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With inflation reaching record highs, and economic crisis looming above us, our lives are getting tighter. Most people are already feeling it: from increased rent and ridiculous gas prices, to things many people took for granted, like morning frappuccinos and sushi takeaways, now becoming luxuries.
So when every little penny counts, you gotta hustle. In order to get us all some ideas how to survive in this gloomy economy, we looked at these two illuminating Reddit threads (this and this). People are sharing overlooked yet well (some unexpectedly!) paying jobs that desperately need workers right now, so it may give you some ideas for money-making career prospects.
Psst! After you’re done, be sure to check out our previous article about the easiest legal ways to make money on the side!
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#1
Self employed cleaning services (i dont know exaclty what to call it)
My parents started getting paid $35 an hour cleaning a community center to ~$50 from cleaning offices.
My mom started it then my dad joined in to help her with the hours and taking care of the house and kids.
Eventually my mom got good contacts, and started cleaning the offices of managers from factories, Sacramento politicians, and stuff alike.
Can't express how proud i am of my mom. She turned all those shitty Hispanic cleaning lady jokes into something brag worthy.
FreshGanesh 3 years ago
My sister placed a few online ads to do housekeeping as a side gig. She watched some videos on efficient deep cleaning and such, got a resort cleaning manual and adapted what she learned. She started by specifically cleaning short-term and vacation rentals and was making enough to quit her main job. Eventually she made great contacts, LLC’d, hired a small crew, leased an office/warehouse place all with a small business loan. She now runs a small, independent house cleaning company and still goes out with a cleaning crew 3 days a week. She’s making more than ever in her life and can now afford the things that used to be affordable but now are just a dream for many.
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#2
I work as a lunch lady.
I get school vacations off, summers off, and weekends. No nights, or even really afternoons, it's amazing. I also get benefits, and every year I get a raise, so between the money and the time off, the job is 100% worth it.
Dillon Brown 3 years ago
Yes, but in Massachusetts you have to have a master's degree to be a lunch lady/lad
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Teresa Thomas 3 years ago
Interesting. The lunch positions in my school district are only part-time, so no one can live on it alone. Where are they that this is so good? Inquiring minds want to know!
Harlan Bleiler 3 years ago
I looked and a certain site has the median wage as 30k a year. But keep in mind that’s essentially 3/4 of a year leaving summers open. And for the other 3 months one can enjoy a different thing. Not get burnt out
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Michal Dolyniuk 3 years ago
Not in my country. It's not even minimum wage cos you don't have 40h in week
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GirlFriday 3 years ago
I loved my school lunch lady. Her name was Betty and we called her Aunt Betty and she was a gracious, loving woman. She worked in our school for 30 years. When she passed away about 5 years ago, hundreds of her former students showed up the funeral.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
I'm really curious about this. Back when I was looking for a job, something completely out of my field, a part of why I never wanted to work in something like this or...something people always tell me I should do: being a school bus driver...is because I feel like the hours are very minimal and it's probably minimum wage. It might be a good part time job or extra income. Anyone with any insight it would be appreciated. I have a pretty good job but I'm always looking to get into something that doesn't have a lot of adult customer interaction, lol.
Michael Sanders 3 years ago
Hoagies and grinders hoagies and grinders…navy beans navy beans naaaavy beans
Tigerpacingthecage 3 years ago
Yes, that's why I work in a school (not as a lunch person though). The work hrs are amazing and very compatible with your kids school days/available child care (that is rare, sadly). I work 85% and am in school on some off days (even though I work with students). We usually organize stuff/similar to fill out the hrs.
Dre Mosley 3 years ago
My grandma did this for decades. The post rings true. It also seems like a great job for an older person who still wants to work. My grandma didn't stop until she was well into her 70s.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
Some of my favorite memories are of lunch ladies. They were always so sweet, and their home cooking was the best. Even when i started working at a college, the cooks would make special things for me. Treating everyone with respect does pay off.
#3
Garbage collectors in New York are paid up to $112k, a solid salary considering you don’t even need a degree. Sounds like a nice fallback plan for me.
General Anaesthesia 3 years ago
Try a few months in a city without garbage collectors and then ask yourself if they're worth every penny.
Michael Sanders 3 years ago (edited)
For real. For multiple reason trash pick up after Hurricane Ida was a nightmare. Contract issues, lack of available labor, etc. Not only vegetation and debris from the storm but also all the fridges and freezers that had to be emptied due to long power outages. Some areas more impacted than others. Outside assistance from private companies and Mardi Gras clean up crews had to come in. Still it took forever. It was a proper Charlie Foxtrot. We should’ve had a parade for sanitation workers.
