Re: How well could an illiterate person do in today\'s society?
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You could probably get a job in construction. My dad and most of his friends, while not illiterate, could not read English yet they managed to get construction jobs.
When my dad retired his income was about $65-70k.
He lives in a suburb of Toronto and has managed fine. Mind you he can read English now but for the first 10 years he couldn't yet had no major issues.
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The first financially successful illiterate person I knew was around 40 years old, worked at a small factory and bought, repaired, sold/rented residential property. He was a millionaire by age 30 or so. Worked very hard on finding and improving the properties.
Welders, loggers, fishermen etc can do ok also, especially if they have a spouse or good friend to help with specifics. It's not that unusual in fields like those. Once they catch on to the cycle of 'save some money, put it to work in a hands-on project' they can do very well.
$100K+ would be common in hot labor markets like western canada.
luckyme
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