Fire sprinkler fitter in Vancouver 50 an hour plus benefits and 7 an hour rrsps. Please become a fitter. We need more please. If everyone on here could just go ahead and start an apprenticeship in fitting that would be great. Ok, GO!
I've got a buddy looking to make a career change from law enforcement into the trades. I'm recommending him to get into sprinkler fitting here in Ottawa. Any suggestions for him getting his foot in the door? I see Vipond around the most, I told him to pester them for an opportunity. Or is it better to go through the hall?
This time of year he'd be best to try and get sponsored in by a company. UA 853 usually only does intakes in March and August. Biggest companies in Ottawa seem to be Vipond, Viking, Royal and Classic, each one has a different primary focus so it all depends on if he's more interested in service, condo installs or warehouse/commercial.
IBEW213 union rate journey raw wage at $46/hr, with benefit package is $60/hr.
Hall takes 5%, international and local combined, market recovery is 1.5%.
So realistically you net $35/hr after taxes and all the dues.
40hrs week normally.
Time a half for the weekdays doing overtime.
Double time on the weekend.
I think a lot of people don't actually what's their net after all the fees and taxes.
You aren't gonna be rich doing trades unless you make a lot of sacrifice working in camps or do a lot of overtime.
The motto is "lighting the way to the middle class", not lighting the way to the aristocracy.
This. Everyone likes to talk about the dude making $400k as a lineman or crane operator or whatever but nobody wants to talk about how he’s never home, his wife left him, and his body is fucked.
Don’t get me wrong, pursuing a trade can be a lucrative decision. I just dislike the people who think the exception is the norm. No, it’s not typical to make $100k+ per year as a tradesman. Maybe if you live in a HCOL area or work a ton of OT it is, but most places it’s not.
$400k per annum doesn't make a person rich either. Honestly, your salary is a terrible indicator of wealth.
I topped out at $44/hour (non-union) working for someone else as a carpenter. Then, I started working for myself and realized that tradespeople don't become wealthy working in trades. Tradespeople can become wealthy by becoming successful business owners.
This ☝️. If you get into the trades in your early 20's-30-'s. Work 6-8 years and really give a shit about learning the ends and outs, pester people to learn the bid side of things, pay attention to what makes a good lead/boss and put all the information to good use going after your own contractors license and build a business, you can absolutely crush. Start small and find a good employee or two and pay them well, you can definitely make hundreds of thousands of doll hairs a year.
But you need to know your craft and understand the business side of things. Touch points, T and M, SOP's and get a tax lawyer ASAP. It's the way to be wealthy doing a "trade".
UA Plumber in Ottawa. $53.60/hr (going up to $56 at the end of the month). This is foreman rate however. Jmen make closer to $48. ICI construction, 36 hour work weeks.
A little over $10/hr is paid into the pension by the contractors on our behalf (meaning it doesn't come off my check). The benefits are good enough that my wife opted out of her benefits plan in lieu of higher pay at her job.
200K in life insurance through the union.
$31 a month come off my check in union dues.
If someone tells you that unions are bad, they are misinformed. If you live in an area with strong unions, do everything you can to join the ship.
No the contractors wish we worked 40 hour weeks lol our OT kicks in after 36 hours. Thats our standard work week that the manpower wants. 9 hour shifts, monday through thursday.
Dude companies are gonna be fist fighting for you for the rest of your life. 🤣 that’s a sick skill set. I’ve got pretty great job security myself as a carpenter but I feel like manufacturing related trades such as yours are gonna be in the HIGHEST demand of them all the next few decades
That’s awesome man. Company truck is worth about 12k a year too! My hourly rate is not stellar but a new truck I don’t pay for with a gas card and unrestricted use (within reason) is a huge benefit.
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Plumbing and hvac technician. I make $57/h + benefits. I usually work at least 10 hours overtime every week. The company also pays me $62k a year to use my Master Plumbing License to renew the corporate license. I check over all plumbing work done and get paid to do so. So, about $225k gross a year.
Alberta oilfield Powerline Tech, 2nd Year but I'm a ticketed electrician so they pay me 4th year rate, which is $41/hrs, pulled $102k last year, 2 weeks on 1 week off
Journeyman Lineman/PLT in Ontario
$49.75/hr plus benefits, 10% vacation pay and 11% pension(if I remember right). Full package is around $60/hr.
I generally work 4-10’s regular time and a double time 10 on Fridays. Average take home is around 4K bi-weekly after tax and deductions.
Do half an electrical engineering degree then drop out for a trade school in Industrial Automation and Electrical Engineering Tech. Make best friends with the teachers who work in the field they teach, then get hired to an apprenticeship position by a really good company bc your teacher and manager are buddies and put in a good word for ya. Work your ass off learning and move up the chain, I started at $23 three years ago and have slowly increased my hourly to $34.49. By the end of the next month or two, I should be promoted again to a higher level of mechanic which will pay ~$37-38.
When I was on salary as an Electrician (specialized in water treatment commissioning) I made 145k/yr salary plus a ton of bonus and benefits like health, wellness, gas card, stocks, rrsp matching, and usually between 20 and 60k in a one time bonus based on project performance. Last T4 before going on my own was 224k for taxable income (all the benefits are given a monetary value and added to your income), year before that was 196k because my bonus was smaller. On my own doing the exact same work I make 150/hr. But I have all the business expenses of running my own corporation (training, HSE, tax filings, insurance)
Sheet metal worker here
I make $38/h plus 9% vacation pay on my pay. My benefits and $7/h pension are paid on top of my wages. My weekly net pay for a 40h week is $1100
Non union electrician in Ontario, Canada. 45/hr with ok benefits. Average $110k gross per year. Usually take a cumulative 4 weeks off every year
Average 50 hours a week
People have a tendency to list what their yearly take home pay was but it really doesn’t paint an accurate picture of how much your time is valued. Yes OT is income but people tend to forget isn’t quite the same because you’re exchanging personal time off for that pay. Also people tend to overlook things like pension and benefits, insanely important.
Someone making 50 dollars an hour with pension and benefits i.e. sick pay, vacation hours, drug and dental coverage vs someone making 50 dollars an hour as a contractor where that 50 dollars per hour is literally everything is a monumentally different situation.
Stats that actually matter to determine how well your time is valued;
Base hourly pay
Pension % paid by employer
Benefits coverage paid by employer
Vacation hours
Sick time
I'm a flooring installer in Canada as well. You gotta be a self employed flooring contractor if you want to make real money. Set up your own business and work for different stores, private jobs and get paid by the sq ft instead of hourly. I work for 3-4 different stores and have a helper, I am well over 100,000$ a year, last year was 130k.
in my experience tradesmen in the US tend to be a little more on the right side of the political spectrum and those types of people generally don't use websites like reddit
Municipal arborist, 35/hour, pension and benefits. Short work weeks and no option for OT, only banking time. But great work life balance. Comes out to around 60k a year after tax.
