Blue Collar jobs over 90K/year?

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Anyone know of any that consistently offer more than that salary? If not, what's the closest you know of?
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I know a guy who's a pipefitter/welder that clears 150K a year easy.

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volcati wrote:
I know a guy who's a pipefitter/welder that clears 150K a year easy.

Good welders are getting hard to find.
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skid809 7/16/2008 12:22pm
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Well i work a buttload of Over time, sometimes 30 hours a week. Nothing to make 90K +.

I work in shipping/receiving in a tier 3 automotive manufacturer. No college degree...yet.

Some guys on the floor make over 100K pretty easy and run machines.
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Shipyard / Many trades...lots of hours but $$$
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jtomasik 7/16/2008 12:25pm
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How 'bout anything with base pay where you'd get close to 90K without overtime? I used to be both a journeyman diesel mechanic/fabricator and a welder, and the most I made was low $20's/hr. That was back in the late 1980's.
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TJ 755 7/16/2008 12:48pm
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Journey Electricians on prevailing wage work fetch over $50/hr. 90K a year these days isn't really that much.
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TJ 755 wrote:
Journey Electricians on prevailing wage work fetch over $50/hr. 90K a year these days isn't really that much.
Where?? Out here they make $35 per hour or so..
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Mining industry.

I know some of the guys in the Morenci boiler maker shop are at 30 + an hour, plus company housing, full med, constant overtime, and in some cases a company vehicle........gets close to 90K.
I've known a few forest firefighters that make that and more in a season due to overtime.
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jtomasik 7/16/2008 2:12pm
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So, it sounds like either a lot of overtime, or union jobs where you might possibly be laid off for part of the year, right?
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jtomasik wrote:
So, it sounds like either a lot of overtime, or union jobs where you might possibly be laid off for part of the year, right?
Pretty much it.. The longshoreman out here pull in 100k+ per year but they work alot of overtime. You thinking about a career change?
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I'm just burned out on white collar stuff. Used to do the blue collar thing a long time ago. I knew I'd miss aspects of it. I'd take a pay cut, but I need at least 90K/yr to meet my goals.

Oh, and working double time to make 90k gross doesn't cut it. Uncle Sam loved the crap out of me when I'd work too much overtime.
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Mid life crisis guys krack me up . Just stay where you are go buy a Vette . You son will thank you when he goes to college .

Oh lets not forget how cool he'll be showing up to prom in the Vette.
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Cygnus wrote:
Mid life crisis guys krack me up . Just stay where you are go buy a Vette . You son will thank you when he goes...
Mid life crisis guys krack me up . Just stay where you are go buy a Vette . You son will thank you when he goes to college .

Oh lets not forget how cool he'll be showing up to prom in the Vette.
Hey, aren't you supposed to be dead already?
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I'm in the carpenters union,as a lather..we get $40 an hour plus a little over $10 a hour in benefits..after taxes,it isn't that much
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jtomasik 7/16/2008 3:13pm
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I'll be preserving myself in about an hour and a half. Speaking of blue collar activities, did you use that blade I welded for you much after I welded it? I'm curious whether it held up.
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I'll be preserving myself in about an hour and a half. Speaking of blue collar activities, did you use that blade I welded for you much...
I'll be preserving myself in about an hour and a half. Speaking of blue collar activities, did you use that blade I welded for you much after I welded it? I'm curious whether it held up.
Shit ! You really haven't been here for a while. It's still fine . I bought a big disc at an auction a while back for a song . Bring the ford down and pull it around .
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jtomasik 7/16/2008 3:23pm
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Damn wife's relatives are eating up my summer. That, and I gotta drop $100 on fuel just to make the trip. You hear from Justin lately?

Hey, did you get through the dirty dozen?
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Damn wife's relatives are eating up my summer. That, and I gotta drop $100 on fuel just to make the trip. You hear from Justin lately...
Damn wife's relatives are eating up my summer. That, and I gotta drop $100 on fuel just to make the trip. You hear from Justin lately?

Hey, did you get through the dirty dozen?
I call BS on the hundred Dollars . You diesel guys all get 20+ MPG .

