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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The data is clear that having a college education is significantly better. Men with bachelor's degrees earn approximately $900,000 more in median lifetime earnings than high school graduates. Women with bachelor's degrees earn $630,000 more. Men with graduate degrees earn $1.5 million more in median lifetime earnings than high school graduates. [/quote]

That's based on older data, though. I suspect that right now, tradesmen make far more money than people think. If you consider how much you pay for home renovation, it's easily more per hour than an attorney. I have a brother in law that is a union carpenter, and he makes six figures, and makes slightly more than his white collar professional wife.

Then you look at what a General Contractor makes, and it's eye popping. Easily over a million per year in a busy year with a lot of high end business.  Electricians, plumbers, etc make more than teachers, social workers, and non-urban/non-specialized nurses.

I don't think that pushing a person who would be better at a trade into college makes financial sense, nor is it good for our society.  We need a lot of highly skilled trades people for our society to function- to build and power our homes, offices, infrastructure, etc. We especially need highly skilled trades people for the more complex trade work we will need to build things like nuclear power plants. You cant just take any welder out od shop class for that kind of work. [/quote]

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