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Abilene is nothing like a metro area of 3 million people. $20/hour is a bit low, but union journeymen were making $33/hour in San Antonio, so I don't know that
by zdragnar 6mo ago
Abilene is nothing like a metro area of 3 million people.
$20/hour is a bit low, but union journeymen were making $33/hour in San Antonio, so I don't know that $20 is too extreme.
- quickthrowman 6mo ago$33/hr seems low, but considering the median income in my metro area ($100k) is 55-60% higher than San Antonio ($65k), it about lines up with the higher journeyman wage here compared to the median income of just under $100k. I thought Texas had higher wages than that overall, guess I was wrong. $20/hr for a non-union residential electrician isn’t unreasonable then, strangely enough.
- lotsofpulp 6mo agoSome people need higher pay to offset the opportunity costs of living in a very rural area.