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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Ya, I work in the trades for a chemical supermajor and the pay these companies are offering for trade people and engineers is absolutely regarded. People jumping companies and getting 30-40-60% pay increases like it’s literally nothing. 

And the amount of job openings still is insane because no one can fill them fast enough. We are in an extreme shortage of skilled labor.
gpt
The place I work skilled trades make anywhere between 150-250k per year, depending on how much overtime they work.