Tradies have revealed their staggering take-home pay, leaving Australians envious of their six-figure earnings.
Scaffolders, carpenters and plumbers were among the professionals detained on the streets of Brisbane and asked to disclose their salaries.
One coal miner revealed he earned a whopping $160,000, while a second-year carpentry apprentice said he earned $1,100 a week after tax.
Another high-paying occupation was a diesel fitter who specialized in heavy earth-moving equipment, and revealed he earned $130 an hour.
A second-year carpenter’s apprentice said he takes home $1,100 a week after taxes.
A woman who works in the mining industry doing adjustments and machining earns between $130,000 and $140,000 a year.
One scaffolder said he earns $3,000 a week after taxes (file image pictured)
This equates to a huge annual income of $250,000 if the diesel installer works just 38 hours a week.
An automobile electrician interviewed earned $120,000 and a worker who performs adjustments and machining in mines earns between $130,000 and $140,000 a year.
One of the most surprising salaries was that of a scaffolder who said he earned $3,000 a week after taxes, which is $156,000 in his pocket annually.
The TikTok video was shared on Reddit where social media users were left stunned.
“I think I’m in the wrong race,” one person wrote.
‘Why is it so worth it to put a metal structure around a building?’ added a second.
‘It makes you think that university is a scam. “I could easily make electric cars for that money,” said another.
Others said the trades are paid so much because of the damage they do to the worker’s body.
‘I think it’s fair since they trade their body for their pay. It’s hard work and many will have health problems,” one wrote.
Some thought the merchants were exaggerating, while others argued that wages were high due to a lack of skilled workers.
Getahead app founder and CEO Sam McNamara (pictured) said young people want pay transparency and are happy to discuss it. He also said it has become the norm abroad.
“It’s economics 101, we spent decades telling people to go to college and get a degree and now we have no trades while our population grows and so does demand in the industry,” one wrote.
Getahead CEO Sam McNamara told Daily Mail Australia there is a huge demand for trading, which has increased in recent years.
“Their wages have increased dramatically, more people are joining the industry and the need for trades has been very high,” he said.
‘However, we have noticed that more trade jobs have recently joined the platform and that there are also more tradespeople looking for work, even though we predominantly focus on hospitality and retail.
McNamara said that of all the trades, carpentry was the most popular. The CEO said he was surprised by the salaries, but said it has become the “new normal.”
The app’s founder said it was not unusual for a trader to earn $100 an hour.
McNamara said they interviewed Queenslanders on the street because they want pay transparency.
“We made salary transparency mandatory through the app to save time for both the job seeker and the company,” he said.
“We surveyed a group of job seekers and it was one of the biggest frustrations: applying for a job, interviewing multiple times and not even knowing what was offered.”
The mining industry remains the most lucrative for the trade, with the most experienced workers earning $180,000 a year.
Analysis by insurance brokerage Trade Risk found that the average annual trading salary was $90,940, which is an increase of 11 percent compared to 2019.
“We believe it is the best representation of how much Australian traders actually earn, as it uses the taxable income provided to us by thousands of self-employed traders across Australia,” the report said.
Boilermakers had the highest average salary at $112,535, followed by electricians at $96,338 and plumbers at $95,507.
However, for people working in the mines, talent.com reported a median income of $124,000.
Entry-level positions start at $101,000, but more experienced ones can earn $180,000 per year.