[andrewmcwatters]

Sorry, that's just not true. Electricians in Phoenix can break $100k, and they openly tell me about it all the time. The electrician who did my house went from making $40k in his first year to $250k float month-to-month. It makes working in software look like being a peasant out here.

Ask me what HVAC companies make in the hottest city in the nation.

[notJim]

Take it up with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These are nationwide averages.

[d0gbread]

Reporting on averages is fine but you've made the mistake of thinking that average is representative of anyone. In all likelihood salaries are not normally distributed around that average, and we'd instead find a low hump (rural) and a high hump (urban, suburban).

[notJim]

I doubt it, when I looked at Phoenix salaries they seemed to be in line with the bls averages.