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WSJ: A new trend among high school dropouts in the U.S. is to give up school and go to work as welders or electricians

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Young Americans are dropping out of school to pursue skilled trades such as welding, plumbing, and electrician due to concerns about the high cost of education, the development of artificial intelligence, and job security amid a shortage of skilled workers in the United States.

In the United States, high school dropouts have a new trend: to give up their studies and go to work as welders, plumbers, or electricians. The Wall Street Journal writes about this, UNN reports .

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It is noted that young people are worried about the high cost of university education and the development of AI. They want real work that will provide better job security than "spending their lives behind a monitor.

At the same time, there is an acute shortage of plumbers and electricians in the United States: by 2027, the country will lack 550,000 plumbers.

According to monitoring sites, the average salary of a plumber in the United States in 2023 was $80 thousand per year.

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