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Originally Posted by alex.w *//
^ how much would a electrican make? residential
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There really is a huge gap. I've done mostly high end residential for my entire career and when I was a second year apprentice I was making $25/hour. With a different employer, as a journeyman I'm now making only $23/hour. Keep in mind, as of right now my role is pretty much just as a sidekick to the foreman in this new company. I've been told that raises come more often to those who are loyal to our employer. We will see.
The difference is that I now have benefits with this employer, real vacation days (not just a small % added onto the payout), a solid 40 hours or more per week, plus these guys seem to keep their good employees almost forever (not just layoff when work gets thinned out). I find the work to be relatively easy and clean, as I'm not crawling through rat shit infested asbestos attics like I used to have to do all the time.
Some employers might pay more, but lay you off as soon as the projects thin out and not have consistent hours per week for you.
You can try out a bunch of different places to work for, but you might end up with a shittier place to work for than before and you also end up showing people that you are less capable of loyalty.