Godwin Oluponmile at Moneywise reports that back in 2016, Deborah (last name not revealed) was 31, broke and living in her Mother’s attic because she had nowhere else to go. One night, she ran a bath and the tub overflowed, flooding the house. Whoever had built the place had never hooked up the bathtub overflow drains. Her parents had worked for decades to own that home and a botched job they didn’t even know about was costing them the comfort of it. That’s what first pointed her toward the Trade. Then she found out what Plumbers actually earn and that sealed it, she told The Cut. “I can make how much money to unclog a toilet? I’ll take it.” At that point the choice more or less made itself. Nine years later, she’s a Journeyman Plumber with Plumbers Local Union 1 in New York City. She met her wife on the job, they have a daughter and her pay-and-benefits package is about $200 an hour. She’s also part of a bigger shift - Women leaving dead-end jobs for Union Trades that pay the kind of money that used to require a degree. That $200 figure comes with a catch, though, and the catch is the useful part.

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