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Is the $25/h rate for new tradies before or after the apprenticeship? To earn $25/h to learn, instead of paying it to learn is a significant step up in early life.
And while some degree earners, maybe even the average degree earner, may earn more over their life than the average tradie... I'd be willing to bet this is not the case for the majority of people who are doing a degree "because everyone else is" or they "don't know what else to do", as compared to the ones who e.g. have wanted to be a doctor their whole life.
Plus we have to compare the people who spend tens of thousands and drop out without a degree.
These employers don't seem to care about the safety and dignity of staff either. After high school, a friend worked as a builder and he had to install pink batts without any protective gear, so he was itching like a p-head for days. I tried installing pink batts in an attic once. My goggles fogged up and I couldn't see a damned thing.