning more than AUD 150,000 (FIFO).
Builders are charging AUD 1000 per day per person.
- xyzzy123 2y agoIt's one of the things I genuinely like about Australia (despite being more on the "paying for expensive trades work" end than the receiving side of those wages) and also slightly mysterious to me - it's not like that "next door" in New Zealand, and I can't figure out why. It feels like a subtle difference in the class system, but some people say it's stronger unions. I can't identify any huge differences in labour market structure that would explain the discrepancy. In NZ you have to own the business to make decent money in most trades.