have come to feel like call it vocational consolation prizes and we re simply not celebrating their contribution. that s why you have a skills gap right now at the same time you have unemployment. according to the department of labor, skilled labor like plumbers and steam fit ters, will see a 16% increase in the number of jobs available between now and 2018. skilled labor workers, a 29% bump. the problem, finding people skilled to fit the job and a number that will retire soon. this job bright mike way out to capitol hill where he testified about a skilled crisis. we need a pr campaign for skilled labor, like a big one. something that addresses the widening skills gap head on and rejoins the country with that part of the work force. while not glamorous, they are essential to keep the country
running. it s not about, oh, no, the poor tradesman. they re going to be fine. they re going to be great, in fact. it s the rest of us who rely on their work. we re going to take it in the neck. those are jobs that can t be outsourced, by the way, and they re also called ladder jobs meaning you can start, move up the ladder, own your own business and actually employ people down the road. when it comes to salaries? plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters, make about $50,000, electricians $51,000 and construction laborers, $33,000. if you move up in the trade, you can make well over six figures. up next, we ll tell you why women may hold the key to creating most of the new jobs over the next five years.
absolutely. i think we can safely say gone are the days we can go to college and study latin for the fun of it. we need to come out and still be able to pay our bills and student loans and things like that. this is a professor at the university of steinhart. you tell us college would not be a big deal if we were getting more for our money. that s right. i think one of the big problems facing american families is the fact that college tuition is going up quite a bit, almost every year at many colleges and universities, and it does raise the question of accessibility and what you get for the money. i think for many families, they re starting to make tough decisions about what kind of schools they ll send their children to, whether or not that public university that seemed less desirable before is now maybe a good bargain. yeah, you don t need to spend thousands of dollars because state schools can do that for you if you re motivated. l. zchl l.z, here s the question. ki