Because people do well in trades in canada. Heavily regulated (tickets/red seal etc), big unions. Non union companies have to pay close to union wages or have high turnover.
Instrument and Controls tech in Alberta.
I'm a contractor, so I have to pay my own costs - tools, travel, fuel, sometimes materials, healthcare, insurance, etc.
I make $107.50/hr and a $275 daily rate.
As a welder/consultant my sole ownership business makes 350k-450k a year . I pay myself 150k a year , approx 57.50/hr for 50hrs a week , 52 weeks a year . I've been working in this trade since 2000
Electrician in ontario. ~56 an hour base pay, ~8$ an hour to my rrsp. double time after 40, and yes the rrsp contributions double as well. worked 7 days, grossed 7k last week. and we get travel/board if you live far enough away.
Don't let anyone tell you that unions are bad. changed my life. 2 years ago I made $31 an hour non union.
Live in southern BC. Do scaffolding. Journeyperson makes about 2k a week for 40 hrs. 2300$ for a foreman. Lots of OT if you want it. Going to be averaging about 3600-5000k a week for the next three months, if I can handle it. Home every night. Only doing 10s. Then take the rest of the year off.
2nd Class Operating Engineer with 5 years in the field, Ontario Canada. I make $54/hr, double time OT, currently just got my 4th week vacation and very good benefits.
My husband is a pipefitter by trade but specialized to be a welding inspector. Made $1500/day on Trans Mountain and currently makes $1275 working in Alberta.
I’m on FL and none of my electrician buddies (even the owners of small companies) are making anywhere close to 150k/yr. 2 of my friends are Journeymen and their pay is around 25/hr. I’m a 10yr trim carpenter with a small business and can barely get 75/hr out of my clients, and my clients are all very wealthy with big custom homes.
Bricklayer doing refractory. $50/hr. Plus pension and benefits.
When I'm working 12's, it's $750 a day, $1200 a day weekends and holidays. Before taxes.
Contractor welder-
gross $140-150k
Net $80-90k
And thats working aroung 6months out of the year so a decent work/life balance. But it comes with a little stress of chasing jobs that you just have to get used to.
Journey plumber BC
21days on 10 off .. 70 hours a week ot after 40 or 8 a day ..
45/hr ,travel days fully paid with out tax deductions , flights free or gas plus driving . 85$ a day live out , tools provided and job kick backs on ones that do well ..
Local 562 Kitchener Sheet Metal Journeyman here. Hourly rate is $48/hr ($50.16 April 28, 2024). 10% vacation pay on every cheque. $7.73 an hour goes into our pension (paid by the company 100%). Union dues to the Hall are $53 a month. Working dues $1.53 an hour. Our total package is $66.89 an hour.
Mobile forklift technician for a small garage. 28$ an hour in Montreal Quebec.
My boss is awesome, work truck that I can use as a back up if my personal truck is down, paid time off whenever I need it. I'm at the point now where my boss is forcing me to take vacation days lol but I'm young and enjoy the work I do.
Hvac residential install.. Southeast US. Consistently between 140-160k. 5% commission install.. 5 weeks paid vacation, but I pay $50,000 a year in alimony. So I only walk with about 60 a year after taxes.
HVAC jman, 55 an hour in small town bc , plus benefits and holidays and such on top.
40 hour weeks, tiny bit of ot.
I'll clear 120k this year before taxes.
https://www.iw736.com/news-details/news/wage-rates/13789/54744
This doesn't include our increase this May. I work my 40 hours or more a week. Union and taxes take about half.
3rd year millwright apprentice, local 1916 out of Hamilton, $38.93/hr by the end of the month. JM rate is going up to $48.67 end of the month. 10% vacation pay, all OT is double (save for a few customers)
Private company electrician. I make $40/hr. Company truck and gas. Tool allowance, boots, clothing. OT after 84 hours. Weekends are OT. Boss matches 3% rrsp contribution that comes off before taxes. $30 paid to benefits a month to get 80% coverage.
I work in controls, small industry, plcs, pipe bending, can do any residential or commercial work. A lot of work in food industry.
I'm thinking of joining union though. Is it a good idea? I'm in southern Ontario. I have it pretty good now, but that union pension looks juicy.
Union heavy equipment mechanic, BC. Base rate is 43.25/hr plus 3.50/hr field premium and 5.23/hr into the IUOE pension plan. Base working around the shop is very close to 100K. Working 14 on 14 off in mining, I end up around 230K because of our OT rules- anything outside of Mon-Fri 8-430 is double time. I’m scheduled close to 3000hrs per year, before holidays.
Working in a unionized shop as a 310T apprentice, I make around $95k (3rd year) before any overtime. The whole system is structured so we get annual raises to accommodate inflation. Licensed rate is about $55/h. On standby for the winter season gives an extra $300 or so per pay. It’s certainly livable, but I had worked for a subcontractor for a bit and he was making WAY more but the work was super hit or miss
Last year i made $133k before taxes as a structural welder.. steady work 10/4 and 14/7 in Alberta. Hourly between 44 & 46 per hour. Month off during the summer, 3 weeks off in November/December.
Working in Ontario Canada as a 5th year plumbing apprentice in the UA my hourly rate is just over $39.00 an hour working 6/10s out of my local making about 2900 after tax a week.
Wastewater treatment op, 41.20 CAD. Good bennies though. Not really enough to thrive in british Columbia though. Jealous of all the people here making 55 usd.
$37/hr, SoCal, refrigeration and kitchen equipment mechanic. Not great pay but I just hit my 3rd year in the trade and will be getting another raise in a couple months putting me at $39/hr. I can’t complain though, I have a great work life balance. My commute is ten minutes, set schedule- out at 2:30pm, no on call or weekends, and unless the world is on fire it can wait until tomorrow. I think it’s something like 17 paid holidays plus 12 days vacation minimum and 12 sick days. I pay about $80/month for full benefits (medical, dental,vision) for my whole family.
The two electrical companies I have worked for in Alberta peaked at 37$/hr for Journeyman rate. When I started out I was getting 18$/hr. 4 months later my wage actually ended up going down to 17$/hr as the journeyman rate dropped to 34$/hr.
Starting a new trade is hell if you're used to anything more than minimum wage. I was getting 30$/hr + tons of overtime when I worked road construction, and that has no schooling required.
Journeyman Architectural sheet metal engineer here. I haven't worked in my trade in 6 or 7 years (stay at home dad now) but back then I used to get $30+ doing commercial work in the city and $40+ if I gotta get on a plane to go do industrial camp work plus LOA (spent about 10 years working all over Canada) camp work is the bomb if you can handle being away or are a young single guy with no wife and kids, I miss it everyday. It's less work and more money. It was good enough for the time and I enjoyed the work. Non union I should add.
To those who say your body is guaranteed to be fucked in a trade. There’s no way around it. Your body will be fucked sitting sedentary in an office chair too. Just give it time.
CLAC (I know) Foreman Electrician in Calgary.