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Manuel Delgado 3 years ago
In Barcelona they seem quite satisfied and do a good job. The ones I've talked with, they're happy with their job.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
I love this thread because I'm always looking for out of the box jobs. I think 20 years ago this was a horrible job to have because you had to pick up and empty every trash can. I couldn't do that physically. But I see a lot of states going to the auto trucks- they just align the trash can with the claws on the truck and it empties them automatically. No handling really needed except for things that fall out I would think. Being a driver might be a great job!
If you've ever wondered what are the highest-paying jobs out there in this crazy job market right now, pull your seat closer.
According to recently updated data shared by Indeed, the top 3 best-paid jobs are as follows: cardiologist with a national average salary of $351,827 per year, anesthesiologist with $326,296 per year and an orthodontist with $264,850 per year. Understandably, these jobs are not something you can easily swap your career for and require years of preparation.
#4
If you have a strong stomach, cleaning up death and crime scenes pays very well and requires little education.
Electric Mayhem 3 years ago
They deserve every penny, they have extremely high rates of PTSD, because they see the outcome of some very tragic deaths and often have to do the cleaning around the family of the decedent, and iirc the average length of tenure in that job it 8 months because of it. They often have to do very physically demanding jobs fully suited up in PPE which can be extremely uncomfortable.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
There's a youtube channel of these guys who do this and it's incredibly interesting to watch. I could clean blood but one time they had to go in and clean from a body that had been dead for 2 months and no one knew. Their were maggots everywhere. Bodily liquids had seeped through the bed and into the floor. They removed the bed but it was a nightmare trying to get it out of the floor. The maggots alone would be enough for me to not want to do it.
Ash 3 years ago
Oooh and then there's the episode where the disabled person was stuck in bed in a hoarded house while their partner decomposed in a different part of the hoarded house. The body was eaten by their pet parrots, who left bloody wing prints all over the walls and ceiling.
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WildHoneyPie 3 years ago
See the movie Sunshine Cleaning (very good movie imo) it also shows the importance of insurance for this kind of job!
#5
Plumbers, they can charge 100$ an hour easy because people are stupid about regular things.
Beth 3 years ago
My dad is a plumber and I bookkeep for the business. Plumbing can be brutal on the body. It’s not just taking wrenches to faucets, it’s crawlspaces, hunching under sinks and lifting tubs and toilets upstairs! We also don’t charge $350 an hour. Yikes!
Kate Jones 3 years ago
I was going to say something similar. I could never be a plumber just for the tiny spaces they have to crawl into sometimes. S**t, I wanted to change my kitchen sink hardware and once I saw I'd have to be crawling under the sink my whole body felt like a cramp just thinking about it. lol.
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Michael Sanders 3 years ago
And many people forget that plumbing isn’t just water lines it’s gas too. You’ll pay a pretty penny to not have your house explode.
chad johnson 3 years ago
My wife actually gets excited in a way when the plumbing has issues. She is a proud DIYer when it comes to the bathroom fixtures :)
Jenny Fullerton 3 years ago
Not sure if you know this but your home Insurance company won’t cover any mistakes she makes if the DIY job backfires
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Bani Daniell 3 years ago
100$ an hour? I wish I could find a plumber for 100.00 an hour!! Last one charged me 350 for like 35 min ,work.
SpookyPanda 3 years ago
I wish it was $100 an hour. We pay minimum $200 for plumbing or electricity, even if the job took 5 minutes. My teen daughter is considering becoming an electrician because the money is great and she would only need an internship. One of the guys who did some of our work was barely 20 and was making over $70k a year plus union benefits (which included 100% health insurance paid); more than I do as a teacher in my 40s with a doctorate.
Jenny Fullerton 3 years ago
What country are you in if one only needs a internship? In Australia an electrical apprenticeship is 4 years before they are qualified and then there is further study to become an A grade electrician
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
The only thing keeping me from doing it is lack of a driver's licence and lack of tools, otherwise I learned all the skills in my teens.
BadCat 3 years ago
Same. Being unable to driver has been limiting a lot of good paying jobs for me. About 80% of jobs in my city require driving.
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Great money in pressure washing/exterior cleaning.
Also, gutter cleaning. $100/hr is no problem on gutter cleaning. Requires no skill, and minimal equipment. If you’re ever broke, buy a ladder and clean gutters.
Michael Sanders 3 years ago
And the neighborhood kids that used to go around asking if they could mow lawns are now walking with power washers and make bank.
GirlFriday 3 years ago
My brother owns a small handyman business and power washing and gutter cleaning make up more than 75% of their profit. He takes on extra workers in the spring because they are so busy. The pay is great, too.
Rose the Cook 3 years ago
That must be why nobody ever cleans the windows in our apartment block. Contract said window cleaning included but never seen a window cleaner yet. Too high to lean out and try to do it myself.
If you are still wondering what career path to choose, it’s wise to look at the most in-demand jobs right now. According to indeed, based on 1M job postings, machine learning engineers who’re responsible for programming and deploying machine learning solutions have the biggest demand in the market. These careers have had a 344% growth in job postings since 2015, making it the top in-demand job right now. The average base salary for a machine learning engineer is $146,085.
