@@convusquey2559 do they have a union. A coalition of the workers to assure pay and rights. Workers come together and collectively Bargain or negotiate with the capital owners. It usually is a good indicator that the job has decent benefits and pay.
Here in Arizona, if you make $26 an hour, 40 hours a week, that’s $1,040 without any taxes being taken away. An ok apartment is around $1,600+ a month. With car insurance, food, rent or mortgage, utilities, gas, and other expenses. I’d consider anything $30 an hour poverty 😭. An “ok” house in my area is easily $400k and about 45+years old.
@@chilolo1418yeah but you get roommates, when you make great money you get the choice to live by yourself. getting just 1 roommate would easily save you the amount of money to cover all your other expenses.
@@dommysprite3771Currently work in the trades, live in Arizona, live with two roommates and still scrape to make savings. I’m an apprentice sparky and I firsthand say we don’t pay trades enough I don’t even have loans but my rent and utilities cripple me because of the shitty landlords here
They told me “pretty quick” at the company I work for now. Start off at $18 an hour and max out at $38 an hour for a regular worker. It takes about 3 years to max out with perfect attendance. They go by hours. After so many hours worked, you get a $1.40 raise until you max. Im a foreman so my position maxes out about $60 an hour. We also get a decant amount for perdium so that helps. I work for a concrete company btw.
@@iicordii648 I’ve seen with my own eyes a 5’3” security guard at Bellevue Washington McDonald’s. Pulling in $52 an hour. Fuck you. Fuck the slow grind. Fuck being a slave. He got that as starting pay with experience. Fuck all businesses. It’s not fair. Not even close.
No they don't lol, Walmart and Sam's club pays good tho, usually at least 15 starting. But the pay roof is probably 30 for management and you ain't gunna do that forever
@@jaysrt21 Talked with the maintenance guy at McDonald's back in early 2020. He had a company truck (take home), free food, $60k year (base), and zero fucks. I don't think he minded it at all 🤣
@@mmmd3429 I worked maintenance for them and I promise you that you don't get any of those things you said besides free food. He must have been 3rd party maintenance for them.
😂 difference is no trade starts that early since there’s codes and regulations to working in the dark, and you can’t work in a storm. I started digging holes for 17.25 and yeah it sucked, two years later I make 27$ an hour and with the knowledge I gained I can easily see myself making much more in the coming years
Very old school forman right there to answer your questions & not throw a hissy fit that you were interrupting his work day by asking questions and recording him....much respect to you both for being able to carry on a conversation among strangers without conflict.
I completely agree. At first, I believe, he was protecting his guy and job sight. Once he determined there wasn't a threat he was very open and forthcoming.
@@obama218 I work for a really small company that buys homes and flips them. I go in and demo what they don’t like such as removing carpets, trim, flooring, cabinets etc… Then I install at my pace and whatever else gets contracted out and I have to supervise them.
@@cjswhitebo1882 “up to $30 is the worst thing you can hear.” No tf it’s not lmao 😂😂. Yea I guess depending where you live and if you think you’re a millionaire when you’re not it is.
I'm an industrial mechanic. To start, I made 24. After my probationary period I was at 26. I just hit my 1 year mark and got a raise. I'm now making 29.72.
Same here! I started as an Industrial mechanic at 18 an hour now I’m making 24 in about 6 months working there. I recently got hired at another job with union starting at 33 an hour.
I heard the pay is amazing but I had a friend who got both his hands blown off from some factory from a gas leak and it really doesn't make me want to go to that field at all, what's worse is he was only 19years old when it happened
I started at 15. Got another offer for 17 but it was in the hood and reaked heavily of chlorine so i passed. I went to school to become a mechanic too. These blue collar jobs aren't worth it. Everyone talks about how you make this and that but you really don't, at least I didn't. Even after 2 years experience i only got offered 20 . And the bosses are some of the worst people. Did food delivery after that and made 20 per hour on the busy days first day working. Doing like half the work and frustration
He probably thought it was safety or some kind of site auditor. Call them bossman and bigdawg, and they'll usually let you off with a verbal warning. Be an ass to the guy holding a phone or clipboard, and you'll be sitting in remedial presentation tomorrow morning, and start/finish work late.
@@farkmuckerzerg634 if you go Union you get to keep your awesome health insurance when you retire... There's more benefits than just a paycheck. Everyone loves double time
But your not on the clock all the time. So only 2-3 hrs assignments then gap and then another job. What's ur yearly and how many hrs per week do you work
Hey man I appreciate you going out there and asking the questions we’d all like to ask these people. Gives us more insight if we want to start one of these careers
@@Tre16 it’s conveniently in a short TH-cam reel that I can watch and listen to as opposed to looking up all this information. Also it shows people jobs they might might overlook or forget about or might not even know about. So funny lol
@@hankhill3417 idk about 30 an hour. I’m an apprentice glazier barely making 18 right now and I’m in California. Most apprentice jobs I’ve seen start at 17-20 but if you’re an apprentice you should just be looking for experience and the pay will come
I started at $25/hr at 18 years old with no experience as an apprentice/ground hand. once training is complete and you work on the utility poles as a lineman/fiber tech you can see anywhere from $30-$40/hr. Supervisors make more. this is in the New England area.
Lmao I get hush hush weekly pay doing the same line of work. Shit pay, but no trail for big brother to know about and I basically get paid to sit in my car and get high at night 😂
I just stumbled on this guy and what a great source for helping people of thinking what they might want to do or switch into. Asks all the right questions. He’s not going up to millionaires asking what kind of car they’re driving. This helps blue collar hard workers. Not to mention high schoolers looking for ideas after they graduate. Nice job man.
And you’re stuck in that position forever haha. See this is the downfall with my generation. Y’all can’t seem to see anything in the future. You see what can easily benefit you in the moment. Kinda nice tho cause it makes getting hired easy when I’m competing against guys like you 😂😂
Im a automotive technician, our pay is $16-$18/H here in Maryland. We also get offered flat rate, but that requires you to work faster, and harder. Its not worth it most of the time
@@joebaby1975 $16-$18 isnt enough to live and do the things you want. im living paycheck to paycheck at $15/H. things are getting more and more expensive
At&t pays their Telephone Lineman around 43-47 an hour in California. Depending on the area. The Electrical Lineman can make more than that. For example, S.C. Edison pays their Lineman around 35-70 an hour, depending if they are a groundman, apprentice, utility, journeyman or a foreman. The term Lineman was first used by the Telephone Lineman and then by the Electrical Lineman. Today the cable tv companies also have Lineman placing cable. A Lineman is basically a worker that can place a power or telecommunications line.
