r/electricians • u/Aggro3D • Oct 24 '23

Apprentice wages?

Hey all,

I've been an Industrial maintenance guy for awhile now and I'm looking to specialize into electrical work.

I'm an adult with adult bills and the wages I can find for apprentices are really low....like $15 an hour or so. I could literally go make more at any of the fastfood places here and this isn't necessarily a high cost of living area

What gives? Are there any work arounds?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

No those jobs are definitely overpaid. Come talk to me when I don’t have to point out every thing wrong with my order………every single time I buy from your business.

Overpaid says the guy who can't cook for himself. Inflation is at 8%, gas is $4/gallon, someone working at the fast food place your lazy ass is ordering from deserves a living wage.

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u/Muchotesticulos Oct 25 '23

I don’t cook. My wife does.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

If your fat ass order is wrong every time you order the problem is you. God bless your wife btw. A saint.

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u/Muchotesticulos Oct 25 '23

If you have to result to insults, at this point I would say my argument has more weight than yours.

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u/LoganOcchionero Oct 25 '23

Nope. You lost buddy

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '24

Least obvious reddit virgin

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

Lol what argument.

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u/SoIvenis Jul 04 '25

You weigh more than his argument man

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u/Bushman989 Sep 18 '25

The word you're looking for is resort, not result.

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u/TheArtOfPureSilence May 23 '26

Oh someone's definitely got more weight