Top 5 Trades in 2023 to make over 100K / Blue Collar Jobs

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[CK]

5. Carpentry
4. Masonry
3. Plumbing
2. Electrician
1. HVAC/R

Any trade is awesome to get into! But if you are focused on financial sustainability, focus on trades that are heavily involved in home improvement because both residential and commercial properties always remodel, reconstruct, and renovate their properties.

Painters 🎨, Plumbers 🪠, Electricians ⚡️, HVACR 🔥/❄️ Technicians, Masons 🧱, Carpenters 🪵, Surveyors 🧭, and even Interior Designers 🏡can make bank 💵.

[mikethemechanic]

Been a Diesel mechanic for 21 years. Make 90k with little overtime. The pay to start has gone up quite a bit the last few years. Gone are the days of getting yelled at and treated like crap. You don’t have to go to school to start out. I have guys making 28 hr to start as an apprentice. My work pays for your college and your kids. That was brought on by Covid and employee retention. Construction is not guaranteed. 2008 lost lots of jobs. Mechanics are job proof. Always work. We have a shortage also. No one pisses us off. Employers know we can find a job in a week.

[jonnysaint]

The biggest problem with the trades is finding someone to take you on. Most employers can't be bothered training people with zero experience. There isn't a shortage of people in the trades, there is a shortage of experienced people in trades.

[nsideoutn]

I am 40 and got into HVAC one year ago after painting for 17 years and owning a business for 10 years. I was really ready to learn something new. I was excited to hear your number one answer. I was just recently wondering what I wanted to do, if I wanted to change careers or not, I just decided I’m going to stick out HVAC follow through and push hard. I really like it, it incorporates many of the trades.

[josepartida]

Been an electrician for 7 years now finally got my journeyman’s license money is super great! Yes it’s dangerous but I love it!

[StephenOgorzalek]

Great list of trades. Being a Welder for almost 20 years is also a great trade to get into. The pay is great especially if you have experience. Most welding jobs also have lots of overtime which is a big plus if you want to save for a car, house, etc.

[ptsba]

I've watched a bunch of these trades that make money videos and every single one leaves out industrial trades. Millwrights, Pipefitters, industrial electricians, power systems electricians and industrial instrument and controls technicians are all great trades to get into and earn a really really good wage.

[Killerrob-rnos]

Electrician hvac tech and plumber are the top 3 trades for job security, business ownership and pay . They will never be automated and only the new construction side is affected by the economy but you will always be employed as one one those three. I wish I started when I was 18 I’d be set by now

[hollyweissend]

My husband is an electrical apprentice (4th year) and once he gets his master license, another 2 years, we plan to open our own business. Everyone says there is so much money in electrical, but apprentices don’t get paid much! My husband works for a small business currently and drives a company van and is definitely a top earner for the apprentices in our area at 20/hour. They say average pay for a journeyman is 25/hour… but we are hoping there is more to be made

[frankstalteri]

I been in the hvac/r trade almost 40 years. I'm not a workaholic, though had I been, lots of money to be made. Never been unemployed. Just jinxed myself. But also. You would learn more than you realize. You will learn electric and piping work also maby sheet metal. My point being, in hvac you can save money by doing minor electrical and plumbing repairs around your own home. Your not a plumber or electrician, but you will learn enough not to burn your house down and change your hot water heater if needed. That's a caviot to that trade.

[wwjesusjrubiojrdo]

Refrigeration #1. Commercial refrigeration is great pay and we all need frozen foods or refrigerated foods. Plus you don’t have to depend on a cheap ass home owner to sell too. All grocery stores and restaurants will keep you busy all year and we need new blood. Please consider this trade. Thanks.

[jonathanklopf]

i'm a retired licensed plumber-pipefitter and i must say i loved my trade, i loved the variety of jobs i worked on and being around other trades guy's and gals. you can learn alot just from watching the other trades do their work and most will answer your questions if you have an issue at home with say electrical.

[delta-theoryarizona]

Im a commercial plumber and if you can figure shit out and learn when youre told something once youll make a lot of $$ and ot if you want it. Plus side work and it incorporates every other trades. We're kings!!

[nickmyers]

I worked as an exterior remodel helper doing windows and door installation as a teen for close to 10 years. Now here I am 5 years later at 29 and want to make what I’m worth. I currently work as a simple stocker at a local store and I’ve had enough. I outpace everyone around me and give it all and am tired of getting nothing back. I don’t have a single problem with working 6 days a week 12 hours a day and learning whatever I have to to get ahead as long as I don’t learn from someone with drinking or drug issues as in the past. What’s my first step towards a new future in any of these sectors. Drug screening and background check are no problem at all

[YOUR_NARRATOR]

My dad is a jack of all trades (except welding, if that counts, and masonry) and I've come to find HVAC and carpentry to be the most fun.
Right now, I'm taking a carpentry and HVAC class in high school. While HVAC is tough, it's fun. (Also just starting out, an HVAC technician makes $54K a year. Which is insane bc most of the kids with jobs at my school don't even make half of that)

[zacharypierce]

I’m a certified crane operator. Sitting in a box all day is all fine and dandy until you start thinking about life. Now I’m here.

[jeffsmith]

Journeyman lineman here. I made 215k last year. Lowest JL at my job maybe made 145-155k last year. The highest OT whores make 350-400k

[notsure]

You can become a machinist right off the street. You can get a certificate for it at most community colleges, fully paid by FAFSA, and be job ready for better pay before you graduate. The trade is in desperate need of people. Machine shops where I live are always hiring, pretty easy to work for, and pay pretty well, and its not physically taxing. If you get into programming or metrology the pay goes up even more.

[kidlo]

I wish welding was a high demand trade. Tig welding is probably the only high demand welding process but almost everyone starting to learn it.

[alfredochiappini]

Just started school to be a marine electrician. Theres a massive shortage of skilled marine e techs and I couldnt be more excited