On: Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last?

[jamesmp98]

I keep hearing how great blue collar josb are, but looking at glassdoor, most of them seem to be in the $30k - $50k range in my state

[randomdata → jamesmp98]

If you spend your time around highly-paid software professionals, $30k-$50k may not seem great.

When you consider that the median income in the country is $31,099[1], making more than half the population is pretty great. At the upper end of that range, you are in the top 30%.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_...

[PopsiclePete → jamesmp98]

Heh. $50k isn't too bad, is it? Don't nurses start at that?

[jamesmp98 → PopsiclePete]

I mean, it depends on where you live I guess. Out here, you can probably live well on $50k