#7
Mobile crane operator, union guys pull over 200k and its a trade thats pretty easy on the body.
Jaymi Leigh 3 years ago
This isn't easy on the body. My uncle crippled his back and neck doing this 30 years.
#8
I’m a gardener. There’s a serious lack of folks willing to do manual labour in the outdoors year-round. Most commercial properties have to maintain a certain amount of green area in our city. Hospitals and other places like that need legitimate crews to do the work with professionalism (no cat calling or spitting or swearing etc) including bonded employees and good insurance and equipment etc.
As a result we are in demand and we get paid surprisingly well. No university education needed, low barrier to entry, great pay and job security.
Wandaluzt 3 years ago
Go thank them on Reddit where they posted it 3 years ago.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
Had a friend in college (he was a townie not a student) who went this route.
#9
I'm a petsitter & I make pretty good cash from it during the busy times (summer & holidays) for very little effort in some cases. I've been doing it for a few years now & after busting my a*s & whoring my time out to clients & their critters I've built a great client base and can relax a bit now. Of course I work a full time job too, petsitting isn't steady enough to rely on but I can make an extra $5-600 a month when it's busy. It gets hectic figuring out the timing between the two jobs sometimes but it's so worth it. I'm currently petsitting for a week, $245 to hang out with two adorable dogs, eat their food, drink the wine they bought me, and relax. I love what I do.
Russell Rieckenberg 3 years ago
"hang out with two adorable dogs, eat their food..." No thanks, I think I'll stick with people food.
Furmama0501 3 years ago
I am an in-home petsetter (do drop in visits). The pandemic definitely hurt business, but I still had a decent profit last year.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
I used to do this, and I loved it. Wish I could still do it....
Carol Odrlin 2 years ago
I'm so happy you've found your nirvana, My daughter does short spurts, when you want to go dancing. Your dog dances with you at home so why can't she go? Mmm, call the sitter! But I'm not sure why you would use "whoring" around? That word has a bad reputation, people who "whore" around pay an enormous price! PTSD, is only a small part. Children, its an endless hurt, maybe you won't ever run into anyone like this, having no emotions, good for work, but is stays. Love does not come easily. Think about how many....my daughter Works for those people. They trust her with ....the baby. I'm really impressed wit all the rest. I started to erase this, then realised maybe I'm supposed to? When are you ever learn that they are sisters, Mothers, friends?
The second most in-demand career is a full stack developer. This position requires a person to have a wide skillset and be able to work in front and back-end development with a variety of programming languages. Indeed states that these developers are in high demand, capturing 828 out of every 1M job postings. Full stack developers earn an average salary of $114,316 per year.
#10
Waterslide tester, the rides are already confirmed to be safe enough for humans to ride. You're basically getting paid to ride on a safe waterslide and give feedback.
Erik Biesemeier 3 years ago
Nothing is totally safe. Most things are safe enough; planes, pharmaceuticals, food...
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I want to see what the feedback is. “The first drop was an excellent surprise. The next few meters were quite exhilarating, but the turns honestly became too derivative. I was on the verge of panic because I didn’t think I would get a decent rush in to the final pool, but I did, and relief washed over me in an awesome wave”
Sabse 3 years ago
This is not a job. It was a one-off for a blog. If this was a job, how many water slides would there be and what would you earn per slide.
Michael Sanders 3 years ago
They are jobs. Many work for hotel chains and travel firms. There are slides at resorts, cruise ships, hotels, and parks all over the world. Is it a sustainable job? I have no idea, but there are tons more slides to test than one may initially think.
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Aubrie Allen 3 years ago
How can this be a job? There aren't enough new water slides being built for this to be a viable job for even 1 person.
Michael Sanders 3 years ago
China opened a water park that’s almost 45 acres. That’s a shiitload of slides. This is a global career.
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Boards Of Panada 3 years ago
They would use crash doll dummies but it adds up with all the write offs…
#11
I was a bathroom attendant in a fancy restaurant. Made hundred of dollars a night in cash to do next to nothing.
Diolla 3 years ago
Bathroom attendants? Really? What for? Do they also clean the toilets or is that a different person?
Kristy P 3 years ago
Different person. The pic is pretty accurate. They are there to hand you a towel to dry your hands, offer you aftershave/perfume, supply you with cigarettes or mints. Other butler-y type things. Usually found in VERY swanky restaurants... I've been to a few and have never seen one.
Load More Replies... Boards Of Panada 3 years ago
They are like unwanted windscreen cleaners - spraying you with cheap cologne, and force drying your hands. I often dread going into the toilet if you have to run the gauntlet manned by these p**s mongering Jeeves.