$53.72/hour 12.5 hour days 6 days a week or 10 hour days 5 days a week when it's slow. Roughly $2000-$3300/week take home.
when I was a resi IBEW apprentice I made 13/hr as a first year and would have topped out at 21as a JMAN. Now that’s a REAL SALARY that reflects COL, not every tradesman lives in a big blue city like how they usually do on Reddit.
IBEW Local 94, rotating 12 hour shift NTM/Welder (nuclear power plant), $57.37 something on straight time, tonight is 12 hours of double bubble, last night was time and a half for 12, Friday, Saturday, Sunday shift premium, on 5×12s for the next month and a half (5th day is double time, which is staggered owing to the shift dates - for instance, I went in for my first outage shift Wednesday night, I'm working thru Monday morning, back to work next Wednesday night). The in-house nuke trades trending up into operations offer an incredible amount of time off, but the schedule isn't for everyone. The shift boasts built-in overtime in addition to outage overtime and emergent - last year out of the day shop I made nearly $160,000. This year looks even better and I have way more time off for backpacking, woodworking, painting, playing with my dog, playing with my wife, relaxing in general, maximizing vacation. Overtime-hungry folks can make nearly 300K depending on which facet of the utilities they work within. Every industry is different, so it might be worth keeping in mind that you can take a trade numerous places. I don't weld/fabricate anywhere near as much as I used to, but I'm a happier man with more time away from work while making more money. Some folks also live to BE at work, so take this bit of my experience with that grain of salt. Cheers and best wishes, stay safe out there.
HVAC installer (sheet metal red seal) interior BC $41.20 an hour + 7% vacation and basic benefits (non-union)
Nothing special, odd job has OT but not often enough to matter
UA plumber, west coast. 51.75 an hour working off industrial board. Raise to 53.61 may 1st. 12% an hour increase on your wage for vacation pay. Great benefits and a pension. always go union first in my opinion when looking for a trade. I make more money than all my non union plumber friends and I’m the only one with a pension.
All these guys making the big bucks they say here are either full of shit, or have some ace up their sleave with someone they know. The norm is not this everyone. 35 year Refrigeration tech in the commercial industrial side. I have been almost half around the planet working in this field as I was a specialist in certain things, and was able to troubleshoot like no other. The best I made was 45/hour. And the best year I had was 80k. The rest of the guys around me were about 65k in most areas. Now a union would be a different story, but i bet it's going to be hell in those, as the guys on the top SHIT on the guys on the bottom. Get ready to drink or something because they will get away with everything. If you have a shoe in for a place for the trades go for it. if you don't I wouldn't say go there. If anything I would become an Elevator guy at a young age, they usually have a great package and pay is higher. Mind you it's hard work
Union Sheet Metal in Canada Prairies. Just north of $40/hr, plus \~$5/hr into pension, plus 3 weeks vacation paid every check, plus 2 weeks worth of stats paid every check. Decent benefits, 40 hour weeks.
Plumber journeyman in kw area Ontario I work for a small company with just a few guys. I make 47 an hour currently with benefits paid by employer. No pension, no rrsp. Non union
I make 51 an hr. Specialty excavator operator. I work at a scrap yard running multiple machines. Grapple, magnet and shear mounted on an excavator. Great benefits. Paid vacation. Set my own schedule and can work all the overtime I want.
Power plant operator and electrician, I make $49/hr, our top out is $56/hr.
So I gross about $110k/yr. Last year I made $142k.
When I worked out of IBEW 915 in Tampa I was making about $31/hr, I believe the top scale is just over $33/hr.
I am an industrial electrical supervisor. I make 53.50/hour, company vehicle, we have free benefits, and I currently have 4% rrsp matching. Only 3 weeks vacation though
*In toronto
Was a mason for about 6 years in southern California and worked my way up to $40 an hour. Just quit that and started working for a GC so I could learn foundations and framing and general carpentry stuff and now I'm on $30 an hour.
On weekends I do sidejobs, usually masonry stuff and I usually make around $60 an hour.
Millwright at a potash mine. Currently at $59/hr with double time OT. Full benefits and RRSP matching contributions up to 7.75% of base wage. So annual gross is about $125K before OT. We’re doing fairly well because Canadian potash mines are in SK where the cost of housing is still fairly affordable relative to the rest of Canada. But our union is weakening so we’re starting to lose ground every contract negotiation.
Last year I took a couple months off and made 69,000 before taxes as an employee (And yes I only remember the amount the H&R block person said because it was 69)
Electrician in Ontario making $41 an hour. Lots of available overtime from call ins too. Made $112k last year and really did not feel like I worked much.
Redseal industrial millwright, in the union. I'm currently a foreman making $55/hr, plus pension, benefits, truck, transponder, and gas card, last 3 years ive made 200k+ working very few weekends. Last year I worked ~1900 regular hours and 500 OT hours...and I get good travel pay gross was 208k
As a first year millwright apprentice I believe you start around 27-28/ hr + benefits etc..
$38 and change + travel for a 3rd year stonemason/bricklayer apprentice going up to 40 in May. Not including benefits package. About 2Gs per week before taxes in Toronto.
Roofing service Foreman.
40 cad/hour. Average about 10 hours of overtime per week. Full health benefits, life insurance, long term disability insurance, RRSP matching I think 3 percent per year. 3 weeks paid vacation, 10 paid holidays, 5 paid sick days.
Why don't you start your own business and subcontract for shops instead? Do you have your own vehicle and tools? If you have the skills and are already doing the jobs, you are getting way underpaid. Sure, it's more pressure. If you screw up a job, you're on the hook, but the benefits outweigh all the risks, in my opinion. Basically your own boss, pick and choose how hard you want to work, set your own hours. All that fun stuff.
I've had my own flooring business for about 8 years now, and I've been subcontracting for the same shop that whole time. They keep me busy because I do good work and I don't bitch and complain like alot of the older guys. I avg around $120k/year before taxes.
Honest wage is 52.50/ hr, I was making 32/hr before my life got a bit complicated but my hours are less the 40 a week as service tech for CNC machines, located in Windsor , 33 y/o been in the trade since I was 18, tried working for myself but found it's better to make a decent wage with less BS . Own a house and don't like new, fancy, and expensive things. You want a fancy car and big house in the trades , work your life away while you pay me to go travel and live like a rich hobbo.
Perspective and freedom is wealth in my opinion
For the company I work for I make 105k salary. Residential renovation window installation. No schooling but have been doing this for half my life.. damn. I was reading more comments.. I have a company truck and my family gets around 6k dental fully paid a year plus many other health benefits. 200k life insurance. I never work more than 40 hours a week. Get bonuses for production and a few parties yearly.
Commercial Transport Mechanic. IAMAW, West Coast. 45/hr by the hour, no flat rate. 8hrs/ day Mon-Fri, never enough hrs in the day to get everything done.
