Diane Keller: A carpenter for $19 an hour? Not here
Re “$15 for flipping burgers? Unfair” (Letters, Nov. 16): The writer’s comments on comparable wages, I think he must be joking!
He notes that “carpenters are paid $19.35 an hour” – certainly not in Modesto. Show me a good carpenter who works for that wage and I shall give him a gold star! More likely $35 to $75 an hour. I agree with his advice to stay in school, etc., but his wage estimates are far from reality.
Diane, Keller
This story was originally published November 18, 2015 at 5:53 PM with the headline "Diane Keller: A carpenter for $19 an hour? Not here."