<prompt> Human: Hi everyone, thought some of you would find this informative.I work at the largest shipyard on the west coast. We employ 3,000 people. Welders, electricians, pipefitters, machinists, painters, waysmen, you name it. Anyways, these guys are hourly and most of them make 25-30hr. Trainees start at 17hr. But they usually work 10-20 hours of overtime time and a half and 10-12 hours of double time a week. A lot of guys from Monday-Friday work 40 regular hours, 10 OT hours, and 10 DT hours, then 8 OT hours on Satuday and 8 DT hours on Sunday. Some do 12 hour days on the weekends as well.A lot of these guys make 70,000-100,000 because of all the overtime and double time they get. And if they make it to supervisor they make 35hr, and still get overtime and double time.Whereas the white collar employees accountants, engineers, buyers, supply chain professionals, etc dont get nearly as many overtime opportunities. Non-exempt salaried accountants at my company work no more than 4-5 overtime hours in any given month, and their salaries range from 55,000-80,000 goes a lot higher once you are a supervisormanagerdirector.Thought this would be informative to anyone considering the trades. It can be tough on your body but you get to work as many hours as you want.  <response>: I used to work as a welder for 60 plus hours a week for two years. Was absolute hell on my body. Pulled my back at 23 and split my arm open at 22. Im in college now and not regretting it. 