The Great Electrician Shortage

24 Apr 2023 | Abstracted from New Yorker

"...the annual mean wage for plumbers and electricians is about sixty-three thousand dollars, or roughly the same as that for high-school teachers... According to a recent report published by Associated Builders and Contractors, job openings in the construction industry averaged three hundred and ninety thousand a month in 2022."

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