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More HS students leaning toward trades, higher pay
by Gregory R. Norfleet · News · March 12, 2025
High school junior?
You could get a job and make minimum wage, $7.25 an hour.
Or you could work at McDonald’s for $13 to $16 per hour.
Or ... you could skip the Would-you-like-fries-with-that? speech and make $21 per hour or more in starting pay — about three times the minimum wage — by joining the trades.
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