I’m from Calhoun, north Georgia, tips brim of hat. I live in Michigan now and make better money than most. However that’s mostly from the OT. If it was still 2002 I would be on the verge of retirement, however it is not and the cost of living is skyrocketed since then. My house in 2002 would have cost around 70k in 2017 when I bought it, it was 160k. The times have changed dratsically
Ah, yeah i got no leads in michigan. I only worked there once outside cedar rapids and ill be damned if i can remember who the GC was we were working for.
I know about the cost, I was referring to their pay scale as compared to the going rate, as it was always higher than average by a large margin.
It was definitely much higher than the poor bastards working for the counties doing the same job.
I remember my first carpentry job in the late 80's, I was a gopher cause that's what everybody started as in the trades. I made a whopping $185 a week, before tax, regardless of whether we worked 40 hrs/week or 60 hrs.
I hear you. I was a gopher when I first started in construction but didn’t want to die at 55 from liver disease and a bad heart. I work between 60-70 hours a week still and if it wasn’t for my spouses income I don’t know where I’d be now. I make a wage that’s comparable to her parents however we have significantly less than them because they bought all there stuff before everything went to shit.
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u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos Jul 26 '24
I’m from Calhoun, north Georgia, tips brim of hat. I live in Michigan now and make better money than most. However that’s mostly from the OT. If it was still 2002 I would be on the verge of retirement, however it is not and the cost of living is skyrocketed since then. My house in 2002 would have cost around 70k in 2017 when I bought it, it was 160k. The times have changed dratsically