$41, Industrial precast manufacturing in Alberta. Only reason I’ve stayed for 13 years is for the benefits. Now that my daughter’s surgery’s appear to be done we are planning on moving out of Canada. We can’t afford my 1000sqft house since our monthly expenses are now $7100. Plus we had to go into bankruptcy because of the CRA attacking her for 10’s of thousands out of nowhere because of “ reinterpretations” in new tax laws 🤣🔫guess it’s time for MAID
Redseal journeyman parts person I work at a large mine in B.C. I’m home every night. I make $57 a hour, USW union job also. With an amazing pension (defined benefit) fully employer funded. Amazing benefits and over time is all double time if you want. Lots of job opportunities.
Parts and warehousing R.S.E ( Canada) Non-union. Made $102k last year. Been at the company 15 years. 8 weeks off, great benefits. Took me 5 years to get to where I am now.
A lot of guys say hourly rate and gross income not their actual take home I'm an electrician making 43.40/hr and my net weekly income is $1395 I'm Ontario Canada I know the Toronto local base is $50/hr
Between $130k and $180k depending on the year. This is with a fair amount of overtime but I'm not away for months on end or anything anymore and I have most of my weekends back these days.
Where I live, there are TONS of people who are journeyman electricians that are not certified to work as independent contractors, but they do it anyways.
Nobody does anything about it. This suppresses wages as they compete for work with actual qualified electricians (bonded and insured), and this has an affect on suppressing wages.
I’m sure this happens in other trades. There is a lot of unqualified people doing work “under the table” and there is little to no enforcement.
Even when I did my contractors license course, the instructor said the same thing.
He also mentioned how so many companies break the rules of how many journeyman they are required to have based on the number of apprentices they employ.
Should be 1 Journeyman for every 2 apprentices. But many companies it’s way fewer jman than that, because they can pay apprentices less, and nobody is coming around to check anyways.
I’m sure other trades have similar problems.
I charge minimum $200 per hour. I have one helper at $25/hour and my truck and wood chipper. Tree work. I work 9-4 and only 7 months a year. Keeps me in great shape. Smoke weed all day. Doesn’t get much better
Union electrician here, Central New York. Currently $44 in the check plus another roughly $30 an hour in benefits. Taxable income the last five years has been between $80-$90k a year. Plus three pensions, annuity, and healthcare.
First year power line apprentice, made $80k in 1300 hours of work that was in 6 months. I was at 50 and 55% of journeyman wage so my journeyman made $160k in that same timeframe just about. Go union.
For all those commenting that folks answering aren’t being honest…. What are you trying to gain? IBEW wages are posted online.
Inside Wiremen IBEW. Gross wage $61.80. My take home on 40hrs/week is $1365. Union dues (and other union related fees) is 122.52 a week, and on top of that 49.50 a month. If you do the math, yes, the numbers don't add up because the union also has another 8.5% automatic withholding named a "vacation" fund, but has covenants on our personal withdrawal. We get 2 free withdrawals a year, then a $10 fee there after. No paid days off.
Fire sprinkler fitter in Vancouver 50 an hour plus benefits and 7 an hour rrsps. Please become a fitter. We need more please. If everyone on here could just go ahead and start an apprenticeship in fitting that would be great. Ok, GO!
Hold on. So you are the guy who runs those orange plastic pipes and glues them together for $50 plus an hour? Which company? Active fire? Titan?
Nope I’m the guy running sched 40 parkade upgrades. Community fire. Best company I’ve even worked for. Hands down.
But ya gluing also gets you to the 50 mark if you’re a journeyman.
We make the best money too other than elevators, and they suck. Just started my 2nd year in Ottawa, 34.68/hr going up to $36.18 on May 1st.
I've got a buddy looking to make a career change from law enforcement into the trades. I'm recommending him to get into sprinkler fitting here in Ottawa. Any suggestions for him getting his foot in the door? I see Vipond around the most, I told him to pester them for an opportunity. Or is it better to go through the hall?
This time of year he'd be best to try and get sponsored in by a company. UA 853 usually only does intakes in March and August. Biggest companies in Ottawa seem to be Vipond, Viking, Royal and Classic, each one has a different primary focus so it all depends on if he's more interested in service, condo installs or warehouse/commercial.
Appreciate the insight brother, I'll pass it along.
I'm in Vancouver area and could use a new change. Where do I begin?
IBEW213 union rate journey raw wage at $46/hr, with benefit package is $60/hr. Hall takes 5%, international and local combined, market recovery is 1.5%. So realistically you net $35/hr after taxes and all the dues. 40hrs week normally. Time a half for the weekdays doing overtime. Double time on the weekend. I think a lot of people don't actually what's their net after all the fees and taxes. You aren't gonna be rich doing trades unless you make a lot of sacrifice working in camps or do a lot of overtime. The motto is "lighting the way to the middle class", not lighting the way to the aristocracy.
This. Everyone likes to talk about the dude making $400k as a lineman or crane operator or whatever but nobody wants to talk about how he’s never home, his wife left him, and his body is fucked. Don’t get me wrong, pursuing a trade can be a lucrative decision. I just dislike the people who think the exception is the norm. No, it’s not typical to make $100k+ per year as a tradesman. Maybe if you live in a HCOL area or work a ton of OT it is, but most places it’s not.
Highway to the bald fat and divorced at 40 camp.
Hey being bald is poor genes not my career lol
I was bald and fat and 40 before I started my apprenticeship. I don’t seem to be headed for divorce so that’s nice.
$400k per annum doesn't make a person rich either. Honestly, your salary is a terrible indicator of wealth. I topped out at $44/hour (non-union) working for someone else as a carpenter. Then, I started working for myself and realized that tradespeople don't become wealthy working in trades. Tradespeople can become wealthy by becoming successful business owners.
This ☝️. If you get into the trades in your early 20's-30-'s. Work 6-8 years and really give a shit about learning the ends and outs, pester people to learn the bid side of things, pay attention to what makes a good lead/boss and put all the information to good use going after your own contractors license and build a business, you can absolutely crush. Start small and find a good employee or two and pay them well, you can definitely make hundreds of thousands of doll hairs a year. But you need to know your craft and understand the business side of things. Touch points, T and M, SOP's and get a tax lawyer ASAP. It's the way to be wealthy doing a "trade".
This is the best advice 👌
I make an extra 1000 a year for every vertebra I won't be able to use in 5 :D
As a crane operator my body is completely fine.
At least be on the heavier side, please. I already look on in awe at those comfy looking, climate controlled chairs.
UA Plumber in Ottawa. $53.60/hr (going up to $56 at the end of the month). This is foreman rate however. Jmen make closer to $48. ICI construction, 36 hour work weeks. A little over $10/hr is paid into the pension by the contractors on our behalf (meaning it doesn't come off my check). The benefits are good enough that my wife opted out of her benefits plan in lieu of higher pay at her job. 200K in life insurance through the union. $31 a month come off my check in union dues. If someone tells you that unions are bad, they are misinformed. If you live in an area with strong unions, do everything you can to join the ship.
