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I agree that plumbers will always be valuable, but the market we’re in is in no way efficient. People are not compensated by their value. The ideal rate to pay a plumber is as little as you can get away with, and that could just drop.

Consider this — there’s more and more rental properties, and so less people who want to maintain their plumbing properly. There will likely be more “lowest bidder” work, and so the rates will drop. The quality of plumbing will drop, the pride in the trade will drop.

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I've seen comments on Reddit claiming six-figure, part-time jobs in the skilled trades. To which I have responded: the more you talk about it, the faster you'll lose it. Motivated supply will fix any power imbalance in the field.