LrXBLACKJACK wrote Right now I'm 20 years old and I make $800 a week. When I finish my apprenticeship program I'll have just turned 23 and I'd be making $1680 a week, $42 an hour.

I'm currently still living with my parents and saving for a down payment on a house. I'm curious if that's good money to live off of. I'm single with no kids and don't plan on settling down until after I'm done with college. I want to have a nice house and have a nice car, etc. What do those people with experience think?

I live in northern Minnesota. I work construction. The only reason I'm asking is because I've been having second thoughts. I have to endure the freezing cold winters and blistering hot summers. I'm almost always working outside and my job is very physical. I was only 1 out of 20 people to get into the program last year. I'm curios also as to if it's worth the money compared to what other people do. It just doesn't seem like enough to me... I wanted to be a doctor but I can't sacrifice that many years of my life. My schooling right now is a five year program.

Thanks to those that can answer this. Any opinions are welcome.

Dexy wrote What do you do in construction? Cause I know there's different things such as site manager and so on. If you say your exact role on the site then it will be a lot easier to help. For being 20 and making $800 a week that's very good.