I suppose my viewpoint is biased as I work in the field in the oil and gas industry, but an engineering grad in my field is hired around $25 an hour or $52000 a year. They work in the field though with 12 hours being the standard shift and often work a 24 and 4 schedule. The overtime puts them averaging $1900 a week for 50 weeks to make $95000 a year. They don't always work that much though which is why I rounded it down to $80000.
Apprentices are getting $25/hour the day they leave high school with all of their education paid. Once they have a marketable skill they can get all the overtime they want and once they become journeymen their wage goes way up.
The whole country isn't like this, but it certainly is in Alberta. (You may have to leave Calgary and work like a dog though.)
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