Actually, There Are Still Good Blue-Collar Jobs In U.S.

Tom Berryman knows how to put young people in some pretty sweet blue-collar jobs. Graduates of the two-year auto-mechanicsâ?? training courses he oversees at Lawson State Community Collegeâ??s campus in Bessemer, Alabama, all get work at auto dealerships, most with starting salaries in the high-40s. If theyâ??re lucky enough to end up at a Toyota dealership, they make over $60,000. Thatâ??s in a state with a median household income of $44,765.