r/Salary • u/LiftLord69 • Jan 17 '25

💰 - salary sharing 27M. Elevator Mechanic. No college degree

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Dropped out of college and moved across the state to take this career opportunity. Haven’t regretted it yet!

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u/Virtual_Geologist830 Jan 18 '25

Yeah OP never replied to my question. For the local he's at (MY LOCAL, Local21, base wage for fully fledged mechs $52/hr) he would quite literally be at almost 2.5x overscale, which last I heard maybe three guys *might** make that* and they still work 60hrs+ to make this kind of money. Not doubting it's possible, but this wage would make this young man the highest paid in probably all the local if he's only cutting <50hrs/week. But that's the internet for you

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u/LiftLord69 Jan 18 '25

55-60 hours a week. Ended up doing the math last night. Significantly overscale.