This is also wild:

"After combing through research and speaking with semiconductor manufacturing workers at multiple facilities, we found that the industry is plagued with low pay, limited avenues for advancement, grueling schedules and exposure to dangerous toxic chemicals.

Many workers at semiconductor plants, known as fabs, make just $20 an hour, or around $40,000 for the whole year — assuming full 40-hour work weeks, which many don’t get because of frequent production shutdowns."

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4852130-semiconductor-jobs-under-chips-act/