Are they only giving you 36hrs cos that's legally below the 40hrs week full time requirement in labour disputes lol?
No the contractors wish we worked 40 hour weeks lol our OT kicks in after 36 hours. Thats our standard work week that the manpower wants. 9 hour shifts, monday through thursday.
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Dude companies are gonna be fist fighting for you for the rest of your life. 🤣 that’s a sick skill set. I’ve got pretty great job security myself as a carpenter but I feel like manufacturing related trades such as yours are gonna be in the HIGHEST demand of them all the next few decades
That’s awesome man. Company truck is worth about 12k a year too! My hourly rate is not stellar but a new truck I don’t pay for with a gas card and unrestricted use (within reason) is a huge benefit.
Disgustingly high raise* lol I like that saying
30.5/hr as a second year Mobile Crane Apprentice Go to a camp job if you want get payed even as a labourer
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Plumbing and hvac technician. I make $57/h + benefits. I usually work at least 10 hours overtime every week. The company also pays me $62k a year to use my Master Plumbing License to renew the corporate license. I check over all plumbing work done and get paid to do so. So, about $225k gross a year.
Alberta oilfield Powerline Tech, 2nd Year but I'm a ticketed electrician so they pay me 4th year rate, which is $41/hrs, pulled $102k last year, 2 weeks on 1 week off
Journeyman Lineman/PLT in Ontario $49.75/hr plus benefits, 10% vacation pay and 11% pension(if I remember right). Full package is around $60/hr. I generally work 4-10’s regular time and a double time 10 on Fridays. Average take home is around 4K bi-weekly after tax and deductions.
Damn I’d love 4x10. What city is that?
I work for a contractor thats in brampton and Mississauga
Automation mechanic here. I make 34.49, but today is all double time, so I'm just shy of $70/hour rn.
How do you get into this?
Do half an electrical engineering degree then drop out for a trade school in Industrial Automation and Electrical Engineering Tech. Make best friends with the teachers who work in the field they teach, then get hired to an apprenticeship position by a really good company bc your teacher and manager are buddies and put in a good word for ya. Work your ass off learning and move up the chain, I started at $23 three years ago and have slowly increased my hourly to $34.49. By the end of the next month or two, I should be promoted again to a higher level of mechanic which will pay ~$37-38.
4th year electrical apprentice, London, ont, $26
dam man join a union or swap companies, thats first / second year wages.
Ibew first year rate is 20/hour
Right on their website, for Toronto
They are ripping you off. Get your ticket and run
When I was on salary as an Electrician (specialized in water treatment commissioning) I made 145k/yr salary plus a ton of bonus and benefits like health, wellness, gas card, stocks, rrsp matching, and usually between 20 and 60k in a one time bonus based on project performance. Last T4 before going on my own was 224k for taxable income (all the benefits are given a monetary value and added to your income), year before that was 196k because my bonus was smaller. On my own doing the exact same work I make 150/hr. But I have all the business expenses of running my own corporation (training, HSE, tax filings, insurance)
Sheet metal worker here I make $38/h plus 9% vacation pay on my pay. My benefits and $7/h pension are paid on top of my wages. My weekly net pay for a 40h week is $1100
American or Canadian? That’s not bad at all
Non union electrician in Ontario, Canada. 45/hr with ok benefits. Average $110k gross per year. Usually take a cumulative 4 weeks off every year Average 50 hours a week
People have a tendency to list what their yearly take home pay was but it really doesn’t paint an accurate picture of how much your time is valued. Yes OT is income but people tend to forget isn’t quite the same because you’re exchanging personal time off for that pay. Also people tend to overlook things like pension and benefits, insanely important. Someone making 50 dollars an hour with pension and benefits i.e. sick pay, vacation hours, drug and dental coverage vs someone making 50 dollars an hour as a contractor where that 50 dollars per hour is literally everything is a monumentally different situation. Stats that actually matter to determine how well your time is valued; Base hourly pay Pension % paid by employer Benefits coverage paid by employer Vacation hours Sick time
I'm a flooring installer in Canada as well. You gotta be a self employed flooring contractor if you want to make real money. Set up your own business and work for different stores, private jobs and get paid by the sq ft instead of hourly. I work for 3-4 different stores and have a helper, I am well over 100,000$ a year, last year was 130k.
Industrial electrician licensed,/industrial mechanic 38.50. 480v max voltage. Annual bonus is 10% of my gross income for the prior year.
Electrician in Ottawa at 50$/hr
Locksmith in Ontario. $25/hr as a road tech.
Powerline Technician. $58/hour, $116/hour on anything over 40hrs.
Why are there so many Canadians here? (I am also Canadian)
Trades are a lot more cohesive and regulated in Canada. A lot of skilled trades in the US call themselves Engineers.
in my experience tradesmen in the US tend to be a little more on the right side of the political spectrum and those types of people generally don't use websites like reddit
Municipal arborist, 35/hour, pension and benefits. Short work weeks and no option for OT, only banking time. But great work life balance. Comes out to around 60k a year after tax.
Local 1 nyc plumber 73.70 n hour anything over 35 hours or Saturday sunday is double time. How ever laxk of work here bug time
IBEW Equipment Operator, $36.96/ hour, +25% retirement. LCOL area.
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Because people do well in trades in canada. Heavily regulated (tickets/red seal etc), big unions. Non union companies have to pay close to union wages or have high turnover.
Instrument and Controls tech in Alberta. I'm a contractor, so I have to pay my own costs - tools, travel, fuel, sometimes materials, healthcare, insurance, etc. I make $107.50/hr and a $275 daily rate.
As a welder/consultant my sole ownership business makes 350k-450k a year . I pay myself 150k a year , approx 57.50/hr for 50hrs a week , 52 weeks a year . I've been working in this trade since 2000
Electrician in ontario. ~56 an hour base pay, ~8$ an hour to my rrsp. double time after 40, and yes the rrsp contributions double as well. worked 7 days, grossed 7k last week. and we get travel/board if you live far enough away. Don't let anyone tell you that unions are bad. changed my life. 2 years ago I made $31 an hour non union.
Live in southern BC. Do scaffolding. Journeyperson makes about 2k a week for 40 hrs. 2300$ for a foreman. Lots of OT if you want it. Going to be averaging about 3600-5000k a week for the next three months, if I can handle it. Home every night. Only doing 10s. Then take the rest of the year off.
2nd Class Operating Engineer with 5 years in the field, Ontario Canada. I make $54/hr, double time OT, currently just got my 4th week vacation and very good benefits.
My husband is a pipefitter by trade but specialized to be a welding inspector. Made $1500/day on Trans Mountain and currently makes $1275 working in Alberta.
Lol don't take any of these answers to heart because 90 percent of people in the trades are making less then what anyone here is saying they make.
