AI, energy and housing builds drive up demand for tradies

Data centres in Sydney and Melbourne are offering overtime-pay-fuelled $200,000 incomes for electricians with just two years’ experience, eclipsing the average $80,000 salary for early-career accountants, lawyers or teachers.

The artificial intelligence boom, the largest capital investment shift in generations, is driving an unprecedented demand for skilled trades. Like the energy transition and mining boom before it, the AI gold rush is hoovering up talent across the spectrum, from investment bankers to sparkies.

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