A career in the trades can be extremely rewarding. The pay is good, the work is interesting, and there’s a steady demand for a variety of experts. Professional electricians are some of the ...

Electricians spend many years attending apprenticeship school before testing for their electrical license. On top of that, they work under the supervision of licensed electrical professionals to ...

Zen Stewart knows firsthand that career paths aren't linear. Hers hasn't been. Today, the 34-year-old is an electrician in Raleigh, North Carolina — a construction wireman level four, to be exact.

The assumption that a four-year engineering degree always beats the trades on salary is running into some inconvenient numbers. By median salary, electrical engineering still wins. That has not ...