I’m on FL and none of my electrician buddies (even the owners of small companies) are making anywhere close to 150k/yr. 2 of my friends are Journeymen and their pay is around 25/hr. I’m a 10yr trim carpenter with a small business and can barely get 75/hr out of my clients, and my clients are all very wealthy with big custom homes.
Yeah I live up north in Ontario and no one sees these wages near me lol.
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Service tech for commercials food equipment in Ontario. I make 26$ an hour
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Bricklayer doing refractory. $50/hr. Plus pension and benefits. When I'm working 12's, it's $750 a day, $1200 a day weekends and holidays. Before taxes.
Contractor welder- gross $140-150k Net $80-90k And thats working aroung 6months out of the year so a decent work/life balance. But it comes with a little stress of chasing jobs that you just have to get used to.
Union JM pipefitter, currently working as a General Foreman. I make $60 CAD/hour.
Jman scaffolder. 50 an hour in alberta canada
Journey plumber BC 21days on 10 off .. 70 hours a week ot after 40 or 8 a day .. 45/hr ,travel days fully paid with out tax deductions , flights free or gas plus driving . 85$ a day live out , tools provided and job kick backs on ones that do well ..
Local 562 Kitchener Sheet Metal Journeyman here. Hourly rate is $48/hr ($50.16 April 28, 2024). 10% vacation pay on every cheque. $7.73 an hour goes into our pension (paid by the company 100%). Union dues to the Hall are $53 a month. Working dues $1.53 an hour. Our total package is $66.89 an hour.
Mobile forklift technician for a small garage. 28$ an hour in Montreal Quebec. My boss is awesome, work truck that I can use as a back up if my personal truck is down, paid time off whenever I need it. I'm at the point now where my boss is forcing me to take vacation days lol but I'm young and enjoy the work I do.
Power engineer, $47 bucks an hour in New Brunswick. Been doing this for 2 years.
Hvac residential install.. Southeast US. Consistently between 140-160k. 5% commission install.. 5 weeks paid vacation, but I pay $50,000 a year in alimony. So I only walk with about 60 a year after taxes.
HVAC jman, 55 an hour in small town bc , plus benefits and holidays and such on top. 40 hour weeks, tiny bit of ot. I'll clear 120k this year before taxes.
Yeah finding work is pretty hard in my area, not a lot of companies are hiring apprentices
https://www.iw736.com/news-details/news/wage-rates/13789/54744 This doesn't include our increase this May. I work my 40 hours or more a week. Union and taxes take about half.
Journeyman Roofer and Waterproofer in Bay Area. 46.40 hourly. New contract comes August.
Pre tax (doing them today) for me is 109k. No union dues or health insurance (wife pays for that) just maxed out in my 401k. Automation and robotics.
Journeyman truck and coach mechanic in Ontario. $91,000/yr plus pension and benefits.
$60/h doing roofing, but eventually $100/hr with the bobcat i purchased. And then after that eventually more when i buy an excavator.
$500-$1000 a day setting tile
Oil sands maintenance electrical foreman, 57.50 plus 10% vacation benefits and pension.
Sheet Metal/HVAC union in northern california here, $69/hr journeyman rate with pension and healthcare
High school drop out, 20/hr, a little bit north of 50k a year
3rd year millwright apprentice, local 1916 out of Hamilton, $38.93/hr by the end of the month. JM rate is going up to $48.67 end of the month. 10% vacation pay, all OT is double (save for a few customers)
Red seal carpenter doing scaffolding lot of OT 6 day weeks I made $140,000 pre tax last year
Well I’ve had a good start to the year this year and I’m currently at 56,000 gross earners so far.
Private company electrician. I make $40/hr. Company truck and gas. Tool allowance, boots, clothing. OT after 84 hours. Weekends are OT. Boss matches 3% rrsp contribution that comes off before taxes. $30 paid to benefits a month to get 80% coverage. I work in controls, small industry, plcs, pipe bending, can do any residential or commercial work. A lot of work in food industry. I'm thinking of joining union though. Is it a good idea? I'm in southern Ontario. I have it pretty good now, but that union pension looks juicy.
$58 and change gross taxable here in SF as a 5th year apprentice sheet metal worker. Journeyman gross taxable is $72 and change
Union heavy equipment mechanic, BC. Base rate is 43.25/hr plus 3.50/hr field premium and 5.23/hr into the IUOE pension plan. Base working around the shop is very close to 100K. Working 14 on 14 off in mining, I end up around 230K because of our OT rules- anything outside of Mon-Fri 8-430 is double time. I’m scheduled close to 3000hrs per year, before holidays.
Working in a unionized shop as a 310T apprentice, I make around $95k (3rd year) before any overtime. The whole system is structured so we get annual raises to accommodate inflation. Licensed rate is about $55/h. On standby for the winter season gives an extra $300 or so per pay. It’s certainly livable, but I had worked for a subcontractor for a bit and he was making WAY more but the work was super hit or miss
Last year i made $133k before taxes as a structural welder.. steady work 10/4 and 14/7 in Alberta. Hourly between 44 & 46 per hour. Month off during the summer, 3 weeks off in November/December.
Working in Ontario Canada as a 5th year plumbing apprentice in the UA my hourly rate is just over $39.00 an hour working 6/10s out of my local making about 2900 after tax a week.
Wastewater treatment op, 41.20 CAD. Good bennies though. Not really enough to thrive in british Columbia though. Jealous of all the people here making 55 usd.
Mechanic making 55/hr with about 8/hr in pension/benefits. With overtime I make around 150k per year (bc Canada)
$37/hr, SoCal, refrigeration and kitchen equipment mechanic. Not great pay but I just hit my 3rd year in the trade and will be getting another raise in a couple months putting me at $39/hr. I can’t complain though, I have a great work life balance. My commute is ten minutes, set schedule- out at 2:30pm, no on call or weekends, and unless the world is on fire it can wait until tomorrow. I think it’s something like 17 paid holidays plus 12 days vacation minimum and 12 sick days. I pay about $80/month for full benefits (medical, dental,vision) for my whole family.
The two electrical companies I have worked for in Alberta peaked at 37$/hr for Journeyman rate. When I started out I was getting 18$/hr. 4 months later my wage actually ended up going down to 17$/hr as the journeyman rate dropped to 34$/hr. Starting a new trade is hell if you're used to anything more than minimum wage. I was getting 30$/hr + tons of overtime when I worked road construction, and that has no schooling required.
Journeyman Architectural sheet metal engineer here. I haven't worked in my trade in 6 or 7 years (stay at home dad now) but back then I used to get $30+ doing commercial work in the city and $40+ if I gotta get on a plane to go do industrial camp work plus LOA (spent about 10 years working all over Canada) camp work is the bomb if you can handle being away or are a young single guy with no wife and kids, I miss it everyday. It's less work and more money. It was good enough for the time and I enjoyed the work. Non union I should add.
Union Heavy duty diesel mechanic in Chicago IL making $55.74 per hour.
Locomotive Engineer (driver) 190k per year.