Zebz 3 years ago
Yeah i was one for about two weeks (about 5 years ago)- and quit when i found out the pressure i was in to sell stuff to people who just want to pee. Ex-P**s-Mongerer! It's being phased out though with covid etc. Not healthy all round.
Load More Replies... Aubrie Allen 3 years ago
Seems like it would be boring, and you have to deal with bathroom smells.
Circa 3 years ago
Horrible job though spending hours a day in a bathroom. Few minutes is bad enough.
Roe Rainrunner 3 years ago
Especially when you do nothing, but just wait for time to pass by...
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Gary Geracci 1 year ago
I remember such folks when I traveled with my Father. We would go to the men's room and there he's be with a clean towel to dry our hands after washing them, and able to tell you where the shine station was!
Doug 3 years ago
I absolutely hate places that have bathroom attendants. I don't need someone to turn on the taps for me or hand me a towel. And there's no way I'm taking a mint from the toilet tray. The whole thing is just invasive with this person just waiting for me to "finish" so they can try to earn a tip from me.
#12
Collecting golf balls. Saw on the news a guy makes over $250,000 traveling around and using scuba gear getting golf balls.
Brandi Delph 3 years ago
My uncle did this for the longest time. No fancy gear. He would pick the golf balls up with his toes. Not only did he sell the balls, he got free or discounted rounds of golf. Depended on the course.
Cheryl Bailey-Grice McNairn 1 year ago
Hm....if I could walk better I'd consider doing that here in Muncie....we have a couple of golf courses and I'm sure that balls get lost all the time. But they also get waterlogged and they're useless after that
The third most in-demand career right now is realtor. Realtors play an integral role in helping people to buy and sell property. There has been an incredible 138% increase in job postings for realtors since 2015, which should be surprising considering the booming real estate market. Although most realtors work on a commission basis, the average salary earned is around $96,820, Indeed states.
#13
Technical writing. If you have the ability to take complex technical information and simplify it according to the reading audience, you can make well over $100K annually. People ridicule English degrees until they find out how much can be earned as a technical writer.
Jo Davies 3 years ago
It is easy to get into any Internet writing. Google search Product Writing. That is how I make my living. There are a lot of sites. You will have to submit a sample, but after your first successful submission, iyou get regular work and make your own hours. I write on average 25,000 words a week.
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Siriusly Sirius 3 years ago
I'm doing with with a technical business degree and an English minor!
The Gingersmurf 3 years ago (edited)
Oh, I wish that were true! I have the gift of translating engineering into human and did industrial copy writing, including writing an entire engineering manual and purchasing guide. I made barely enough to survive.
#14
Medical illustrator.
You know like the anatomical drawings in scientific journals and such, the people behind that make a pretty good living. My friend dated one for a while and I was surprised how well she was doing.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
Yeah, but ya gotta have the talent to draw well. Some folks (me) can barely draw a stick figure.
BadCat 3 years ago
But it is something to consider for those who are good at drawing and are struggling to find a career to use their skills with.
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Paola Martz 3 years ago
I did the illustration work for a medical student's book and I can confirm it, indeed, paid very well!
Pterodactyl in Disguise 3 years ago
Couldn’t they take pictures, or have electronically generated photos, I understand the concept of hand drawn ones, but couldn’t it be cheaper and easier and even maybe more acirate with a photo?
Pterodactyl in Disguise 3 years ago
Sorry not a picture of a person, but one created on a computer software
Load More Replies... Gary Geracci 1 year ago
It takes years to get that good, but when you do, the sky can be the limit!
Emi Johnson 3 years ago
My sister was commissioned by the University of Utah to draw a diagram of the muscular system when she was in high school. Idk how much they paid her, but I remember it was decent.
Alecto76 3 years ago
I looked into this after undergrad in the late 90s. I was advised that getting into the programs to certify you is incredibly competitive. I didn't pursue because the profession was moving into computer illustration/animation from fine art. I'm sure it pays very well, but its my impression it was not easily to get into (at least back then).
#15
Skill trades. You don't need a 4year degree. Some programs are less than a year. Not everyone needs to be an engineer. Go be a welder, electrician, machine repair, or a pipe fitter.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
This.All this. College is an expensive scam. A lot of knowledge learned in the trades can be used in other places. Im not a plumber, but I can repair my homes plumbing because I learned basic plumbing skills where I work. You can save money because you learn to fix your own stuff.
BadCat 3 years ago
I was just talking to my daughter about this. She wants to be a writer and make graphic novels, and get back into singing. Even though there are community college courses for writing and graphic arts, it's not a field that requires certification. Some people benefit with learning how to construct stories better, but it's nothing practice from experience and researching independently can't help.
Load More Replies... WildHoneyPie 3 years ago
My husband is a welder and made pretty good money, especially at the end of his career (the shop shut down after 25 years). But. It was a brutal job on him physically. Torn rotator cuff, bad knee, having to wear hearing aids, etc.. If you go into the field, can't stress this enough, wear your earplugs!
