Quote (NatureNames @ Jul 12 2019 12:26am)
I was being conservative. You know it could be 150k a year with a masters degree from a respectable university. It's definitely worth the temporary debt for a nice cushy desk job where you retire as a millionaire at a young age. If you go to a cheap college you could get a 4+ year degree for less than 30k and still get a good job.
Or you can slave your life away at a trade "skill" job, have a broken body by age 45, and a broke bank account by age 55. Maybe you can pick up dog shit for a living at that point, if you still have knees.
Trade skills make a fortune in australia, here generally it is the electricians and plumbers retiring at 55 with millions.
Across all industries, the average tradie earns $60.88 an hour, a slight increase of 0.3 per cent on last year. At a state level, NSW concreters earn the most, charging $88.71 an hour. They are followed by WA plumbers at $87.67 an hour and WA electricians at $87.33.
This post was edited by Plaguefear on Jul 24 2019 03:31am