• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    I make higher than the median salary working at a factory. I left a job that required a college degree and professional licence that payed less than what I do now. Higher education requirements doesn’t always mean higher pay. You might just need to find a unionized factory. The lowest wage at my workplace is $25/hr (CAD). Local minimum wage is $17.20/hr and median wage is $21.83/hr.

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          3 months ago

          Depends if your union is regional or just your workplace.

          Most of the manufacturing unions in my area are just that, the area. All the trade unions are as well, and probably the teachers union too.