No my bike is down . Before you go off on the 4 stroke thing, it's beacause a chain, sprockets, guides and rollers are 200 bones. I hope to get them ordered after me and the kids go to the lake next week.
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jtomasik 7/16/2008 3:35pm
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Ok. F.U., bitch. I might have to pay you a visit now. Clean off the couch. If I show, I'm gettin' drunk and passing out at your place.
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Couple of Linemen I know make around 175K a year. They are never at home and talk about scary job. Also everyone I know that works for LADWP makes bank. City of L.A. pays really well.
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automotive reconditioning!


www.colornew.com

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$200,000 per no problem
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jtomasik 7/16/2008 4:10pm
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automotive reconditioning!


www.colornew.com

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colors on parade pdr....paintless dent repair

$200,000 per no problem
Laughing

Unit C-14 in Tampa, eh? Sounds like a successful, high dollar organization.
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Welders and pipefitters in Ft. MacMurray and even closer to Edmonton are clearing well over a 100K a year. There's 40-50 billion in new upgraders and refineries going up that they're about to break ground on. Should be bank for the trades for a few years to come.

The drill rig guys make great coin too, but there's a lot of isolation and time away from the family to get it.
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jtomasik wrote:
I'm just burned out on white collar stuff. Used to do the blue collar thing a long time ago. I knew I'd miss aspects of it...
I'm just burned out on white collar stuff. Used to do the blue collar thing a long time ago. I knew I'd miss aspects of it. I'd take a pay cut, but I need at least 90K/yr to meet my goals.

Oh, and working double time to make 90k gross doesn't cut it. Uncle Sam loved the crap out of me when I'd work too much overtime.
How much risk are you willing to take on? That diesel wrenching background can net you more bank than you can possibly imagine..........and some of it can be tax free. I'm talking 200K first year, 300K 2nd.

Your wife won't dig it (or maybe she will?), but the benefits are great, including provided life/disability and health insurance.

You'll get paid to come home 2x a year.

The downside is..........you may show up on the evening news getting your head whacked off..........but hey, life is full of challenges.

Nothing out there will put a grinding screeching hault to the ol' mid life crisis like a few months in the sandbox.


Alternatively, you can just do what every other middle class American male does when they hit that point:

Choose one:

1. Affair with stupid 20 something blonde with fake tits. (may cost 1/2 your current assets).
2. Buy a 70's muscle car.
3. Buy a harley.
4. Get your wife drunk and "accidently" poke her in the poop shoot (may also cost 1/2 current assets).
5. Become a functioning alcoholic. It won't solve anything, but it'll make the time you have left go a lot faster.
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jtomasik wrote:
I'm just burned out on white collar stuff. Used to do the blue collar thing a long time ago. I knew I'd miss aspects of it...
I'm just burned out on white collar stuff. Used to do the blue collar thing a long time ago. I knew I'd miss aspects of it. I'd take a pay cut, but I need at least 90K/yr to meet my goals.

Oh, and working double time to make 90k gross doesn't cut it. Uncle Sam loved the crap out of me when I'd work too much overtime.
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How much risk are you willing to take on? That diesel wrenching background can net you more bank than you can possibly imagine..........and some of it...
How much risk are you willing to take on? That diesel wrenching background can net you more bank than you can possibly imagine..........and some of it can be tax free. I'm talking 200K first year, 300K 2nd.

Your wife won't dig it (or maybe she will?), but the benefits are great, including provided life/disability and health insurance.

You'll get paid to come home 2x a year.

The downside is..........you may show up on the evening news getting your head whacked off..........but hey, life is full of challenges.

Nothing out there will put a grinding screeching hault to the ol' mid life crisis like a few months in the sandbox.


Alternatively, you can just do what every other middle class American male does when they hit that point:

Choose one:

1. Affair with stupid 20 something blonde with fake tits. (may cost 1/2 your current assets).
2. Buy a 70's muscle car.
3. Buy a harley.
4. Get your wife drunk and "accidently" poke her in the poop shoot (may also cost 1/2 current assets).
5. Become a functioning alcoholic. It won't solve anything, but it'll make the time you have left go a lot faster.
Choose one:

1. Affair with stupid 20 something blonde with fake tits. (may cost 1/2 your current assets).
2. Buy a 70's muscle car.
3. Buy a harley.
4. Get your wife drunk and "accidently" poke her in the poop shoot (may also cost 1/2 current assets).
5. Become a functioning alcoholic. It won't solve anything, but it'll make the time you have left go a lot faster.




Damn, I am 4 for 5.

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