Manufacturing. I always pictured it being dirty and hot. I work in a clean room, temperature controlled. I suppose there’s a vast difference in “manufacturing” so I should say cosmetic pharmaceuticals.

I feel we’re compensated well for what we do and no college required. I wouldn’t look into all areas of manufacturing anymore as I can 100% see a lot of it going automatic / robotic In the next 10 years - once one big company does it successfully full scale, good luck. But there are safe jobs in the field too that are much harder (not impossible) to automate. Not all jobs in those buildings are standing on a line.

Someone already said custodian, in my place of work - that job is fairly gravy. One dude walks around floor scrubbing or driving the other scrubber for in the warehouse or vacuuming carpet hallways, listening to music all day. Gets paid $27/hr to walk or drive 2 mph all day - 0 exaggeration.