TRADES CAREER Tier List (Trade Jobs Ranked)

What about a drug dealer??

Tooling and die mechanic is the 100% most profitable trade I've worked for

Bring a process tech into this boss

I am 34 and currently in the white collar world of finance... but looking for a career change. This video was super helpful!!!

Truck driver?

no carpenter

What about Chefs?

I’m 25 and work at Walmart when I graduated high school my family separated and since I’ve been house hoping from friends couches to brother couches to living with dad to living with mom constantly being told I need to leave because Im just an extra person to take care of but I never really had a shot at life my parents didn’t want to pay for my college so I tried working and going to school and I couldn’t really afford to take care of myself doing both so I dropped out of college and ever since I just been working at restaurants and grocery stores and i really just want a career job so I can make more money and level up in life and I wanna work trade since college is more of a risk so I’m praying everything works out and trade is worth it cuz I just really wanna get out of this hole I’m in🙏

What about a cnc machinist ??

Welder for 3 years, I make a solid 65000 a year, most I’ve made is 75000, I work in vessels and mining equipment though.
Don’t get into this as a backup, it’s hard to get to the point im at or higher within 5-10 years, I’ve worked my ass off

I thought sonography required a degree and certification? I started a program and due to a miscommunication with my application I decided to change to management.

Lovee watching this thank you

For 82k and no apprenticeship I can toughen up emotionally

Also can get your 2yrs of electrical tech school and get hired at a hospital electrician. Oilfield even hires electricians 1,2,3. Also commercial electrical work is definitely more physical demanding. Ladders tight staircases and conduit etc

How about material engineering?

How about material engineering?

I'm in the sheet metal union. It covers, as the name suggests. Everything to do with sheet metal. 5 year apprenticeship easily making 100k a year in your 4th year and once you become a journeyman about 120k. Plus all the great benefits of being in a union. Really great career. Just make sure to take care of yourself

As a union journeyman carpenter, I was interested to see where you placed the other trades I commonly work with. Although I believe your numbers are varied from what I understand. Or at least you should have stipulated that it varies by region. I can say from first hand knowledge that many of these trades clear over 100k easily. And just on a base 40hr week at that. Here in California, carpenters are clearing 100k along with electricians, hvac techs, plumbers, framers etc. I have a friend who is a longshoreman in Long Beach making 150k+ a year. I also spent a few months recently in Alaska working with boilermakers and welders. They were clearing easily 3k a week after taxes(I will iterate that these were after 80 hour weeks)

Anyways I just really wanted to emphasize these discrepancies because young men and women might look at these numbers and think that being a trade worker isn’t for them since the pay seems to not warrant the effort. A lot of these trades allow you to complete your 4 year apprenticeship on the job(effectively a bachelors degree time wise) all while getting paid and not having to pay back student loans after completed.

Truck driver (Midwest).

Local job home everyday 8-14 hours depending on how good you’re at our specific type of work.

~100k/year.

4 weeks to get a CDL-A.

The medical careers mentioned are extremely physically taxing. You're basically lifting 300lb+, barely mobile, people on and off of the various examination tables. 50 people per day is not uncommon.