Workforce
Poll: Young Americans Don’t Associate Trade School With High Pay and Job Security
In a recent BigRentz poll of 3,000 people aged 18 to 24, only 11 percent stated that they think trade schools lead to high-paying jobs, and 54 percent believe the trade school pay gap is larger than it really is.
By Joanna Masterson
April 2, 2019
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by Joanna Masterson
Joanna Masterson was a writer and editor for Construction Executive for more than a decade.
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