Real utilities are electric. I'm a lineman. I make 87 an hour, 2-4k a month for housing, all overtime is double time. 100% covered health care, dental, and vision. My wife is a nurse and she can't even get health care at her hospital as good as mine. 100% match on 401k, get a pension, life insurance, 3-4 weeks paid vacation a year, 2 weeks paid sick a year, paid holidays, 2 weeks emergency leave a year, 3.75% cost of living raise every year. I mean it's a pretty phenomenal job.
@@kevincondon3206 you gotta know someone, mostly kids who has daddy money and was given this position because of there parents. If you wanna get into it go to school (4-5 years) get your CDL A and apply for a lineman.
Went to school for hvac, service tech for 5 years. Money was fantastic, but my health was degrading and social life was nomore. Quit and went to a manufacturing refrigeration company that pays well but of course not as much as the field but most importantly I had a life and a family to go home to. The trades are a different working environment, kudos to the ones that last 10+ years. 👏
I did hvac for 2 years, gained 40 pounds, girlfriend dumped me, had no energy or motivation, barley showered, hated my life, now I do land surveying, I still hate my life and can’t get a girl to talk to me but at least I have energy when I get home to sit at my desk and play video games wishing I was dead👍🏻 don’t go into the trades kids
He forgot to mention that most of the time when it comes to utility work, it’s Hurry Up and Wait. You get paid just to sit in the cab of your truck waiting for the go ahead to do your job. And if your lucky, the company will send you to do a job that will only take 20 minutes to do, but you’ll still get a full 8 hours of pay to do it.
@@tuukkatuukka if there is no strike thay are private contractors I usto rent my dump truck out to the electric or gas or the city we would do one job sometimes 2 when I worked for private contractors we would do 3 to 5 jobs in the same time with the same amount of guys . When I worked with city dump trucks on jobs they would do one job and go hide and sleep .
I seriously appreciate this type of insight for jobs. I’ve found the automotive repair industry pays right around the same wages as this one in the video.
@@doom3380 not at Target but you can Make up $24 to $30 in some retail stores depending on area in my area you can get to $20s at Lowe’s after one year and my state isn’t even a good paying state
What about insurance and retirement? I have retirement and my insurance is 95% covered, which is equivalent to an additional $8 an hour for that alone ontop of $40/hr as a state worker. Gotta think of everything else, not just hourly wage
These jobs always start you off with lower pay so they can make you stay longer. If all these jobs payed $30 an hour starting with no experience, then everybody would just work for a while and quit. Think about it, wouldn't you stay in a job that'll double your income in a few years.
Can’t make $30 an hour at Starbucks unless your a gm. Also, you don’t know what state this is in, and due to your local and state economies your wages could be higher for the area. Starbucks isn’t a career though.. Utility work can very easily lead you to earning upwards of $75k a year depending upon which specialized field you choose to go into. For example to median pay for a line worker is $61k a year.
@@christianalley7669 If you want to make a career out of being a grunt worker go ahead🤣🤣 some of us are in college for a real career while you’re dreaming of your “75k”. Just get an education bro. You’ll thank me later
@@pawgrespecter5560 “grunt worker” you clearly don’t know what your talking about. Maybe I don’t want to take on hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt just to get a piece of paper saying I’m certified to do a certain job. Getting an education doesn’t equal high paying job either. You sound naive. Furthermore, you can be just as much a “grunt worker” at any desk job… pecking orders and role players aren’t specific to labor jobs. Nobody’s dreaming for $75k, that’s easily attainable and can afford anybody in the US a life worth living, don’t act like you’re above that.
@@obama218sign the books at local 47 in riverside ca or local 1245 up north Vacaville ca(you’ll get work way faster up north), get your class a , osha 10 et&d, and first aid cpr.. climbing school helps but you don’t need it to sign the outside line books
@@obama218 cost like 260 to sign the books for 6 months and you’ll be placed on book 4 and keep resigning and paying your dues every 6 months and you’ll work your way down the books and then you’ll make a killing I recommend it to everyone…and the union groundman make 47 a hour and all overtime is double time and there’s plenty of ot I tell you !
Wow this is such great info, I’ve been at my job for nearly 17 years doin building maintenance and looking to relocate down south and these info u post are awesome thank you, I’m definitely changing occupation
Nice to have people saying what they wages realy are and not exaggerating like so many people do. Just give people accurate information and let them make a choice.
let me know what you do for a living and if you're hiring? I'm in Illinois i'm 19 highly motivated with a decent resume I work as a flooring sales rep and trade stocks I only make $16.25 an hour and struggling
Im a union painter make 43$ an hr with benefits but still feelz like nothing but when you started making with 8$ an hr to now 43$ definitely a wonder feelin #UnionMoney
I work for a small contracting company (consists of me and 4 other guys, 2 of which are my bosses) and I do something called “Ls6 audits” on cell tower sites. (Those towers with the blinking lights u see at night) we get work from Verizon directly. We get sent huge maps filled with hundreds of cell tower sites that need auditing. Basically, at these sites, I simply take a couple hundred pictures of the compounds and equipment within them, then measure out and draw the compounds to scale. I Then gather a little bit of visual info at each site and send it all to my boss man thru an app we use. I stay gone about 3 weeks out of every month and everyday that I’m gone, I work. 10 hours a day, everyday, til it’s time to come home for a week. I’d say the job is split roughly between 40% actually doing the audits, and 60% of the time it’s just driving to these sites. I get paid $30/hr, get $400 perdium every week, get bonuses pretty consistently, and even have my own truck and a company card I use for gas. 23 years old and I’m bringing in close to 7k a month at some points.
@@jonathanbraud5648 as far as I know the general purpose for what I’m doing is so they can have up to date templates made of the current sites in case they decide to add equipment to it and to figure if there’s even any room to do so. But yeah, mostly it’s so they can have updated templates.
I went from making $13 an hour to $21 an hour in less than 2 years. I love what I do. So happy I chose this path. It’s hard work but it’s feel good she’s work.
Utilities are no joke. Seriously dangerous stuff. I did a damage investigation where a contractor ripped through both a gas and electric service line at the same time... There were 30+ft flames gushing from the side of the building. Morale of the story, call before you dig guys. Calling for a locate and waiting for it can save a life, or a couple of lives. Ik this clip was of linemen working on aerial lines, but it surprises me how many people don't even know what utility locators are, or that you can even get your utilities located... If your contractor doesn't call in a locate to install your fence, your pool, whatever, get a new contractor. I've seen some utilities in dumb areas. There was a 60-100PSI high pressure gas main that just cut straight through a rural driveway. I don't even want to imagine what could've happened if they got some work done around there without a locate 😔
@@TODD-KOBELL out of curiosity, how old are you? I work in building automation now and got out of the HVAC trade because literally every mechanic or electrician I worked with had a body that was breaking down.
@@EJD339 get into utility testing. I test substations and industrial switchgear. No cable pulls or anything physical like that, mostly testing and troubleshooting. Most physical part usually is climbing a ladder up a transformer or breaking apart connections, and half the time there's a line crew and bucket truck to help you
I work for an electrical utility in Texas. Helper with no experience start around $25 an hour, apprentices somewhere around $31 with a raise every six months after passing an exam showing mastery over the subject matter for that six months. After 3 years, or 6 six month periods you become a journeyman. They are around $48 an hour. This is all union, IBEW. Good pay and benefits for Texas.
I was watching this and I was like, "wait, I know that place". This is in Fountain Valley, California on Elis Ave in-between Ward and the 405. I used to work on this block.
I make $31 an hour as a plumber in California from my first job and it’s nothing I can’t afford to live off of that which is why I have to work a second shift at McDonald’s at $17 an hour it’s just insane how expensive cost of living is
Bruh get into a union. That’s your problem. And if you are really a plumber I doubt you’d work at McDonald’s because just like the guy mentioned you’d be doing side jobs
@@marley1995 it’s a 3 year wait to get into a union and they expect me to drive to there office 2 times per month which is 1 hour and a half from where I live to report myself so they can see that I still want the job and if I can’t make it I get moved back to the end of the waiting line again fuck all that bullshit I can’t be missing work like that and it’s not that easy getting side jobs man people ask you for your contractors license and insurance which is not cheap because plumbing is a high risk job where a lot of things can go wrong and home owners want to make sure damages will get covered but it’s alright man keep talking out your ass when you have no idea of how things work plus why would I quit McDonald’s? It’s easy as shit and we were just told that we will all be getting a raise to $22 an hour starting next year no reason to quit people try to bash on McDonald’s workers while most of them are making more money then people working in retail and warehouses
When someone doesn't tell you how much they pay usually its cause its crap. Pretty good money?. Class A?. 18 bucks an hour?. Glad to see they are competing with mcdonalds and burger King
When I was 13 I had a friend say I wont work for less than 15 bucks and hour back then I thought he was crazy.... now we charge ppl a minimum of 45 an hour to talk and then when the tools come out we take ppls savings. Thank you my guy for nailing in self worth at such a young age.
This is why you work union. Laborers getting blind robbed. Owner laughing all the way to the bank. I was doing utilities 30 years ago and was making 14.75 + $3 per going into retirement.
wow I’m 20 and i make $28, I dropped out of high school and everyone thought I’d fail… now I’m laughing because I have 0 debt and I’m younger than most college graduates and I get paid good money to do what I love, I love the trades!
Stay with it my man. I got expelled at the beginning of 10th grade and everyone thought I’d be dead or in jail. I’m now 30, have a 3yo son an a 1yo daughter, foreman at my company makin well over $1k weekly with $50 a day perdium for a 30 min drive, and livin my best life. I also had my evaluation today for a raise so I’m not even sure what I’ll be makin next week lmao. All I got was “let me see how much I can get you” so hopefully I’ll get a nice lil raise again. The kids I went to school with are makin half the pay with degrees lol. People fuckin hate when they think you’re going to fail and you end up passing everyone up and exceeding far beyond everyone’s expectations. Keep grindin, you’ll be makin more than that in no time. Also, $28 an hour at 20 years old is fuckin awesome. You’re out here doin the damn thing
Good luck I was like that 20years old makes $31 hr labors Union in Chicago now I’m waste management and I’m 39 I wish I would’ve gone to school as you get old you regret not going to school putting with a lot bs on work some time wish you the best of luck
Truth is, some of you will be stuck getting paid under 20$ an hour, so don’t be afraid to explore and venture out into some new opportunities, you’re already wasting your time making little money so what’s the harm
Depending on the state and locality that pay maybe good. Here in CA I'm in the local 11 union and our apprenticeship starting pay is 24$ (40% of the journeyman rate 59.60$). Every 6 months you get a 5% increase closer to 59.60$. There are many good things about unions and many bad things, just in case you were curious.
That older gentleman pulled up so fast when he heard the word Union
Man busted into a sprint
Private companies are much better than union
What does mean union? I mean in his question
@@convusquey2559 do they have a union. A coalition of the workers to assure pay and rights. Workers come together and collectively Bargain or negotiate with the capital owners. It usually is a good indicator that the job has decent benefits and pay.
😂😂😂😂
Old man: What’s this here union talk I’m hearin’?
😂😂😂
Squashed that union mumbo jumbo talk real quick lmao
As an Australian, trust me you don't want to give unions too much power 🤣😭
@benjamin9120 what happened over there? Far as my experience goes the union treats us well
Idc what a union and is it bad lol 😂
Nowadays anything below 20$/hr are poverty wages.
Here in Arizona, if you make $26 an hour, 40 hours a week, that’s $1,040 without any taxes being taken away. An ok apartment is around $1,600+ a month. With car insurance, food, rent or mortgage, utilities, gas, and other expenses. I’d consider anything $30 an hour poverty 😭. An “ok” house in my area is easily $400k and about 45+years old.
@@chilolo1418yeah but you get roommates, when you make great money you get the choice to live by yourself. getting just 1 roommate would easily save you the amount of money to cover all your other expenses.
@@chilolo1418yeah if you live alone that's the reality, get a wife who's fine with also working or get roommates
@@dommysprite3771Currently work in the trades, live in Arizona, live with two roommates and still scrape to make savings. I’m an apprentice sparky and I firsthand say we don’t pay trades enough I don’t even have loans but my rent and utilities cripple me because of the shitty landlords here
Trust me, 90% won't understand you.
This is what the internet and high schoolers need. Not a dumb TH-camr making pranks or a girl shaking her butt.
Utility workers need pranks and girls shaking there butt to make it through the next day sir
@@timemasta2447lmfaoooo😂
Facts
@@timemasta2447only simps do
@@timemasta2447 what gay utility workers you know? Most of them don't have social media wtf are you on 🤦🏾♂️
"Pretty quick" is code for
"5 years of digging holes"
Yeah and the guy saying “we make good money” when his partner looks 85 years old and still not retired 😂
They told me “pretty quick” at the company I work for now. Start off at $18 an hour and max out at $38 an hour for a regular worker. It takes about 3 years to max out with perfect attendance. They go by hours. After so many hours worked, you get a $1.40 raise until you max. Im a foreman so my position maxes out about $60 an hour. We also get a decant amount for perdium so that helps. I work for a concrete company btw.
@@iicordii648you’re not union? If not get into a union better pay man and with your experience you’ll probably start out at a better period.
Pay your dues. It’s worth eating wonder bread for 3 years. Journey out asap. Go union or chase Davis bacon jobs
@@iicordii648 I’ve seen with my own eyes a 5’3” security guard at Bellevue Washington McDonald’s. Pulling in $52 an hour. Fuck you. Fuck the slow grind. Fuck being a slave. He got that as starting pay with experience. Fuck all businesses. It’s not fair. Not even close.
Mcdonald pay $18 now.
Still not enough to deal with those customers and be covered in grease all day
*Why does everyone assume I work fast food?
No they don't lol, Walmart and Sam's club pays good tho, usually at least 15 starting. But the pay roof is probably 30 for management and you ain't gunna do that forever
Yeah but who wants to say they work at mcdonald’s
@@jaysrt21 Talked with the maintenance guy at McDonald's back in early 2020. He had a company truck (take home), free food, $60k year (base), and zero fucks.
I don't think he minded it at all 🤣
@@mmmd3429 I worked maintenance for them and I promise you that you don't get any of those things you said besides free food. He must have been 3rd party maintenance for them.
Yeah I’m not digging holes and pulling at 3 AM in a storm for $15 lmao
These guys are telecom workers pullings lines. They are not pulling those hrs or fixing issues. Just installing the comms wires.
Yeah sounds pretty low McDonald's pays $15 he so 🤷
@@YouKnow-yd3zmdon’t get a normal job just become a drug mule you’ll be rich before you know it
@@YouKnow-yd3zmbecause both require no skill
😂 difference is no trade starts that early since there’s codes and regulations to working in the dark, and you can’t work in a storm. I started digging holes for 17.25 and yeah it sucked, two years later I make 27$ an hour and with the knowledge I gained I can easily see myself making much more in the coming years
The supervisor seemed pretty surprised when he realized the guy wasn't wanting to complain.
Class A starts at $28 minimum they’re getting screwed
Not where I'm from... average class a driver makes $18
Is bc they are non-union.. I work in the union n we get paid from 40hour to 100+ a hour
Depends on the state. I make $26 hour and $0.40 a mile with per diem starting off with hazmat and tankers endorsement. In South Carolina that’s high.
This took place in Florida
Where I’m from they start 17-18
Very old school forman right there to answer your questions & not throw a hissy fit that you were interrupting his work day by asking questions and recording him....much respect to you both for being able to carry on a conversation among strangers without conflict.
Yeah.. because that OG knows what it was like back in the day..
Crazy thought. They probably have trouble keeping help. So he was probably happy to talk.
I completely agree. At first, I believe, he was protecting his guy and job sight. Once he determined there wasn't a threat he was very open and forthcoming.
@@poesraven4540
Thought I was watching the interviewer eyeing up a potential hire. Noticed how he got disappointed the guy didn't have license?
@@anonymous071985 True too!
Just be a real lineman and you start off as a step 1 apprentice at 120k+ 😂
if they can get in the union if not then theyll never make that money
Yea and it’s the worlds dangerous job , u make it sound so easy tough guy
@@realistically9091 I am a lineman tough guy
@@DaOriginalMurdah I grossed 260k last year. Getting into a unionized utility or contractor isn’t hard to do
I’m getting out the military and want to work as a lineman in the union what would you tell me as a mentor🎩
I’m 21 making 38 an hour
I certainly feel blessed.
I’m not rich but am happy I can support my kid financially.
What type of work do you do and what company and if union?
@@obama218 I work for a really small company that buys homes and flips them. I go in and demo what they don’t like such as removing carpets, trim, flooring, cabinets etc…
Then I install at my pace and whatever else gets contracted out and I have to supervise them.
@@obama218he’s a sperm donor
You are. You’re doing good man I hope it all continues to work out for you. What do you do?
You luck bastard! Keep up the good work and don’t forget to save!
I make 50 an hour with my Class A. These guys are being robbed legally.
I think he was talking about for a Class C and working your way to 30 with no experience. Not a worker with experience and an A.
he's talking about starting pay without experience and a class C.
@@fireeye33still McDonald’s pay for a licensed physical job
@@danielbras5123 idk a McDonald's employees wage but i highly doubt its 50 an hour..
@@cya4468he was saying the 15 an hr w a class C is mcdonalds with labor.
note to self when looking for a new job: Dont apply at HHS
Why
@@marioortiz7953 you’re 15… give it a couple of years and you’ll understand
@@marioortiz7953 “up to $30 is the worst thing you can hear. And they’re starting licensed people at $15-$18. That’s absolute garbage
@@cjswhitebo1882 “up to $30 is the worst thing you can hear.” No tf it’s not lmao 😂😂. Yea I guess depending where you live and if you think you’re a millionaire when you’re not it is.
@@cjswhitebo1882lmao “licensed” buddy it’s a simple class A 🤣 not fucking rocket science
I'm an industrial mechanic. To start, I made 24. After my probationary period I was at 26. I just hit my 1 year mark and got a raise. I'm now making 29.72.
Same here! I started as an Industrial mechanic at 18 an hour now I’m making 24 in about 6 months working there. I recently got hired at another job with union starting at 33 an hour.
I heard the pay is amazing but I had a friend who got both his hands blown off from some factory from a gas leak and it really doesn't make me want to go to that field at all, what's worse is he was only 19years old when it happened
I started at 15. Got another offer for 17 but it was in the hood and reaked heavily of chlorine so i passed. I went to school to become a mechanic too. These blue collar jobs aren't worth it. Everyone talks about how you make this and that but you really don't, at least I didn't. Even after 2 years experience i only got offered 20 . And the bosses are some of the worst people. Did food delivery after that and made 20 per hour on the busy days first day working. Doing like half the work and frustration
Congratulations, over a year to earn $29 which puts you in the 40% tax bracket, so you really make $17.82 per hour for your slavery 😂🤦♂️
@@dickjohnson9582 well I make over 120k a year in the IbEW
These dudes were so nice and helpful honestly.
Until you get to know them
I love how they’re so willing to talk to you and be friendly
Because that pay is garbage go Union
He probably thought it was safety or some kind of site auditor. Call them bossman and bigdawg, and they'll usually let you off with a verbal warning. Be an ass to the guy holding a phone or clipboard, and you'll be sitting in remedial presentation tomorrow morning, and start/finish work late.
@@Onehourworkout Why go union and pay dues? I'm an electrician for a private company and make union scale because we do prevailing wage jobs.
@@farkmuckerzerg634 if you go Union you get to keep your awesome health insurance when you retire... There's more benefits than just a paycheck. Everyone loves double time
@@Onehourworkout I get double time if I work Sundays just like union guys.
15-18 an hour is nothing now
Crazy that $18 an hour was a comfortable living wage before.
I make 40 to 50 and it feels like nothing
@@WildLifePrime an hour?
@@Jonsoncota yeah
@@WildLifePrime what you do for work?
Really nice of them tell let you know this, props to them for not shooing you away
"Good pay?" Laborer "Yea" boss man "$15 a hour" 🤣🤣
43$ an hour as a Journeyman plumber in Oregon.
But your not on the clock all the time. So only 2-3 hrs assignments then gap and then another job. What's ur yearly and how many hrs per week do you work
@Sun S I got up to 43 probably in July, got my last check on Friday. Before taxes I'm over 90k
@@suns1457 also I only do new construction, so pretty much always on the job.
@@suns1457 union plumber here to shut you the fuck up. My ytd was over 185k.
@@metalhead541 Damn dude, living like larry.
Hey man I appreciate you going out there and asking the questions we’d all like to ask these people. Gives us more insight if we want to start one of these careers
Facts bro i said the same
This information is readily available lol
@@Tre16 it’s conveniently in a short TH-cam reel that I can watch and listen to as opposed to looking up all this information. Also it shows people jobs they might might overlook or forget about or might not even know about. So funny lol
Learn a trade! ;
Master plumber $70/hr, apprentice $30/hr
- master electrical $75/hr apprentice $30/hr , journeyman $45-50
@@hankhill3417 idk about 30 an hour. I’m an apprentice glazier barely making 18 right now and I’m in California. Most apprentice jobs I’ve seen start at 17-20 but if you’re an apprentice you should just be looking for experience and the pay will come
FYI if someone is working on lines or anything over head DO NOT distract them. Good thing they were will to talk to you
I started at $25/hr at 18 years old with no experience as an apprentice/ground hand. once training is complete and you work on the utility poles as a lineman/fiber tech you can see anywhere from $30-$40/hr. Supervisors make more. this is in the New England area.
Guaranteed overtime and travel opportunities.
I work a security job sitting on my ass all day checking people in to a studio at $19 an hour. This job should pay more I feel like.
Lmao I get hush hush weekly pay doing the same line of work. Shit pay, but no trail for big brother to know about and I basically get paid to sit in my car and get high at night 😂
It does if your union lol
@@rudyz193 you work for epstein or sum? lol
I'm a developer here making 5$ an hour 💀 not in usa tho
@Rudy Z that's all good, but without a jib means no credit, which means no house, or car, or borrowing money.
I just stumbled on this guy and what a great source for helping people of thinking what they might want to do or switch into. Asks all the right questions. He’s not going up to millionaires asking what kind of car they’re driving. This helps blue collar hard workers. Not to mention high schoolers looking for ideas after they graduate. Nice job man.
I appreciate you
@@laneape*That's a J-Lashing MACHINE, It weighs 70 POUNDS*
TRY TO LIFT THAT UP WHILE YOU'RE CLIMBING UP A TELEPHONE POLE 😎🚬👍🏼
So pointless to compare two totally different things
Or kids on their own looking for higher paying jobs to pay the rent with. Loving these vids
Wow. Professional. A lot of guys would have dismissed you immediately and said get lost. Make this crew famous. So accommodating.
If these boys were playing with power on utility lines instead of telecom they get paid a lot more 💪
True but why bother risk your life for some extra cash. Stay safe lol
@@xL0stKIlah why did you disagree with me saying not to ruin your body for $30 an hour? You clearly agree with me
These the kind of videos we need more of.
No it’s rude af to interrupt working people and ask them how much they get paid.
@@legendofman12 how much do you get paid?
@@EdRosas1 a lot of money, perhaps the most money. why
@@legendofman12I’m sure bro was so pissed that he got a short break, even more pissed the guy made him answer at gun point I imagine.
Most fast food places pay 15 . Hell,my daughter makes 20 an hour at a grocery store. These wages are ridiculously low everywhere now
i make $16.50 at Walmart. overnight stocker
I was making 12.00 in 2019. Y’all seem rich lol.
And you’re stuck in that position forever haha. See this is the downfall with my generation. Y’all can’t seem to see anything in the future. You see what can easily benefit you in the moment. Kinda nice tho cause it makes getting hired easy when I’m competing against guys like you 😂😂
Im a automotive technician, our pay is $16-$18/H here in Maryland. We also get offered flat rate, but that requires you to work faster, and harder. Its not worth it most of the time
@@joebaby1975 $16-$18 isnt enough to live and do the things you want. im living paycheck to paycheck at $15/H. things are getting more and more expensive
Respect to all this man! They were the one that let us survive!
Patronize by corporations state to state
Jobs like this should be minimum 45 an hour right now
This isn’t being a lineman. This is for internet, not electricity. So no they aren’t going to get paid that.
At&t pays their Telephone Lineman around 43-47 an hour in California. Depending on the area. The Electrical Lineman can make more than that. For example, S.C. Edison pays their Lineman around 35-70 an hour, depending if they are a groundman, apprentice, utility, journeyman or a foreman. The term Lineman was first used by the Telephone Lineman and then by the Electrical Lineman. Today the cable tv companies also have Lineman placing cable. A Lineman is basically a worker that can place a power or telecommunications line.
Good on the workers for taking the time to answer questions while working.
I love how the boss man comes out and is very polite and informative
Real utilities are electric. I'm a lineman. I make 87 an hour, 2-4k a month for housing, all overtime is double time. 100% covered health care, dental, and vision. My wife is a nurse and she can't even get health care at her hospital as good as mine. 100% match on 401k, get a pension, life insurance, 3-4 weeks paid vacation a year, 2 weeks paid sick a year, paid holidays, 2 weeks emergency leave a year, 3.75% cost of living raise every year. I mean it's a pretty phenomenal job.
How do you start a career as a lineman without experience?
Sounds like union, congratulations on the position. Best wishes to your family!
@@kevincondon3206 you gotta know people to get in everyone knows that
@@kevincondon3206 You would have to be related to someone or just get extremely lucky is my guess.
@@kevincondon3206 you gotta know someone, mostly kids who has daddy money and was given this position because of there parents.
If you wanna get into it go to school (4-5 years) get your CDL A and apply for a lineman.
They'll start you 15 and you'll get 20 cent raises. 😅🤣
Most definitely they always say “you can make up to” it’s bs
I love how open they were to talk to you. Very good service bro, people need to know options
Great video! I really love you highlighting working people! There's a job for everyone out there.
Went to school for hvac, service tech for 5 years. Money was fantastic, but my health was degrading and social life was nomore. Quit and went to a manufacturing refrigeration company that pays well but of course not as much as the field but most importantly I had a life and a family to go home to. The trades are a different working environment, kudos to the ones that last 10+ years. 👏
Go work for a school district or city. I work for a school district as a filter tech and pay around $35, but H-vac pays around $40 plus starting.
I did hvac for 2 years, gained 40 pounds, girlfriend dumped me, had no energy or motivation, barley showered, hated my life, now I do land surveying, I still hate my life and can’t get a girl to talk to me but at least I have energy when I get home to sit at my desk and play video games wishing I was dead👍🏻 don’t go into the trades kids
@GOOBANGI Same up that money and get yourself spiffed up. The ladies will come don't worry about that.
I get $34 for sitting on my ass as a union security
How you get into that
hey me too! ass sitters unite!
Yep . Lots of books to read that way
Where at.
That’s $84 Canadian an hour you’re either a liar or extremely over paid
You doing good deeds brother showing kids and people there future in another job never to late
always nice to see when people are proud of their job
He forgot to mention that most of the time when it comes to utility work, it’s Hurry Up and Wait. You get paid just to sit in the cab of your truck waiting for the go ahead to do your job. And if your lucky, the company will send you to do a job that will only take 20 minutes to do, but you’ll still get a full 8 hours of pay to do it.
Yep. Especially city or county
Now that is a hell of a perk
Not enough they work there assis off in all weather.
Big money my ass
@@ronaldelarde3111 y’all stupid, learning a trade and landing a job can pay upwards of $50/hour after you make Union. This is kinda common knowledge
@@tuukkatuukka if there is no strike thay are private contractors
I usto rent my dump truck out to the electric or gas or the city we would do one job sometimes 2 when I worked for private contractors we would do 3 to 5 jobs in the same time with the same amount of guys . When I worked with city dump trucks on jobs they would do one job and go hide and sleep .
Some people, like myself, enjoy hard work. We're not all fat worthless pieces of crap
Imagine working in the 100° heat for 18 bucks an hour and then getting taxed to shit 🤣🤣😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣
I seriously appreciate this type of insight for jobs. I’ve found the automotive repair industry pays right around the same wages as this one in the video.
I appreciate this kind of video. Not pranks, but real information for people. Thanks.
$15-$18 is what you can make at target lmao
Not up to 30 tho
But like he said there's a lot of potential to earn way more. Good luck getting 30/hr at target
@@doom3380 not at Target but you can Make up $24 to $30 in some retail stores depending on area in my area you can get to $20s at Lowe’s after one year and my state isn’t even a good paying state
What about insurance and retirement? I have retirement and my insurance is 95% covered, which is equivalent to an additional $8 an hour for that alone ontop of $40/hr as a state worker. Gotta think of everything else, not just hourly wage
@@moctezumaaleg2008 that’s cap
Bro I work at a burger joint and they are starting off at $19 an hrs that's crazy they should start you off more for doing this kind of job
Honestly
These jobs always start you off with lower pay so they can make you stay longer. If all these jobs payed $30 an hour starting with no experience, then everybody would just work for a while and quit. Think about it, wouldn't you stay in a job that'll double your income in a few years.
Yeah but you’re not going to see that pay raise up to $30 plus
@@MisterTwo92 what after 10 years working up to that?
@@justindodge3213 no idea, but you still won’t see that after 10 years at a burger joint.
hahahah at Starbucks we get $17/hr bro is tripping out there sweating his ball off
Can’t make $30 an hour at Starbucks unless your a gm. Also, you don’t know what state this is in, and due to your local and state economies your wages could be higher for the area. Starbucks isn’t a career though.. Utility work can very easily lead you to earning upwards of $75k a year depending upon which specialized field you choose to go into. For example to median pay for a line worker is $61k a year.
Mind you this is all without any college education
@@christianalley7669 If you want to make a career out of being a grunt worker go ahead🤣🤣 some of us are in college for a real career while you’re dreaming of your “75k”. Just get an education bro. You’ll thank me later
@@pawgrespecter5560 “grunt worker” you clearly don’t know what your talking about. Maybe I don’t want to take on hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt just to get a piece of paper saying I’m certified to do a certain job. Getting an education doesn’t equal high paying job either. You sound naive. Furthermore, you can be just as much a “grunt worker” at any desk job… pecking orders and role players aren’t specific to labor jobs.
Nobody’s dreaming for $75k, that’s easily attainable and can afford anybody in the US a life worth living, don’t act like you’re above that.
@@pawgrespecter5560Had to enlist in the military for college. Not everyone has 30k a year for classes.
I love the straight forward answer
Amazon pays 17.50-22 starting. That’s some bs. Getting them 😂😂
It’s cool when you’re 16
My buddy makes 27.30 at Amazon. Night shift.
No license, no special endorsement, no high school diploma. I make 40 a hour as a rough and finish plumber
Mad respect to yall
Union groundman in CA starts at $38
How do you get into a union or find a place that is 38$ and hour??? Looking to get into this type of money
@@obama218sign the books at local 47 in riverside ca or local 1245 up north Vacaville ca(you’ll get work way faster up north), get your class a , osha 10 et&d, and first aid cpr.. climbing school helps but you don’t need it to sign the outside line books
@@obama218 cost like 260 to sign the books for 6 months and you’ll be placed on book 4 and keep resigning and paying your dues every 6 months and you’ll work your way down the books and then you’ll make a killing I recommend it to everyone…and the union groundman make 47 a hour and all overtime is double time and there’s plenty of ot I tell you !
bro you thats CA one of the most expensive states in America thats why you get that dough lol $38 dollars is not the standard across the country
Too bad ain’t nothing in cali to live 😂
I thought I was getting ripped off ...I appreciate my job more now.
Wow this is such great info, I’ve been at my job for nearly 17 years doin building maintenance and looking to relocate down south and these info u post are awesome thank you, I’m definitely changing occupation
Not unless you have a job the Mexicans can't take
Nice to have people saying what they wages realy are and not exaggerating like so many people do. Just give people accurate information and let them make a choice.
A construction company that maxs out there employees at 30 is a company to avoid
Really appreciate the boss coming up and being respectful instead of goin off on him. Some dudes do that shit
They deserve more
Just be a plumber. Start off at $18 minimum and earn up $50/hour. Average wages are $20-$30.
I sit at a desk and make 30$/HR. These guys deserve to make way more than that.
What do you do?
I retired and my actual take home for 160 hours is 44.00 an hour, that’s net. Choose your careers wisely.
let me know what you do for a living and if you're hiring? I'm in Illinois i'm 19 highly motivated with a decent resume I work as a flooring sales rep and trade stocks I only make $16.25 an hour and struggling
I make $36.80 an hr. My base pay is 32 but I get a 15% differential for working nights.
Agree
Im a union painter make 43$ an hr with benefits but still feelz like nothing but when you started making with 8$ an hr to now 43$ definitely a wonder feelin #UnionMoney
What MEANS union PAINTER?
😅
So after union fees you make $30/hr lol
I make $45 an hr as an aircraft mechanic, it's never enough. Now I feel like I need $50
@Lee F good lord smh.... you clearly know nothing about unions. You have a package that typically starts around 60-70 an hour depending on the union.
@@leef1500 bro the union package all together is 60$ with benefits health insurance 43$ what i take home with vacation #UnionMoney
"Is it Unio-"
Older guy: "Is there a problem here norm? 😀🔫"
in my country, no one need nothin,
"bro can u mix cement?"
"yea ofc."
hired*
Yikes. Enjoy your crumbling infrastructure and ticking time bombs.
I work for a small contracting company (consists of me and 4 other guys, 2 of which are my bosses) and I do something called “Ls6 audits” on cell tower sites. (Those towers with the blinking lights u see at night) we get work from Verizon directly. We get sent huge maps filled with hundreds of cell tower sites that need auditing. Basically, at these sites, I simply take a couple hundred pictures of the compounds and equipment within them, then measure out and draw the compounds to scale. I Then gather a little bit of visual info at each site and send it all to my boss man thru an app we use. I stay gone about 3 weeks out of every month and everyday that I’m gone, I work. 10 hours a day, everyday, til it’s time to come home for a week. I’d say the job is split roughly between 40% actually doing the audits, and 60% of the time it’s just driving to these sites. I get paid $30/hr, get $400 perdium every week, get bonuses pretty consistently, and even have my own truck and a company card I use for gas. 23 years old and I’m bringing in close to 7k a month at some points.
Interesting, what do they use the scaled drawing for? I’m a CAD operator and know how it is to recreate existing things to scale.
@@jonathanbraud5648 as far as I know the general purpose for what I’m doing is so they can have up to date templates made of the current sites in case they decide to add equipment to it and to figure if there’s even any room to do so. But yeah, mostly it’s so they can have updated templates.
That's great, dude!
That's awesome man. Hard working kid, keep at it young man. P.S. don't blow your money invest it in assets. You'll be wealthy in no time.
Sign me up, lol.
I started at UPS last week at 25$ an hour and I live in a dirt poor part of TN where factories with no AC or Heat only pay 12$
Wow it’s crazy hearing all this when I see these videos.Factory work is tough!
Go vols
Sounds like sweat shops not factories.
@@matthewandrade1893 Factories are no picnic, unless you work for one of the big 3
I went from making $13 an hour to $21 an hour in less than 2 years.
I love what I do. So happy I chose this path. It’s hard work but it’s feel good she’s work.
Only up to $30 per hour ??!!! UPS drivers get $40 and sitting and driving half the time
I saw 3 dead utility workers who never made it home from their job repairing an electric line. My heart goes to the families who lost loved one.
Utilities are no joke. Seriously dangerous stuff. I did a damage investigation where a contractor ripped through both a gas and electric service line at the same time... There were 30+ft flames gushing from the side of the building. Morale of the story, call before you dig guys. Calling for a locate and waiting for it can save a life, or a couple of lives.
Ik this clip was of linemen working on aerial lines, but it surprises me how many people don't even know what utility locators are, or that you can even get your utilities located...
If your contractor doesn't call in a locate to install your fence, your pool, whatever, get a new contractor. I've seen some utilities in dumb areas. There was a 60-100PSI high pressure gas main that just cut straight through a rural driveway. I don't even want to imagine what could've happened if they got some work done around there without a locate 😔
I make that being an inside wireman. There's no reason to do that dangerous work if they're not paying you.
Becoming an inside wireman has been the best decision of my life.
Inside wireman safer than utility?
@@alexismelendez3955 I believe so. Less amperage to grab you most of the time and less voltage (pressure behing the amperage).
@@TODD-KOBELL out of curiosity, how old are you? I work in building automation now and got out of the HVAC trade because literally every mechanic or electrician I worked with had a body that was breaking down.
@@EJD339 get into utility testing. I test substations and industrial switchgear. No cable pulls or anything physical like that, mostly testing and troubleshooting. Most physical part usually is climbing a ladder up a transformer or breaking apart connections, and half the time there's a line crew and bucket truck to help you
Manger was sorta upset but when your speaking truth and asking about a job, “he changed his tone” and really gave knowledge on the young man.
I work for an electrical utility in Texas. Helper with no experience start around $25 an hour, apprentices somewhere around $31 with a raise every six months after passing an exam showing mastery over the subject matter for that six months. After 3 years, or 6 six month periods you become a journeyman. They are around $48 an hour. This is all union, IBEW. Good pay and benefits for Texas.
