Pay rates

Pay scale rates appear to be actually DECLINING here! All trades.

Sometimes ya just feel like a punch'n bag......what an uphill battle this is.

The feds just love'em. The state/locasl municipalities bend over backwards to assist the poor-down-trodden illegals...The suppliers, as well as manufactures only goal is to sell product....NRCA caters to them....it goes on....All the while us dumb-asses try to do the right thing.....I feel like a real chump!

Tico.....Yes, that's been the problem in the west, as well, so I've surmised for the past 15-20 yrs.

However, recently there was an ad for "journeymen" electricians, $17-$21/hr....Our pay scale range is $15 for a warm body, to $25 for a journey-leval roofer.

Noticed ads now & then for $10-$11hr for carpenters/roofers....WTH?