Kate Jones 3 years ago (edited)
I'm a woman who went to college and got a Masters but I really wish I'd gotten into auto body or carpentry. It can be a tiring and difficult job but it doesn't feel unobtainable to learn, you know? I couldn't be a lawyer or doctor...my mind just isn't sharp enough. if you can get certified in auto body repair work or carpentry, you can open your own shop or make your own furniture/flip houses, etc and banks are much more willing to give you loans for opening this business because it's very in demand. There aren't a huge number of woman in the field so I feel like I could have gotten a small business loan very easily. I know people are pushing STEM careers for girls but I tell girls if you don't feel 'smart' enough to really get into that work -- and that's a valid fear a lot of people don't talk about. Not everyone can be an engineer or a successful scientist-- or even if they aren't sure what to do, get into auto body, carpentry, aviation or another typically male-dominated career.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
Why can't you do it now? I don't know what your situation is, but I would encourage you to do what you want if possible. I wanted to be an architect, and through a winding path I ended up as a maintenance tech for a water utility. Do something you have interest in, but don't make your passion into a job.
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Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
Don't be fooled though. These are dirty jobs in unconditioned spaces. I work as a welder and I have to wear a leather jacket and denim pants in 90°+F weather. There's hardly any sitting down. Lifting heavy steel. Crawling around in a pool of hydraulic oil while sparks are raining down in your ear. You'll make the money but you're going to be tired at the end of the day.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
You speak some truth. But not all trades jobs are awful. And some of the awful is rare. I've been in a shower of sewerage before...but only once in 10 years. Some of it is like an adventure. I've had to weld guide rails hanging in a basket 20 feet below ground,but 15 feet above a well of the pure old nasty. Saturday, we put in new switchgear in a station. And I really enjoy my job.I don't think I'd wanna do anything else.
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Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
HVAC often do a little bit of both with mechanical thrown in.
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Gary Geracci 1 year ago
Those skills you mention pay very well. There was a welder that came to do work for me. I had to show him how to use a wire welder!
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago (edited)
This! The company I work for is in desperate need for maritime engineers and is offering huge bonuses to anyone ready to work. They're desperate enough to offer bonuses to fellow employees who recommend it. I promise skill trades are much in demand. Some jerk once filled you with lies about university degrees helping you on the way to a cushy life and that skilled jobs are something to look down upon. How can that be so when society would crumble in a day without the background workers keeping things going?
Michael Sanders 3 years ago (edited)
Knowing a trade is useful, profitable and essential. College is what you make of it. Back when I went one of the biggest benefits of college was interacting with so many different viewpoints, cultures, histories and perspectives that you didn’t get back home in grade school. Especially now that most universities, at least in the US, push one narrative that doesn’t allow dissension, I say yeah save the cash and learn to be a plumber. Stay off social media and talk to your neighbors and you’ll be the smartest person alive!
#16
I drive machinery in a coal mine in Australia. I make about 170k. Even our new trainees are paid pretty well, about $48 per hour. I think it ends up being close to 90-100k. Easy money for sitting on your a**e in an air conditioned cab.
Stephen Lakos 3 years ago
Yeah good luck with the autonomous vehicles at the corner, especially in mines like settings. You’re doing the job of an algorithm.
Performingyak 3 years ago
Depends on where you are. If in Hunter Valley for example, you can be close to home. Not all mines are in remote areas with FIFO jobs.
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Becoming a locksmith changed my life. Well paid and I get to help people out I love it
Qadgop the Mercotan 3 years ago
Q: Who are you and how did you get in here? A: I'm the locksmith and I'm the locksmith
Christof Irran 3 years ago
True, it pays well, but locksmiths have to pay a disproportionate amount of money to secure their vans (retrofit every door lock, ignition lock, etc. with MEDECO locks - at >$600 each. Or else the EVVA Drei-Kurven-System). Because otherwise every locksmith in town can get it open in a jiffy, and help themselves to the equipment therein.
Zachary Gillette 3 years ago
I'd think those thefts would be pretty quick investigations with such a small amount of suspects.
Load More Replies... Christof Irran 3 years ago
BTW, in Washington State locksmithing is not regulated, meaning anyone can call himself a 'locksmith' and open a business. More than 50% of all locksmiths in this state learned locksmithing in prison.
#18
Utility lineman. There is a developing shortage nationwide due to baby boom retirements. It's well paid base, but the overtime is fabulous.
Rachel Ratty 3 years ago
NO thanks - have watched life on the line - high risk of death, especially for a clumsy sod like me
Boards Of Panada 3 years ago
I am a lineman for the county And I drive the main road Searchin' in the sun for another overload
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
My dad was a lineman for 25 years. It is very dangerous, and he had to be out in every storm which terrified me. He certainly did not get rich and overtime in the 50's, 60's and early 70's was not what it is now. His best friend committed suicide by grabbing a live wire. My dad was in the bucket with him.
Brandi Delph 3 years ago
Different uncle from the one mentioned in another post did this for a short while. Came within a hair's breadth of being electrocute. Family begged him to find a different job and he did
OffKeySinger 3 years ago
I worked for a federal energy organization. Lineman with overtime make more than electrical engineers.
#19
Court reporting. Stenography is a tough skill to learn, but plenty of court reporters earn over $100k. And no college degree required (although most CRs will need to be certified).
Stephanie A Mutti 3 years ago
This is a risky job field to start in at this time. Automated voice stenography is not far from being perfected and once it is, the need for stenographers is going to plummet along with the salaries.
MetaMom 3 years ago
Stenographers' work is what's being used as the basis for voice-to-text. Keep an eye out for where we're taking/teaching our skills next. (I'm retired) There is a plan. I've been told since the 1980s that it's a dying profession. Too many people believe that and training has finished. We are the captioners for the hearing impaired and we're not done showing what this skill can do💪🏼
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MetaMom 3 years ago
As a retired stenographer, I can tell you that while we make it look easy, our brains are usually on fire keeping up with many speakers, especially if it's technical, and a lot of it is. Then our rough notes that get transcribed by a dictionary we create then needs to be cleaned up, add punctuation you didn't have time to write, identity the speakers, spelling, research, etc. Only then do you proofread for errors before printing. And if you find a mistake after printing, it can throw the page/line numbers off and you'll need to reprint the whole thing. When you're self-employed like we were/are in Nevada USA, that eats through supplies at a frightening rate. Especially if you have 300 pages like in a trial. But there were positives to my job also: spending more time with my son and at home than other working parents.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
Court can be mind-numbingly boring. Just think, before stenography, there was shorthand! My mother taught it, I refused to take it.
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Upstaged75 3 years ago (edited)
On this same note, people who work providing captions for the deaf and hard of hearing are very well paid. (I know because I've paid their invoices for my company) There's a whole industry of people who go to meetings and other public events and transcribe what's being said in to text a screen. Of course, you need the right equipment and the ability to accurately and quickly type what you hear. We also pay to have online videos captioned, which seems much less stressful to me. And yes, there are AI programs that capture and convert speech to text, but they are not always that accurate due to ambient noise or the accent of the speaker. They are getting better as technology advances, but a live captioner is the most preferred by those with hearing issues.
Christof Irran 3 years ago
According to Tom Wolfe ("The Bonfire of the Vanities") the court reporter is the best paid person in any court room.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
This is one of those jobs that has way more people looking for it than jobs available. For every 50 people looking for a court reporting job-with certification- there's one, usually part time, job available.
GirlFriday 3 years ago
I went to school to get my certification to do this and I did for a while, and there two things you need to know: 1. it is BORING. There are very few cases that are "law and order" worthy. 2. It is mostly automated now. Most stenographers just proofread what the automated system kicks out and clarifies word. 3. In my area, it is contract work only.
#20
UPS drivers can make close to 100k if you stay there long enough.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
But the stress of finishing your route and you don't start as a driver. You have to work your way up to being a driver
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
True, you start as a picker/sorter. It's rough. I had a friend, a single mom, who was working 60hr a week. Just sorting.
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onivdsrapowijap 3 years ago
It's also to save time. Drivers tend to take a few seconds longer when making left turns than right turns, which really adds up
Load More Replies... Cheryl Bailey-Grice McNairn 1 year ago
Yeah, but I've known plenty of UPS drivers and heard the horror stories...UPS treats their drivers like c**p.
Gini Sarver 3 years ago
i know a few ups drivers, 4 yrs driving for ups and makes 120+ a yr, he started* out driving
#21
I work at home as a closed captioner broadcaster for the News. I make my own schedule and make between $35-$65 per hour depending on the job. Large investment to get started but significantly worth the payout.
Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
This has been automated in most places. My two friends who did this were phased out. I have CC turned on all the time and you can tell AI does it because contextual clues are missed constantly.
Emi Johnson 3 years ago
I did this for a while, but I was making peanuts bc a lot of the jobs were doing cc for YouTubers/TikTokers. Frequently did recordings of college lectures. I didn’t get paid per hour I worked, but by audio/video minute I transcribed. It’s good as a side hustle, but not much else.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
Getting up to that position is a lucky chance though, most people get smaller stuff and paid less. But yes, I do agree and was hoping to see this here. You won't make enough to pay the bills but it'll give you a little extra side money, and we can all use that.
#22
Environmental Inspector in the Oil and Gas industry. Make $200,000 a year saving the planet.
Gary Geracci 1 year ago
No, That's straight Pay. I did that for a while. Good pay but could be dangerous! If equipment wasn't maintained right!
#23
Landscape lighting installation, never knew the industry existed. Now I love it and hope to run my own company someday.
Glen Ellyn 3 years ago
Even better, how about focusing on environmentally-friendly, dark-sky compliant plans and fixtures?
Reyn-Guo 3 years ago
It's landscape lighting, not flood light installation. You have the right idea but the wrong application.
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Scrum masters in software development industry. They are paid 6 figures for basically setting up meetings and being cheer leaders. They don't have any responsibility for delivery of work and they don't have any work beyond what I described.
Update: I am talking about a dedicated scrum master who does absolutely nothing else but be a scrum master.
Update 2: I agree with you when you say you hate that this position exists as an individual entity and do believe that having one person just do this is wasteful.
Update 3: I am specifically referring to Scrum masters. Project Managers and engineering managers and POs are not included in this.
Doug 3 years ago (edited)
If that's what you think Scrum Masters do, then your company is using them wrong. They shouldn't be setting up any meetings... they should be attending the scrum ceremonies and providing coaching and mentorship to teams. Also, these are predominantly in the tech sector. There are not many jobs in the tech sector where 6 figures is a surprise. Most places I've worked in don't have dedicated scrum masters though. They expect PMs to also have this certification and do it. The couple of places that I have seen it done well, only has one or two working across many self-forming teams.
Raphael Biock 3 years ago (edited)
Most senseless job imo. Have to work with them all the time and they are to far from real work and just do what they learned from trainings, without knowing the real progress of development. Every scrum master I meat, made like 10 meetings a week and interrupted everyone from being productive. Each project I was into, that was lead by a scrum master wasn't finished on time or finished in general.
Linda van der Pal 3 years ago
It depends on which country you're in. It doesn't make all that much money everywhere.
Torsten 3 years ago
Because managers read in a journal that Scrum is The Next Big Thing You Must Do[tm].
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Hotdog vendors can earn 6 figures in a year
Kookamunga 3 years ago (edited)
Myself and my other female colleagues at my current work want to quit and open a Frozen Yogurt shop run by scantily clad ladies. We'll call it Fro Yo Ho. (edit spelling)
Kate Jones 3 years ago
This is literally my dream. There's a little hot dog stand in my town. It's a little shack and you can only fit one person in it. It's right next to 3 big quarry/plants and all the guys go out on their lunch breaks to get hot dogs. They're good but nothing special, really. It's one of those cases of location, location, location. They make $$$$$. There are always lines half way down the block.
#26
Dog groomer. It’s a weird industry, though, and a skill that really has to be learned hands-on (grooming schools can be a good start, but I know great groomers that never went to school for it, and terrible groomers that spent thousands on classes). Just being good at handling dogs is the best foundation for success.
It’s not the easiest job in the world. It’s largely commission-based, and you’re lucky if you get any benefits out of it, but if you get enough practice in to be good at it and build up a loyal clientele base in a decently affluent area, it’s good money. The haircuts I do range from $70-$175, and I’m paid 50%, which averages out to around $30-$35 an hour most days. Not everyone tips, but those that do usually tip $5-$20 per dog, and because I do about 40 dogs in an average week, that’s an extra couple hundred in my pocket.
So if you don’t mind working on your feet all day, sustaining repetitive motion injuries, not taking lunch breaks, dealing with insane customers, and picking s**t off dog buttholes, it’s a good living.
Potato 3 years ago
Absolute not. 1, not good in a recession when most people abandon luxuries, 2. Some people can be ABSOLUTELY INSANE when it comes to their dogs (I just think this needs to be repeated in all caps), and 3. It will break your heart when you bond with a client and then, with no warning, never see them again. The money isn't that great. It's awesome to work with animals, but you absolutely have to work with their people too. So much customer service.
James Doe 3 years ago
1. On the contrary. Data shows that in hard economoic times people tend to save money on themselves, but at least want the best for their dog (food etc.). It depends if the clients see the haircut as a luxury for themselves or the dog..
Load More Replies... Gary Geracci 1 year ago
I did that when a kid-between Twelve and Sixteen. Made enough to pay for college-Got paid by the hour though. I don't think pay by the commission is fair-Some dogs of the same breed are harder to handle than others!
#27
Did you know people put gutters on their houses to catch the rain as it falls off the roof? I didn’t either until a guy walked up to me and handed me a job doing it. Turns out making $300-600 a day is an every day thing doing it piece rate in Florida.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
Pretty easy too. The most complicated tool you need is a screw gun.
Upstaged75 3 years ago
How can a house not have gutters? I'm not sure I've ever seen one without it. Won't that damage your house?
Reyn-Guo 3 years ago
I would rather wait until the hard stuff is done by someone else and then go in and install a rain barrel catchment system for those that want to conserve (lower their water bill) water and use it for lawn, garden, and landscaping irrigation or even swimming pool top-offs. Add a high-quality filtration system (reverse osmosis is best) and you even have drinking water. This is a no-brainer in desert communities/locations.
