Tag: plumber
![Working with wood](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/iStock-1254563279-1536x1024.jpg)
The annual pay for a plumber in Omaha, Nebraska, with three years of experience is around $55,000 a year, while a certified nursing assistant there earns $30,000. Or compare an electrician in the Phoenix area making $62,000 to $39,000 for a dental assistant. Recognizing that many of the occupations dominated by women don’t pay well,…
![Social connections](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/network-symbols-1536x878.jpg)
The PBS NewsHour has some terrific reporting on an important topic: the job market for the two-thirds of working-age adults who don’t have a college degree. The problem facing many of them is that, despite their hard work, they will earn much less over their lifetimes than college graduates. In stories for the NewsHour,…