With generative AI potentially posing an existential threat to white-collar jobs everywhere, we explore the pay rates and opportunities available in two very different career paths
Light-bulb moment: accountants and electricians can both earn large amounts
After CAO offers were released at the end of August, some parents were naturally beaming with pride when telling friends and neighbours that their son or daughter “got into Trinity”. But many of the same parents still reel in shock from an invoice they receive from their local electrician, tiler or plumber – assuming they managed to get a tradesperson to return their call in the first place.
With tradespeople charging higher rates and generative AI posing an existential threat to white-collar jobs, many school-leavers with an eye on a high-earning job wonder if they’re better off skipping the traditional university route and driving straight into a craft apprenticeship.