Highest paying specialty?

[Littlespark99]

Good morning everyone,

I'm new to the forum so firstly hello I am currently training to become an electrician however I'm undecided as to what kind I should be. I currently have my level 2 City and guilds + ecs card and am working towards my level 3. I have a few weeks experience in domestic wiring (I've just started thanks to my teacher recommending me to someone). I've thought a lot about getting into rail or UPS or even test related kind of work but I've yet to talk about this to someone who knows what they're talking about. My main concern is money and career progression. I'd like to at least be earning 40k take home a year by the time I'm 30 (I'm currently 18), ideally about 80-100k+ by the time I'm 40. These are just some personal goals and obviously don't need to be met I just need to know the best possible path to get there. I enjoy electrical work so I'm not fussed too much about what kind as long as the pay is good. Also I'm a little stressed as I was told it'd be much more difficult to find an apprenticeship after I turn 19 which is soon, should I be worried? I would greatly appreciate any advice given. If you have any questions please let me know.

Thank you

 

[Deuce]

£1270 a week not £1200

Year Month Week
Gross Wage £100,000 £8,333 £1,923
Taxable Wage £88,141 £7,345 £1,695
Tax Paid £28,356 £2,363 £545
Tax Free Allowance £11,859 £988 £228
National Insurance £5,624 £469 £108
Take-home pay £66,019 £5,502 £1,270

I can tell which calculator your using based on the layout!

Yea, 1270 PW is 100k salary. Or slightly more if you trade as a ltd.

 

[Squid]

£1200 a week take home is 100k a year. Not bad if you can get it.

Thats under £250 per day, not sure if achievable as an electrician.

 

[Squid]

£1270 a week not £1200

Year Month Week
Gross Wage £100,000 £8,333 £1,923
Taxable Wage £88,141 £7,345 £1,695
Tax Paid £28,356 £2,363 £545
Tax Free Allowance £11,859 £988 £228
National Insurance £5,624 £469 £108
Take-home pay £66,019 £5,502 £1,270

You go Ltd Co saves on NI and Tax and you can expense your travel and food costs and a load of the stuff.

 

[Deuce]

Thats under £250 per day, not sure if achievable as an electrician.

I'm sure it's easy enough to achieve less than 250 a day

 

[Squid]

I'm sure it's easy enough to achieve less than 250 a day

In Wales £10.50 ph.......

 

[MJPD29]

Pretty much what's happening, one of my teachers say that just doing house rewires you could earn 4k a week and that you could earn more in other specialties.



This looks very interesting, what's the best way to get qualified? Looking online a bit says that I need to do electrical and mechanical engineering first which is something I've been thinking about anyway.



What's rope access and what does it let you work on?



I'll talk to him asap thank you



Starting a company seems like the most likely route for me after I've gained enough experience to do so but I don't know if there are better/less stressful options out there.



Honestly I wouldn't mind risking my head getting sawed off if it means more money, either I get rich or die which sounds like a win win to me haha. Seriously though if stuff like that are available when I'm experienced then I'd be all for it if the price is worth it.

That's simply just not true about house rewires I've never heard of that in my life he's exaggerating quite a lot

 

[Deuce]

That's simply just not true about house rewires I've never heard of that in my life he's exaggerating quite a lot

Yup, £800 per day for a single spark is certainly above what would expect to pay..

More like 4k incl materials, new CU and plastering to reinstate the walls after chasing the cables.

I guess the spark would see about £3200-3500 of that for approx 2 weeks work. The rest going on materials and paying the plasterer to reinstate.

Based on average 3 bed, not allowing for regional differences of course.

EDIT: Also general business/trading costs to come off the 'profit' too!

 

[Deuce]

In Wales £10.50 ph.......

Is that your salary or the going rate for a welsh spark? Seems a bit stingy either way

About 21k a year with 4 weeks off..?

 

[Pete999]

Scaffolding,

 

[Squid]

Is that your salary or the going rate for a welsh spark? Seems a bit stingy either way

About 21k a year with 4 weeks off..?

I have zero income at the moment since the flat renovation, okay I have something coming in but not that much and am looking for new opportunities, like buying another Lotus, the Caterham I think is far too small.

 

[littlespark]

Nevermind the money. Can you change your name @Littlespark99 ?

There can be only one.....

 

[snowhead]

I'm sure it's easy enough to achieve less than 250 a day

Really

That's £32 per hour before stoppages, working 12hrs per day, every weekday of the year.
No holidays off, Bank holidays not worked and no allowance for sick days.

 

[Tes369]

I was on a chemical plant in Scotland and the Scottish sparks that were their doing maintenance and upgrades told me the Electrical engineer on the job was on 4k a week and he had a brand new Audi in the car park to prove it still with the knobely bits on the tires. Alot of money being thrown about... I remember I saw him once in his beautifully clean overalls.

* imagine the scene a bit like a admiral walking down the guts of a submarine pipes running everywhere instruments everwhere dirty sweaty greasy Electricians watching in amazement and the words "At ease gentleman as you were" spoken by his number 1.

 

[Octopus]

Only electricians i have ever heard on that sort of money were in the wild west of Iraq after the invasion but you ran risk of getting blown up, or your head hacked off. so was a judgement call on the rewards verses the risks! they were on couple of grand a week tax free.

I meant in any industry, let alone sparking

 

[Deuce]

Really

That's £32 per hour before stoppages, working 12hrs per day, every weekday of the year.
No holidays off, Bank holidays not worked and no allowance for sick days.

I said easy enough to achieve 'less'