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Jacob
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Are you financially well off? How would having this job as an electrical power line installer affect you
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Devin Beach
Fiber Delivery Engineering
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Jacob,
Joining the IBEW union can be a great opportunity for you. As an apprentice, you could earn $47 an hour. If you become a lineman, the pay goes up to $63 an hour, and as a foreman, it's $73 an hour.
Many linemen work more than 40 hours, so you can earn more with overtime pay, which is time and a half. Plus, emergency work pays double time, boosting your earnings even more.
Best of luck!
Joining the IBEW union can be a great opportunity for you. As an apprentice, you could earn $47 an hour. If you become a lineman, the pay goes up to $63 an hour, and as a foreman, it's $73 an hour.
Many linemen work more than 40 hours, so you can earn more with overtime pay, which is time and a half. Plus, emergency work pays double time, boosting your earnings even more.
Best of luck!
Emily Roth
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To preface, I am not an electrical power line installer, so I don't know the pay scale, but my understanding is that blue collar jobs pay decently due to staffing shortaged. However, my pieces of advice are...
1. Think about what basic things you need in your life to feel content/happy. For example, I want to be close to the mountains so I can enjoy my hobbies of skiing and climbing.
2. Consider how much money the lifestyle you want to lead will take. Hiking for instance is a cheaper hobby than skiing.
3. Think about the buying power of your salary. A power line installer's salary will probably go farther in a smaller town vs. a big city, but since power lines exist everywhere, you have the luxury of not being bound to one region in the country.
If you can find a place you would want to live where your salary would cover the cost of the life you want plus it is a career you would enjoy, then go for it!
1. Think about what basic things you need in your life to feel content/happy. For example, I want to be close to the mountains so I can enjoy my hobbies of skiing and climbing.
2. Consider how much money the lifestyle you want to lead will take. Hiking for instance is a cheaper hobby than skiing.
3. Think about the buying power of your salary. A power line installer's salary will probably go farther in a smaller town vs. a big city, but since power lines exist everywhere, you have the luxury of not being bound to one region in the country.
If you can find a place you would want to live where your salary would cover the cost of the life you want plus it is a career you would enjoy, then go for it!