Dave McCormick: “Experienced welders are making $150,000 to $200,000 a year…”

“And there's really two pieces that one's disruption to the workforce. Now that's not happening yet. In fact, the AI boom and the energy infrastructure boom has … Experienced welders are making $150,000 to $200,000 a year [in Pennsylvania]. … AI without energy. And those two go hand in hand. Some jobs, white collar jobs, for a lack of a better term, will certainly be disruptive and other jobs will be disrupted.” (23:10–23:18)

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