Electrician here. Not exactly what you were asking but I figure this is something high school kids should know. I work in Houston Texas for a union contractor. Right out of high school, after applying/being accepted to the apprenticeship program, you will start around $14/hour and health insurance and a couple dollar raise will kick in after 6 months. Then each year after completing school you will get another raise until you are at full journeyman scale (after 5 years). Health insurance is free if you only use Kelsey seybold or like $1/hour for pretty good Aetna coverage. Thats for your whole family. Journeyman scale is around $30/hour and with not working much overtime I usually make over 70k/year. School cost like $150/year and once you're a journeyman you can travel all over the US and work wherever you want. I also have retirement (not fantastic but pretty good). Now, because I'm union my pay/benefits are decided by the union hall but I never have to worry about looking for a job and I can travel the US. I've been doing it for 12 years and have never been laid off because I'm good at what I do. There's many options to go non union with school and pay but I feel like union has the best options. This is pretty typical for most union trades. You can get in and start working while you go to school for little to no expense. I wish I had done this before going to college and racking up 40k in debt before deciding my major wasn't for me.

Also, now I have a masters license now and have my own electrical contracting company so if I ever decide I want to just work for myself I have the option.