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Originally Posted by RecondoJoe
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I actually thought everyone in California was rich? We went out there last summer to help clear out power-lines in the aftermath of the wildfires, and were making about 20K a month. Talked to some of the guys who were from California and their flaggers (lowest guys on the totem pole) were making $160K a year walking in off the street. Flaggers for the same company where I live make $12 an hour if they are lucky, so the difference in pay was shocking. I've actually thought about living there for a couple of years and coming back and buying a mansion after that experience.
Also my friend actually had a degree before he went in -- they almost didn't take him because his grades were bad. Actually ran into each other during deployment. We were both on BIAP at the time. Literally saw him on the main chow hall just by chance (Navy guys stick out like a sore thumb on a predominantly ARMY base because of their uniforms being different).
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lol somebody was pulling your chain. Wages for many basic services in California can be excessive compared to the rest of the country depending on your location but nobody performing an entry-level service like that is making $160k a year unless they are independent contractors and found a loophole or niche. If everybody in California were rich there wouldn't have been hundreds of thousands being priced out and forced to leave over the years.
For example a basic entry level police officer in San Francisco makes $120k a year during the academy, but expect 4000 overqualified applicants for 12 positions and a 2 hour commute because you can't easily afford to live close to where you work on that