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The thing is that most of those wages are not great. Starting on$25 is terrible when the job is backbreaking work in a toxic environment. I'd rather work in an office and start on $22 or whatever min wage is these days.
Hard to know whether our wages are too low, or costs are too high, or both. But yeah, looking at how low some of these cap out after a few years' experience and our insane housing costs, you can see why trades may struggle to attract people.