insignificant. it s hard to say but what dr. carson said is false. speaking of wages, let s check in on what marco rubio said about welders, for example. for the life of me i don t know why we ve stigmatized vocational education. welders make more money than philosophers. we need more welders and less philosophers. do welders make more or less than philosophers? they make less. it s a nice talking point. senator rubio said this when he was trying to call for more vocational training. numbers from the bureau of laj statistics. the average salary for welders $37,000. compared to the average annual salary for a philosophy teacher, about $63,000, before you say this is college professors, pay sc scale looked at the numbers and they say the mid career level for welders, $26,000. the mid career level in 2008 for philosophy degree majors was $81,000. so it s really unfair to say.