I was watching this and I was like, "wait, I know that place".
This is in Fountain Valley, California on Elis Ave in-between Ward and the 405.
I used to work on this block.
Damn in California with that job that’s garbage money
I thought I was tripping. But it is Fountain Valley, my home.
LMFAO Dawg that's even worse. These dudes out here doing this shit for $18 an hour in CALI? nawww
Up to 30 With a class A? Rather just drive for 35/hr or more if milage pay
Playing with electricity for less than $25/hr is bonkers my first electrical apprenticeship was $14.75 a hr in 2018
Completely civil conversation amazing... never really see that on tik tok.
I make $31 an hour as a plumber in California from my first job and it’s nothing I can’t afford to live off of that which is why I have to work a second shift at McDonald’s at $17 an hour it’s just insane how expensive cost of living is
it's crazy out here man
Dont work at mcdonalds lol, start doing side jobs on your own.
Bruh get into a union. That’s your problem. And if you are really a plumber I doubt you’d work at McDonald’s because just like the guy mentioned you’d be doing side jobs
@@marley1995 it’s a 3 year wait to get into a union and they expect me to drive to there office 2 times per month which is 1 hour and a half from where I live to report myself so they can see that I still want the job and if I can’t make it I get moved back to the end of the waiting line again fuck all that bullshit I can’t be missing work like that and it’s not that easy getting side jobs man people ask you for your contractors license and insurance which is not cheap because plumbing is a high risk job where a lot of things can go wrong and home owners want to make sure damages will get covered but it’s alright man keep talking out your ass when you have no idea of how things work plus why would I quit McDonald’s? It’s easy as shit and we were just told that we will all be getting a raise to $22 an hour starting next year no reason to quit people try to bash on McDonald’s workers while most of them are making more money then people working in retail and warehouses
Can’t live off 31 an hour?? That’s insane, but tbh that’s cali
When someone doesn't tell you how much they pay usually its cause its crap. Pretty good money?. Class A?. 18 bucks an hour?. Glad to see they are competing with mcdonalds and burger King
Or it’s none of your business how much I make!
@@LA55PICHAS55 you can't be advertising a job and avoiding questions people care about the most.
LMFAO for real. Gotta learn and do all that just for $18 an hour? Gtfo old man lol I can just change oil and tires at Walmart for that lousy wage.
I heard $15-$18 an hour and almost felt bad for these guys
"Asher pull the lasher" -Edmond 😂 good times
When I was 13 I had a friend say I wont work for less than 15 bucks and hour back then I thought he was crazy.... now we charge ppl a minimum of 45 an hour to talk and then when the tools come out we take ppls savings. Thank you my guy for nailing in self worth at such a young age.
Doing what?
One utility worker in San Jose CA told me he makes $38 an hour and he just sets cones and directs traffic.
That’s California. So that equals to like $20/hr everywhere else
This is why you work union. Laborers getting blind robbed. Owner laughing all the way to the bank. I was doing utilities 30 years ago and was making 14.75 + $3 per going into retirement.
What a lot of people don't take into account is where the job is is located.
If I gotta get a special license for a job, I’m expecting $30 STARTING pay, not $30 after tons of experience💀
That's why when it comes to this type of work, you go union. I'm union low voltage and I'm at about $40 plus bennies.
I do this for a living in Canada, and the company I’m with now started me at $36.03 an hour
Yes, but your money is worth less than here.. So they pay you more because things cost more. Because again, your money is worth less.
@@ImARealHumanPerson this is fact
Thank you ur a genius coming from Someone who has no idea what to do with their life
Wtf, I better work at MCDONALD'S for that, same pay, no certificate or experience needed, and you can go to 50$ if you a manager
Thanks for the video bro do more helping young men get some knowledge an insight on different careers keep it up
I feel for these guys. Doing the hard work that keeps society running✌️
Last guy legit talking facts and sharing the truth like a boss, 1st guy getting shit pay class c for shore, speaking about class a🤦♂️
Bro turned into a skyrim npc "need something?"
I bet they work 6 days a week 12 hour days and make $18 what a joke.
Working with critical infrastructure no less !
Clam down Soft hands..
@@MrBogart420calm
@@MrBogart420bro thinks getting exploited is a flex
@attmd are you talking to him or a different bro 😂
wow I’m 20 and i make $28, I dropped out of high school and everyone thought I’d fail… now I’m laughing because I have 0 debt and I’m younger than most college graduates and I get paid good money to do what I love, I love the trades!
Stay with it my man. I got expelled at the beginning of 10th grade and everyone thought I’d be dead or in jail. I’m now 30, have a 3yo son an a 1yo daughter, foreman at my company makin well over $1k weekly with $50 a day perdium for a 30 min drive, and livin my best life. I also had my evaluation today for a raise so I’m not even sure what I’ll be makin next week lmao. All I got was “let me see how much I can get you” so hopefully I’ll get a nice lil raise again. The kids I went to school with are makin half the pay with degrees lol.
People fuckin hate when they think you’re going to fail and you end up passing everyone up and exceeding far beyond everyone’s expectations. Keep grindin, you’ll be makin more than that in no time. Also, $28 an hour at 20 years old is fuckin awesome. You’re out here doin the damn thing
@iiCORDii
Thanks for sharing, really needed to read something like this right now 💯
Good luck I was like that 20years old makes $31 hr labors Union in Chicago now I’m waste management and I’m 39 I wish I would’ve gone to school as you get old you regret not going to school putting with a lot bs on work some time wish you the best of luck
If that's enough for you, them more power to you.
I went back to school 15 years ago and made 6 figure salary as a machinist engineering program's. Go to school.
Truth is, some of you will be stuck getting paid under 20$ an hour, so don’t be afraid to explore and venture out into some new opportunities, you’re already wasting your time making little money so what’s the harm
This goes to show if you are willing to ask ppl are willing to help and it might be small but that how everyone starts
Depending on the state and locality that pay maybe good. Here in CA I'm in the local 11 union and our apprenticeship starting pay is 24$ (40% of the journeyman rate 59.60$). Every 6 months you get a 5% increase closer to 59.60$. There are many good things about unions and many bad things, just in case you were curious.
What are the bad ?
I like these type of videos, regular jobs for everyday people. Good Job 👍🏾