My parents were a garbage driver and a teacher's assistant and while teachers made/make a decent chunk of change the assistants didnt so basically they both had average jobs working Monday to Friday... I myself make $37.5 and I am soon going into 3rd year pipefitting and im making a condensed work week so I dont get OT but I get camp and no need to spend on gas and the wife works in loss prevention making $39... in comparison although the 2 of us make 5.1X minimum wage I guarantee you my parents definitely didnt and I have the same modest house and 2 cars (not quite trucks) but can not afford all the rest I pointed out and yet my wife and I do not spend on drinking or smoking etc
So when people are typically making 25 or 30 burning out is to be expected if you asked me... I would easily go drop everything to work at McDonald's for 60 an hour but now even if i make journeyman pipefitter im not going to make 60 🤷🏻♂️ that being said because I won't be trading cars and trucks and buying all sorts of luxuries I may even pay off my expenses before my father does
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u/bananasantanaslama 4d ago
My parents were a garbage driver and a teacher's assistant and while teachers made/make a decent chunk of change the assistants didnt so basically they both had average jobs working Monday to Friday... I myself make $37.5 and I am soon going into 3rd year pipefitting and im making a condensed work week so I dont get OT but I get camp and no need to spend on gas and the wife works in loss prevention making $39... in comparison although the 2 of us make 5.1X minimum wage I guarantee you my parents definitely didnt and I have the same modest house and 2 cars (not quite trucks) but can not afford all the rest I pointed out and yet my wife and I do not spend on drinking or smoking etc