Find your trade. Fund your future.
Understand a trade career before you commit to it.
Compare wage evidence, licensing rules, training options, apprenticeships and funding pathways — then save a personal plan and revisit it any time.
Start with your state and trade
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Six trades, one shared research model
Every trade uses the same evidence-backed structure, so comparisons stay honest and consistent.
Electricians
SOC 47-2111.00
View tradeHeating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
SOC 49-9021.00
View tradeHeavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
SOC 53-3032.00
View tradeOperating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
SOC 47-2073.00
View tradePlumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
SOC 47-2152.00
View tradeWelders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
SOC 51-4121.00
View tradeWhat you get for every state and trade
Wage evidence
State and national medians with the source and data period shown.
Licensing & regulation
Who regulates the trade in your state, and where local research is needed.
Training & apprenticeships
Verified current programs and registered apprenticeship sponsors.
Funding pathways
Individual, workforce and conditional funding routes to investigate.
Your plan, saved
Sign in to keep a personal path for any state and trade: a wage summary, a pathway timeline, a planning checklist you control, and the options you save along the way.
Open my planPlanning checklist
- 1Review wage evidence for your state
- 2Check licensing and local requirements
- 3Compare training and apprenticeship options
- 4Look into funding pathways
Checklist items are planning actions, not legal requirements.
Every figure carries a source and date. Read how the data was collected and what it does not cover.