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- Mike Rowe says U.S. companies are expanding training programs to address skilled-trade shortages.
- He reports five tradespeople leave the workforce each year while only two replace them, a 12-year trend.
- Trade trainees can break even financially in under a year, versus about 3.67 years for college graduates.
- Welders who began training three years ago now earn mid-six-figure salaries.
- Google partners with veterans groups to help 25,000 people enter skilled-trade careers.