I'm a carpenter, I make cabinets and furniture (IT refugee). Economy looks good from here.

I build allot of yacht interiors, all custom work. My shop rate is 80$/hr, and my on-site rate for yacht carpentry is 100. I have work lined up for at least the next two years.
I have never had problems finding employment, I have been doing this kind of work for about ten years and have really enjoyed learning various woodworking techniques.

I started doing this after working in IT/tech support/database management for far too long. I'm so much happier now, the IT jobs are soul-crushing and dont even require much skill. The best thing I ever did for my-self was to unplug from the digital world. I still use a smart phone, but I no longer spend hours and hours staring at a screen. The worst part is that you never get any real gratitude from employers or clients.

If your current job sucks' quitting and moving on to something else may be the best thing you could do for your self.