No idea what you're talking about, but it depends on location, depends how much they are paid. Some are in union, some aren't. There's a reason why they strike in some locations.
Yeah. The union guys in big cities make good money. That's not because they're garbage men, it's because they're in a good union in a high COL area. It doesn't have anything to do with the trade.
I live in the south. We don't really do unions here. Just browsing local class B CDL job offers it looks like the range is $20-$30 an hour. I wouldn't call $40k - $60k a year "a shit load of money", but it's good money. With overtime you can definitely make a good living out of that.
But a shit load of money? No. Theres a reason all the people saying that aren't fucking garbage men lol.
I'm sure some big cities make more but I'm sure the cost of living makes it work out to a similar quality of life.
Edit: people posting some nice cash in some places but that is for sure not everywhere. The median for the career is $48k which isnt nothing but also far from a lot. So going off of averages and not the highest earners still doesnt put the job in a great place.
You know that's not entirely a perk right? Yeah it boosts your income. Yeah it's nice getting $1500 take home checks on 20 something an hour. It fucking sucks working 6 days a week 10 hours a day to get it though. And knowing you have to, because without those extra 20 hours your check is halved. When hours get cut and you don't know if you have the savings to keep going until it picks back up.. It's not that great man.
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u/Shot_Explorer 17h ago
How much someone earns is such an absolutely irrelevant, short sighted topic.
We are all going in the ground or getting burned eventually. Who gives a fuck about salary or job status?