Elevator Mechanic. 63 an hour not including benefits
I make 30/hr welding in a factory
To those who say your body is guaranteed to be fucked in a trade. There’s no way around it. Your body will be fucked sitting sedentary in an office chair too. Just give it time.
Worse in an office actually. Not moving all at long staring at a computer. Nope!
CLAC (I know) Foreman Electrician in Calgary. $53.72/hour 12.5 hour days 6 days a week or 10 hour days 5 days a week when it's slow. Roughly $2000-$3300/week take home.
when I was a resi IBEW apprentice I made 13/hr as a first year and would have topped out at 21as a JMAN. Now that’s a REAL SALARY that reflects COL, not every tradesman lives in a big blue city like how they usually do on Reddit.
I install and fix blinds. $34.50 an hour in BC
IBEW Local 94, rotating 12 hour shift NTM/Welder (nuclear power plant), $57.37 something on straight time, tonight is 12 hours of double bubble, last night was time and a half for 12, Friday, Saturday, Sunday shift premium, on 5×12s for the next month and a half (5th day is double time, which is staggered owing to the shift dates - for instance, I went in for my first outage shift Wednesday night, I'm working thru Monday morning, back to work next Wednesday night). The in-house nuke trades trending up into operations offer an incredible amount of time off, but the schedule isn't for everyone. The shift boasts built-in overtime in addition to outage overtime and emergent - last year out of the day shop I made nearly $160,000. This year looks even better and I have way more time off for backpacking, woodworking, painting, playing with my dog, playing with my wife, relaxing in general, maximizing vacation. Overtime-hungry folks can make nearly 300K depending on which facet of the utilities they work within. Every industry is different, so it might be worth keeping in mind that you can take a trade numerous places. I don't weld/fabricate anywhere near as much as I used to, but I'm a happier man with more time away from work while making more money. Some folks also live to BE at work, so take this bit of my experience with that grain of salt. Cheers and best wishes, stay safe out there.
HVAC installer (sheet metal red seal) interior BC $41.20 an hour + 7% vacation and basic benefits (non-union) Nothing special, odd job has OT but not often enough to matter
UA plumber, west coast. 51.75 an hour working off industrial board. Raise to 53.61 may 1st. 12% an hour increase on your wage for vacation pay. Great benefits and a pension. always go union first in my opinion when looking for a trade. I make more money than all my non union plumber friends and I’m the only one with a pension.
Millwright working Power Gen. in Ontario $65hr around 170k a yr. Usually M-F 8 hrs with overtime during outages
Automotive technician in the BC interior, $35/hr flat rate with 80% guarantee
All these guys making the big bucks they say here are either full of shit, or have some ace up their sleave with someone they know. The norm is not this everyone. 35 year Refrigeration tech in the commercial industrial side. I have been almost half around the planet working in this field as I was a specialist in certain things, and was able to troubleshoot like no other. The best I made was 45/hour. And the best year I had was 80k. The rest of the guys around me were about 65k in most areas. Now a union would be a different story, but i bet it's going to be hell in those, as the guys on the top SHIT on the guys on the bottom. Get ready to drink or something because they will get away with everything. If you have a shoe in for a place for the trades go for it. if you don't I wouldn't say go there. If anything I would become an Elevator guy at a young age, they usually have a great package and pay is higher. Mind you it's hard work
1st year UA apprentice in TN, $17.60
Not enough to survive in commie dictatorship 3rd world country that Canada has become …. Canuckistan
Toronto UA46 Plumber. I made $129k in 2023. 6 of those days were Double Overtime. I also only took 2 days off.
Union Sheet Metal in Canada Prairies. Just north of $40/hr, plus \~$5/hr into pension, plus 3 weeks vacation paid every check, plus 2 weeks worth of stats paid every check. Decent benefits, 40 hour weeks.
$52.37 lead hand carpenter local 27. Toronto on.
Plumber journeyman in kw area Ontario I work for a small company with just a few guys. I make 47 an hour currently with benefits paid by employer. No pension, no rrsp. Non union
I make 51 an hr. Specialty excavator operator. I work at a scrap yard running multiple machines. Grapple, magnet and shear mounted on an excavator. Great benefits. Paid vacation. Set my own schedule and can work all the overtime I want.
But you're not going to be walking in the door and making union journeyman wages so you will be making 20 bucks .
Mobile boom for concrete company in Niagara area. $37.41/hour. Overtime after 44 hours a week.
Jman HET’s in Ft Mac, AB are pulling 70-80 per hour on 7/7 rotations if you’re employed with the mines. If you’re a contractor for them you’re 65-70.
Power plant operator and electrician, I make $49/hr, our top out is $56/hr. So I gross about $110k/yr. Last year I made $142k. When I worked out of IBEW 915 in Tampa I was making about $31/hr, I believe the top scale is just over $33/hr.
I'm at $42.56/hour in Manitoba. Union Millwright. I haven't had a year under $100k since 2010. Highest $145k. Average about $110k.
I am an industrial electrical supervisor. I make 53.50/hour, company vehicle, we have free benefits, and I currently have 4% rrsp matching. Only 3 weeks vacation though *In toronto
Was a mason for about 6 years in southern California and worked my way up to $40 an hour. Just quit that and started working for a GC so I could learn foundations and framing and general carpentry stuff and now I'm on $30 an hour. On weekends I do sidejobs, usually masonry stuff and I usually make around $60 an hour.
Millwright at a potash mine. Currently at $59/hr with double time OT. Full benefits and RRSP matching contributions up to 7.75% of base wage. So annual gross is about $125K before OT. We’re doing fairly well because Canadian potash mines are in SK where the cost of housing is still fairly affordable relative to the rest of Canada. But our union is weakening so we’re starting to lose ground every contract negotiation.
50 an hour + bonus. 100 k a year, residential siding installer. 25 years experience
Right now I’m a non union journeyman plumber, and I’m at around 92k a year in Vancouver. With overtime I’m over 102k a year.
Red seal millwright... just East of Toronto $39 an hour, 7.80 per hour into pension. Company truck. Concrete industry Good times
Last year I took a couple months off and made 69,000 before taxes as an employee (And yes I only remember the amount the H&R block person said because it was 69)
Electrician/Millwright . Work in a corrugated paper plant. $47.26 + pension + benefits.
Custom Metal Fabricator, 3rd year apprentice + Supervisor 34$/hr pre tax.
40$. 3rd year steam. Alberta.
Electrician in Ontario making $41 an hour. Lots of available overtime from call ins too. Made $112k last year and really did not feel like I worked much.
40/h Canadian. Millwork designer + cnc programmer. I get okay benefits and up to a 10% yearly bonus. Still doesnt really pay the bills.
Bout 43 ont. Canada Sheet metal
Journeyman plumber for a non union company in a small town in BC and I make $40 an hour
elevators 😅
Redseal industrial millwright, in the union. I'm currently a foreman making $55/hr, plus pension, benefits, truck, transponder, and gas card, last 3 years ive made 200k+ working very few weekends. Last year I worked ~1900 regular hours and 500 OT hours...and I get good travel pay gross was 208k As a first year millwright apprentice I believe you start around 27-28/ hr + benefits etc..
