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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tradies also tend to wreck their bodies early, reducing their lifetime income, so i don't think comparing hourly wages is the really important part when deciding on career choices

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

This varies hugely between trades though, and the sedentary lifestyle of some office workers isn't great either.

Skilled and qualified tradies aren't typically thrashing their bodies the way a site labourer will.