On the job: What it takes to earn $100K a year as an electrician in New York City (via CNBCMakeIt)
Raised in the Fordham Row section of the Bronx, Vernica Martinez, 40, says she was forced to grow up quickly.
Today, Martinez lives roughly an hour away from the Bronx in Orange County, New York with her kids and her husband and earns approximately $51 her hour as a journeywoman electrician. Her positive path, she says, was paved by her profession. She continues, "I knew she deserved the world and I was gonna die trying to give it to her. And she was the reason, my daughter, she saved my life. Having her because I was able to focus just on her and making sure she had the best life possible."
"Over time, I started to see what laborer work entitled because every day I was going home in pain, I was tired, I was hurting. [Meanwhile], the electricians were laughing out the door," she says, which prompted her to call NEW's apprenticeship director. During her second year as an electrical apprentice with Local 3, Martinez met her future husband, Matthew who is also an electrician. After learning they lived near each other, they began taking the train together and became friends. The couple both wore their work clothes to their first date."I had a great support system, I call them 'My village' — my best friends," she says. "They made sure that I got through the apprenticeship.
Around 8:45 a.m., Martinez typically takes a quick coffee break and around noon, she typically takes a lunch break. Her workday typically ends by 2:15 p.m.
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Making $100,000 a year as an electrician in New York CityVernica Martinez, 40, is a Local 3 union electrician who's been working in her trade for nearly 20 years. She's worked her way up from apprentice to journeywoman and currently makes $58 an hour. Born and raised in the Bronx, Vernica now lives outside the city in Orange County, New York with her husband and two daughters.
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