Question for staffing firms, recruiters, or people familiar with a wide range of jobs/careers.?

I dont know what is better for my future. A underwriter or a comercial electrician. I want to do what would pay me more in the longrun. I think I would like both. I will be moving to Chicago. As a commercial electrician I would eventually end up making 36.20 a hour plus 1.5 for overtime. Then if I make it to a management type position I could make 40 an hour. Or use my training and degree to become a estimator. BUt i'm not sure what I can make as a underwriter because the salary surveys arent accurate.

Question for staffing firms, recruiters, or people familiar with a wide range of jobs/careers.?
I don't know much about a job as an electrician, but I have worked for underwriters. They pull in a lot of hours. A lot of travel as well. Building up a client base would be the toughest part of the job. I'm not even sure how much they make but by the houses they have and the cars they drive, it's some serious dough. Underwriters are usually highly stressed (from what I've experienced.) Meeting quotas will do that. However, it all depends on the company, the line of insurance and how easy/hard it is to get clients.





If you go the underwriter way, be prepared that it would be slow starting. Unless you're taking over a position of an underwriter, you won't have much business (clients)
Reply:Don't pick based upon salary, go with the one you think you will want to get up everyday and do...for the rest of your life perhaps. Or, if you do decide to go with a job/career based upon money alone, save most of that, because one day you'll want to quit and you might not know what the heck it is you want to do. At least you'll have some money saved.
Reply:commercial electrician will give you more independence. under writting have to be dependent on many others.Both are a pole apart. what you like more?