Are the trades under-rated?

When it comes to people working the trades I was amazed on how much money they were making. I was working as a nuclear tool tech with some boiler makers and when it came to pay these guys were pulling in $4,000.00 take home checks per week. Where I was maybe $1900 every week.

I was ready to drop everything and shake my head in disbelieve. Here I was well educated yet could not even come close to what they made.

Are the trades under-rated?
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