Amanda, thank you for the info. I see you are from Wisconsin. My girlfriend is from Racine. I can assure you that neither of us thinks relocating to the NE or CA is worth $5 an hour. LOL I just wanted to get an idea what to expect. $ 25 is not bad. She was making $ 17.50 as an environmental tech. Not the hospital janitor thingy. Groundwater sampling, etc.

For the specialties you mentioned, how do you get into those? Is that more school, or just get in ground floor and they train you where they need you?

Thanks again for all your help.:banana: