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Equitable pay changes over time and companies need to be continuously reviewing what they're paying their employees. However, according to a Gartner survey of roughly 3,500 workers conducted in 2022, only 32% of them felt like they were fairly compensated.

Interested in the other side of the spectrum, Reddit user Designer-Meeting-123 made a post on the platform, asking everyone to list the jobs that they believe are grossly overpaid.

From realtors to management consultants, we've compiled the most popular submissions and are eager to learn your opinion on the matter. So continue scrolling and upvote the professions that you think are earning too much.

#1

Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Influencers.

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BROmanicus85
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This! This needs to be first!!! A bunch of entitled people, that always complain about how "hard work" it is being an influencer, but never ACTUALLY worked a day in their lives and expect everyone to treat them like royalty!!! I hate influencers with a fierce passion!!!!

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    #2

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Megachurch pastors.

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    Corvus
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And said Jesus unto them: "Thou shallt build megachurches and relieve mine believers of their money. Also, thou shallt have seizures in front of the audience and speak in tongues, which is actually just gibberish."

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    #3

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers A failed CEO. "Bob, you've done a terrible job. Here's 60 million dollars. Hit the road.".

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    leendadll
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most execs have "golden parachutes"... written agreement to major salary even if they quit or are fired. I had a job with CEO turnover roughly every 2 years. Every one of those execs had a guaranteed 10yr salary. Screwed up for 2 years and got paid for 10!!

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    #4

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers I'd say it depends what sector, but my sorta-answer is that its f****d to see CEO's CFO's, COO's, etc, getting literally tens of millions in **BONUSES** when the company is also laying off thousands of workers, selling off assets, losing value, or whatever.

    I always figured a bonus was something you earned when you did a good job...

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    #5

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Congress.

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    Dave M
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey BP, is it that hard to find a picture of the congressional chambers?

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    #6

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers College football coach. “Fisher was fired Sunday morning late in his sixth season at Texas A&M with more than $76 million remaining on his fully guaranteed contract.”.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    College sports in the USA are absolutely wild to me. The highest paid 'educator' at most colleges is probably not the Dean - it's the football coach. They get huge crowds though, so the coach arguably generates the most income too.

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    #7

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Politicians, state level and up. Part time thumb twiddling with great full time benefits for life.

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    Bernd Herbert
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think so. Compared to any big company politicians are paid way less. Our Chancelor in Germany has a monthly salary of around 30K€. Which is much less than any "big CEO", actor or sports star. And that guy's running our country. Similar to the US president.

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    #8

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Anything connected with the funeral or wedding industries.

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    cerinamroth
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I take issue with the funeral industry part of this. No one needs to get married, but everyone will die. And most people don't want to deal with bodies themselves. Therefore, we have funeral homes and burial societies. It's also important to ensure that diseases don't spread. Very important work that not everyone could do.

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    #9

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers NBA player.

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    Alban Bizet
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pro athletes are pay based on the revenue they generate for the club, so In a way they paid accordingly to it, we should be paid the same way

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    #10

    Literally any F500 CEO. 1200% overpaid.

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    Ian Webling
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I initially read that as "120% overpaid" and was about to fire off a rude response when a second glance corrected me. Then again, is 1200% high enough?

    #11

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Fired college football coaches.

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    Bernd Herbert
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    9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The whole college sports scene in the US is absolutely bizarre. It's more like sports teams that have a school attached then the other way round.

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    #12

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers D**g company reps. And on the flip side, pharmacists are incredibly underpaid.

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    Dirk Daring
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still know what that word is. Putting stars on it didn't protect anybody from any kind of harm from knowing what the word is. Stop being asinine.

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    #13

    Coaches! Basketball, football and other big sports.

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    Steve
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about the Denver Nuggets mascot, Rocky? He makes 625,000 a year!

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    #14

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Education admin. I'm sorry, you don't need almost 400k a year for being the head of a school district.

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    Xenia Harley
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    During a recession, years ago, the teachers were being told there was no money in the district to raise pay. We got like a 2% raise over a three year contract. Meanwhile, the administrators got like a 14% pay raise. Totally absurd!

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    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Realtors. They serve zero purpose in today’s market and are overpaid for their “services” by a criminal margin. They email documents and turn locks, that’s it.

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    Steve Hall
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try to buy or sell a property without a realtor and you will quickly find out just how much you don't know.

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    #16

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers HR department. Cancer of any org I've ever been in.

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    #17

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Actors. You don't deserve millions for acting goofy. Not even as a privacy compensation.

    But in the end it's just supply and demand so what are ya going to do about it.

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    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Management consultants.

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    Sven Horlemann
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They serve their purpose. I once worked for a telecommunications company subsidiary that had to lay off people and slim down. And as none of the CEO, CFO, CTO and board of directors wanted to be blamed, they hired consultants. Because then they were able to say: "Look, not what we want, but the experts have a clear professional opinion. so we are doing that." I know, because I worked closely for the CEO. And yeah, I know what that expert opinion did cost us. Redicilous.

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    #19

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers School district superintendents. While I will admit, I cannot honestly articulate exactly what they do, that may very well be part of the problem.

    And anytime I see a scandal or their pay is otherwise mentioned, it seems staggeringly high for a government position.

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    Corvus
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What do superintendents do? They mostly have unforgettable luncheons that involve steamed hams and sudden indoor manifestations of aurora borealis.

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    #20

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers King of England.

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    Michael Largey
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The British royal family is invaluable in its role of discouraging monarchy in other countries.

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    #21

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers As an attorney, I'm very surprised no one has said attorney yet.

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    xolitaire
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    9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That really depends on the situation and workplace. Huge law firm with prestigious clients? Yeah, there's money to be made there. Small town lawyer in a one man office? Not so much

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    #22

    Mine. Healthcare marketing. Being paid 6 figures [with only a Bachelor's Degree] to tell people [who are already medical school educated] how to treat their patients is actually hilarious! But if you're gonna pay me for it...

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    Pikkie V
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I switched from being a consultant to being an employee basically doing the same thing because I couldn't justify for myself that someone should pay +$1000/day for my services. And being asked to drag a project so the company could keep invoicing.

    #23

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Real estate agents. Maybe if it's your first home and you need everything done for you, or this was the 1990s before online listings - a buyer's agent and a seller's agent on each respective side, the two agents splitting a 6% to 7% commission made some sense. But for your average transaction, or experienced buyers / sellers, this just doesn't make sense anymore and it's a huge expense on already expensive home sale.

    I bought a For Sale Buy Owner home, no realtor on either side. Hired an attorney to handle paperwork and we split the expense. Super easy. Also sold a home, without no realtor, and the buyer's did have an agent. The agent was awful at communicating and being responsive, and she wanted her 3% "commision" to come out of the sale price. It's like sis, you literally made everything more difficult, we still had to pay an attorney to oversee the paperwork and title company, what exactly are you being paid for here? I don't give a s**t how many houses you showed to your clients before they decided to buy a FSBO and tried to keep you involved.

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    ConstantlyJon
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so you had a bad agent and then blamed her for wanting to get paid. meh. We have a wonderful agent and are happy to give her the commission that she earned repeatedly through multiple home sales and purchases.

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    #26

    Every billionaire.

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    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Omg customer success managers. I was one. I was paid a ridiculous amount to basically say “I don’t have the answer to a single question you asked but I can see if I can find someone… who can maybe answer it but they probably can’t”. It’s a JOKE.

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    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers A lot of those jobs where your job is to basically talk to people and pass information around and your biggest problem is people not reading emails thoroughly enough.

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    Upstaged75
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, someone has to do it. ;) It's actually WAY more complicated than that, but I like to joke that my job mostly consists of writing and sending email.

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    #29

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers HR at the hospital I worked at.

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    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Athletes, hospital administrators.

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    Porribix
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am currently a hospital administrator. Its fairly paid and a lot of work since we are short staffed all the time. Maybe this is a problem in America where the whole healthcare system is the problem?

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    #31

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Real Estate Agents. Especially buyer side agents. Earning a percentage of the cost of the property is ridiculous. You do the same job for a $200k home vs a $10 million home.

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    #32

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers A lot of management jobs.

    Most managers don’t even properly manage, they push off the responsibilities of their job onto others and wait until a f**k up to do just about anything.

    If all runs smoothly, that’s great. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they are doing their job. Maybe the people under them are just really good at theirs, and don’t even need them. Or maybe the methods used to achieve those results are unsustainable and borderline unethical/immoral or even illegal.

    I’m not talking perfection here, nobodies perfect. But most managers need to step up their game, and always seek to improve the people under them, raise them up and help them. And don’t use the excuse of “nobody did that for me”. That’s just childish. Step up, and do your job.

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    Michael Largey
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a manager who worked so far away that she was in a different time zone. She was bright enough and sane enough to deal with it without trouble. She eventually left management, essentially saying "I prefer to work for a living."

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    #33

    Expected more comments citing corporate finance people. Blew my mind when I learned how many hours those folks put in but even a long work day isn’t worth the hundreds of thousands-millions some of those people get to move money around and make presentations.

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    #34

    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion director.

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    Hel
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This, I’ve seen them around and I can never quite understand what they actually do

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    #35

    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers *Deep breath*

    Software Engineer!

    🏃 💨.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
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    9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, you can always farm out the work to some really inexpensive code mill in India, where they'll cut-and-paste chunks of code from work that they pirated from all over the world. Then you can hire some software engineers to go over all of your cheap code from India, and thjey try to hammer it into something that actually works. OR, more likely, have to chuck it all out because it's NEVER going to work, and start from scratch.

    #36

    Nursing home administrators.

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    Porribix
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had this exact job. It isnt well paid and it's a lot of work. I got 50p above minimum wage.

    #37

    The executive chef who calls himself the “culinary gangster” on Kitchen Nightmares (2023). $100k a year.

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    Lorrie Rothstein
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I remember that episode. He was using cheese wiz. He cursed out Gordon Ramsay

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    #38

    B******e displayers on OnlyFans.

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    Someone Asks “What Job Is 100% Overpaid?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back With Their Answers Landlords.

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    martin734
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bollocks. I am a landlord with two properties I rent out and last year I made a loss, same as the year before that. In most countries being a landlord is not a good way of making money, controlled rents along with rapidly increasing service charges mean that unless you are a commercial landlord or have a large portfolio you will not be making much money at all. I have 2x 2 bedroom properties that I rent for £850 pcm each but management company fees, buildings insurance, insurance for fittings and fixtures and other expenses such as uninsured repairs and maintenance eat up most of that. There are some years that I will make a modest profit but I will certainly never, ever become wealthy from being a landlord. Not all countries are like the USA where almost zero regulation means that landlords can charge what they like whilst spending almost nothing on the upkeep of their properties.

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    MTA train engineer.

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