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[โ€“] BastingChemina 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Today a the median yearly salary for a welder is a bit less than $40,000.

For this price you can maybe get a camper, not too big though.

[โ€“] merc@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

So, welders today make about 30% less, while houses today cost about 5x as much.

Progress!!