I make $43,000 a year as an electrician — and I couldn't be happier

In 2023, Zen Stewart decided to pivot from white‑collar work to becoming an electrician. She’s now a member of the ...

34-year-old electrician makes $43,000 a year after leaving design school: I have 'many ways to move up' and earn more money

Zen Stewart made roughly $43,000 as an electrician in North Carolina last year. Her advice to others considering the trades ...
syracuse.com

Union to double paid training program to help meet Micron’s need for hundreds of electricians

Clay, N.Y. -- After 10 years as a cable TV installer, Shannon Thomas decided it was time for a career change. The rapid growth of streaming television services might one day make cable obsolete, he ...
Los Angeles Daily News

Veterans benefit from union’s electrician apprenticeship program

An apprenticeship program to train 23 veterans as electrical workers was launched this week with a boot camp focusing on safety, construction and job site awareness. The program was started years ago ...
CBS News

Upgraded training center for electricians in Boston "like Harvard University," says union

BOSTON - With the increased interest in clean energy, there are nearly 2,000 electrical apprentices now training in Massachusetts to fill jobs. "We're training folks to install solar, we're training ...
Newsday

Electricians' union to begin recruitment for 47 apprenticeships

The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Electrical Industry of Nassau and Suffolk Counties will begin taking applications on Wednesday for 47 apprenticeships, officials said.
Yahoo

'Just Go Union'? Electrician Applied At Every Company In His City And Says The Blue-Collar Apprentice Pipeline Is Worn Out, Backlogged, and Gatekept

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The trades are supposed to be wide open. At least, that's the myth people love to repeat — that blue-collar jobs are desperate for ...