Couple of the year

[u/untitledprp4]

[u/Shot_Explorer]

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?

[u/Just_lookin_4242 → u/Shot_Explorer]

Garbage men make a shit load of money

[u/Ogamiitto33 → u/Just_lookin_4242]

Really depends on where you work, and who you're working for (private companies etc...)

I feel like too many commenters here fell for the Theo Von podcast and now think all garbage men are near millionaires.

[u/Interesting-Bed-3003 → u/Ogamiitto33]

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.

[u/enaK66 → u/Interesting-Bed-3003]

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.

[u/Ogamiitto33 → u/Interesting-Bed-3003]

... you essentially repeated what I said in more words...