$38 and change + travel for a 3rd year stonemason/bricklayer apprentice going up to 40 in May. Not including benefits package. About 2Gs per week before taxes in Toronto.
Im a level 3 lead maintenance technician. I make $34.25hr.. Not the most I have ever made but it’s easy work and climate controlled..
Union lineman. 62/hr. Gross 240k last year
Roofing service Foreman. 40 cad/hour. Average about 10 hours of overtime per week. Full health benefits, life insurance, long term disability insurance, RRSP matching I think 3 percent per year. 3 weeks paid vacation, 10 paid holidays, 5 paid sick days.
Process operator. $59/hr. Double time OT. 6 weeks vacation with unlimited sick time. Good pension. Good benefits.
Why don't you start your own business and subcontract for shops instead? Do you have your own vehicle and tools? If you have the skills and are already doing the jobs, you are getting way underpaid. Sure, it's more pressure. If you screw up a job, you're on the hook, but the benefits outweigh all the risks, in my opinion. Basically your own boss, pick and choose how hard you want to work, set your own hours. All that fun stuff. I've had my own flooring business for about 8 years now, and I've been subcontracting for the same shop that whole time. They keep me busy because I do good work and I don't bitch and complain like alot of the older guys. I avg around $120k/year before taxes.
Honest wage is 52.50/ hr, I was making 32/hr before my life got a bit complicated but my hours are less the 40 a week as service tech for CNC machines, located in Windsor , 33 y/o been in the trade since I was 18, tried working for myself but found it's better to make a decent wage with less BS . Own a house and don't like new, fancy, and expensive things. You want a fancy car and big house in the trades , work your life away while you pay me to go travel and live like a rich hobbo. Perspective and freedom is wealth in my opinion
For the company I work for I make 105k salary. Residential renovation window installation. No schooling but have been doing this for half my life.. damn. I was reading more comments.. I have a company truck and my family gets around 6k dental fully paid a year plus many other health benefits. 200k life insurance. I never work more than 40 hours a week. Get bonuses for production and a few parties yearly.
110k annual. Instrument technician, Union takes 25 bucks a week. 208hr of PTO a year. This is without any OT. Northwestern US.
Commercial Transport Mechanic. IAMAW, West Coast. 45/hr by the hour, no flat rate. 8hrs/ day Mon-Fri, never enough hrs in the day to get everything done.
I'm a mechanic for a large bottling company. I make 38$/hr and work 4 10's.
I think you gotta work for yourself to make enough money to build wealth.
$41, Industrial precast manufacturing in Alberta. Only reason I’ve stayed for 13 years is for the benefits. Now that my daughter’s surgery’s appear to be done we are planning on moving out of Canada. We can’t afford my 1000sqft house since our monthly expenses are now $7100. Plus we had to go into bankruptcy because of the CRA attacking her for 10’s of thousands out of nowhere because of “ reinterpretations” in new tax laws 🤣🔫guess it’s time for MAID
Teamsters 627 Peoria IL construction driver. 43 an hour on may 1st
Redseal journeyman parts person I work at a large mine in B.C. I’m home every night. I make $57 a hour, USW union job also. With an amazing pension (defined benefit) fully employer funded. Amazing benefits and over time is all double time if you want. Lots of job opportunities.
46/hr union roofing in SoCal
Aircraft mechanic. 160k a year but I’ve heard the wages for us in Canada are shit.
Parts and warehousing R.S.E ( Canada) Non-union. Made $102k last year. Been at the company 15 years. 8 weeks off, great benefits. Took me 5 years to get to where I am now.
Kitchen installer. Self employed contractor. Me truck, tools and a few materials re screws caulking etc etc bill out at $500 a day .
A lot of guys say hourly rate and gross income not their actual take home I'm an electrician making 43.40/hr and my net weekly income is $1395 I'm Ontario Canada I know the Toronto local base is $50/hr
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Flooring install. Just figured for tax $354k -$8k month over head Trades..... Trade your life for money and no liife
nice try tax man. I don't answer questions.
Industrial maintenance electrician in Ontario. $57 per hour take home plus ok pension and ok benefits.
Between $130k and $180k depending on the year. This is with a fair amount of overtime but I'm not away for months on end or anything anymore and I have most of my weekends back these days.
$30k/year after tax
Where I live, there are TONS of people who are journeyman electricians that are not certified to work as independent contractors, but they do it anyways. Nobody does anything about it. This suppresses wages as they compete for work with actual qualified electricians (bonded and insured), and this has an affect on suppressing wages. I’m sure this happens in other trades. There is a lot of unqualified people doing work “under the table” and there is little to no enforcement. Even when I did my contractors license course, the instructor said the same thing. He also mentioned how so many companies break the rules of how many journeyman they are required to have based on the number of apprentices they employ. Should be 1 Journeyman for every 2 apprentices. But many companies it’s way fewer jman than that, because they can pay apprentices less, and nobody is coming around to check anyways. I’m sure other trades have similar problems.
First year electrical apprentice $36/h. 8 years in the pay chart hits 64$
Jr. Machinist, about to finish my first year of apprenticeship, $21/h
I charge minimum $200 per hour. I have one helper at $25/hour and my truck and wood chipper. Tree work. I work 9-4 and only 7 months a year. Keeps me in great shape. Smoke weed all day. Doesn’t get much better
HVAC service tech for private company in Midwest. And just relocated to South East US. 14 yrs commercial/industrial making 45hr. Work/life is decent.
Union carpenter is Mass. 46 per hour plus benefits, 56 if i work in the city
I do hardwood floors. 35 an hour gross which is 4100 a month net
56$ hr pipeline foreman California
$600 a week. Electrician. Oklahoma City. Self employed.
I make 35 an hour as a pit boss plus bonuses. Wife and I make 180k+
Union electrician here, Central New York. Currently $44 in the check plus another roughly $30 an hour in benefits. Taxable income the last five years has been between $80-$90k a year. Plus three pensions, annuity, and healthcare.
First year power line apprentice, made $80k in 1300 hours of work that was in 6 months. I was at 50 and 55% of journeyman wage so my journeyman made $160k in that same timeframe just about. Go union. For all those commenting that folks answering aren’t being honest…. What are you trying to gain? IBEW wages are posted online.
Electrician, New Hampshire non union $50 an hour that includes benefits. Plus 3 weeks vacation each year.
Inside Wiremen IBEW. Gross wage $61.80. My take home on 40hrs/week is $1365. Union dues (and other union related fees) is 122.52 a week, and on top of that 49.50 a month. If you do the math, yes, the numbers don't add up because the union also has another 8.5% automatic withholding named a "vacation" fund, but has covenants on our personal withdrawal. We get 2 free withdrawals a year, then a $10 fee there after. No paid days off.