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> If you create the jobs, people will change college majors or teach themselves. Industries will create apprenticeship programs to compensate for the undersuppl
by daeken 12y ago
> If you create the jobs, people will change college majors or teach themselves. Industries will create apprenticeship programs to compensate for the undersupply, etc.
The dearth of plumbers, electricians, mechanics, welders, and other tradespeople in the US completely disagrees with this. These are very frequently high-paying jobs (even if you judge by the tech industry yardstick) and there simply aren't enough people to fill the jobs. Mike Rowe has been campaigning about this for years now, to try to get people back into the trade, and it's just not happening.
- ixnu 12y agoDo you have data to support this claim? It would certainly depend on location, but BLS average salary data seems to point otherwise: Plumbers $49K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/plumbers-pipefitters-and-steamfitters.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/plumbers-... Electricians $49K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/electricians.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/electrici... Mechanics $36K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/automotive-service-technicians-and-mechanics.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/a... Welders $36K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/production/welders-cutters-solderers-and-brazers.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/production/welders-cutters-solderers-... -VS- Software Developer $93K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/s... Computer Programer $74K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/computer-programmers.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/c...