Prox

The article doesn’t actually cite compensation as an issue. The actual issue is lack of skilled talent, which is due to a couple of things including

• These jobs require relevant skills; can’t just hire someone off the street as you can in the service industry.
• The US spent ages telling people that they were idiots if they didn’t go to college, which pushed people away from trade skills
• The Trump administration made aggressive cuts to training programs for blue-collar workers