It's 2022, let's go over seven high-paying trades. I'll tell you what nobody does: how you can get into them fast without a costly trade school. I'll also explain wages. Salaries vary as much as 30% across the nation. I'll show you how to find the salary range for your state. The figures I give you are just the mean wages (the summary of all wages earned for a job divided by the number of folks doing them).

All you need to enter a trade is your high school diploma or GED. In addition to electrician and plumber, learn about becoming a solar panel installer, HVAC tech, aviation mechanic, welder, or telecom line installer. You can enter some trade jobs after as little as six months of on-the-job training!

With overtime, most of these jobs pay better than bachelor's degrees and can earn you as high as pay $100k. If you run your own plumbing or electrical business you can expect to earn $100-150k, no college degree required! Understand what you can really earn and how long it takes to get training as well as how to find how much you will earn in your state. The fact is, there are many employers that will train you for free!

I've interviewed a bunch of these folks in previous episodes. Don't forget to look for them.

Ooops! I forgot to say that welders make an average of $44,000.

1) Telecom Line Installers and Repairers

Median pay: $68,000 explain

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/line-installers-and-repairers.htm

Entry: high school diploma

Many apprenticeships: offering wages, health ins. 401k, and vacation pay

Training: up to two years

Job demand: Flat

You will be working on towers 100+ feet tall with a 50 lb

Safe Climbing Practices, Procedures, and Rescue Plans

Flexible with shift work, to include maintenance window and weekends if needed

There are many free training programs offered by cable companies. You can also find apprenticeship programs in which you are paid wages while you are training.

2.) Solar Panel Installer

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/solar-photovoltaic-installers.htm

Mean annual wage $46,470

Entry: high school diploma

Many apprenticeships: offering wages, health ins. 401k, and vacation pay

Hourly wages

Job demand: High growth through 2030

An entry point into a construction career.

Many solar companies will train you. Training will take a year or less. Most solar panel installations are done outdoors, but PV installers sometimes work in attics and crawl spaces to connect panels to the electrical grid. Installers also must travel to jobsites.

High growth: 52%

Look for Solar Installer – Electrical apprentice openings