Charles Kormos 3 years ago
Why gutters exist is the question. Unless you need to save rain water into a barrel, it all ends up in the ground anyway.
#28
Underwater welding pays a tremendous amount. The only one I know personally retired comfortably in his 40's.
Wandering Hammer 3 years ago
You have to spend all day in heavy gear underwater and frequently get shocked
SAF saf 3 years ago
I think you're misrepresenting this job. Everyone I've met in this profession has a messed up body from that line of work.
Zophra 3 years ago
I have no idea about this: Why would it mess up your body?
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Piet Zwanenburg 3 years ago
He probably did not retire but simply destroyed his body and had to quit. Thats what happens to proffesional divers at 40.
Gary Geracci 1 year ago
I never got shocked, but had some strange onlookers! I learned it so I could fix my own live-aboard boat!
Cheryl Bailey-Grice McNairn 1 year ago
I dunno...the idea of underwater+fire+electricity just weirds me out.
Lara Harris 3 years ago
This is classified as one of, if not THE most dangerous job in the world. It requires heavy investment and training. This job is not that well paid and has a death rate of about 15%
Upstaged75 3 years ago
Look up diving bell accidents and you will see why they are so highly paid. It's incredibly dangerous!
#29
Funeral Director is a great paying job with not a whole lot of schooling. That’s what I do and I make about $75,000.
Rose the Cook 3 years ago
It is a service that society can't do without but like weddings you can find affordable service providers if you try. There is no need for all the bells and whistles if you can't afford it.
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Candi Cabaniss 3 years ago
I teach high school. I have had more than a few students who went on to be morticians. As I tell them, even in a small town you will always have business.
Gary Geracci 1 year ago
Many folks feel that way.The industry is sales driven as well. Well, wouldn't you think She would like this coffin Better? What? the dead now have input on that?
#30
Ice, producing Ice with industrial machines and selling it to people who export food makes you about 3k per day(about 60 tons of ice sold per day)
Lazy Panda 3 years ago
Wouldn’t industrial ice machine take a hefty upfront investment? And is food exporting a big business everywhere? I thought most used refrigerated trucks.
Doug 3 years ago (edited)
I'm guessing that's $3,000 a day for the whole operation. I.e. selling bags at maybe $2 per bag, that's 1500 bags a day. So $3,000 to pay for the space, machine maintenance, utilities, labour to handle the 1500 bags, and possibly delivery. So $3,000/day gross... but what's the net?
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
Yeah but cleaning and maintaining those machines can be pretty gnarly. If you're working for an ice company that doesn't clean their machines at least twice a month then you will get sick.
#31
Oil rig workers. I've seen payrolls for BP oil and its contractors. To give a sense of scale, they get paid well enough that one of the corporate lawyers quit his lawyer job and became an oil rig worker.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
It's a crazy dangerous job, though. But, yes, some of those guys make 6-7 figures.
Hill Branda 3 years ago
It's damn hard work, though. Quick Google search tells me it's one of the most dangerous jobs in America, averaging about 108 death per year. No thanks.
NJWanderer 3 years ago
It is also a life style; 24X7, away from home, politics, and dangers situations
#32
Power point guru. I ask for about $80/hr as a freelance designer just because these corporate suits never learned how operate basic software to make a decent presentation... which they all ubiquitously and consistently need.
#33
Elevator technicians
#34
Welding is a huge one. It is very hard to find good welders. There are also some specialty welding jobs that most people don't know of, such as marine under water welding. Yes it's a real thing and pays stupid money.
Upstaged75 3 years ago
As I said in another post, underwater welding pays so much because it's incredibly dangerous and hard on your body.
#35
Airline dispatcher.
A girl I dated many years ago I met because she was living in my town training to be an airline dispatcher. There are just a handful of schools that teach it.
I had no idea what an airline dispatcher was, let alone how much money they get paid. Dispatchers at FedEX can make $150,000 per year or more. It also gives you a lot of options to advance at an airline, like being station chief at an airline.
The girl I dated had a dream to one day be Air France Station Chief in Tahiti. I don't know if she made it or not.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
Talk to anyone in the ATCA. Oh wait Reagan fired them all and killed the whole union. Pardon but still bitter.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
This is an incredibly difficult job though, no? I've seen the amount of precision and coordination you have to have to do this and it's insane and incredibly complicated. I don't know if I'd want that kind of stress.
Glen Ellyn 3 years ago
Are they talking about an air-traffic controller? The people in the tower directing landings and takeoffs?
Liz Orr 3 years ago
No, it's planning the gate, (the personnel, the unloading/loading, the fueling, towing, security, overlapping arrivals and departures at nearby or same gate, the handicapped services).If a plane is late, finding a new gate. And for a single airline the available planes, the maintenance, the size needed, the pilots, the staff on and off, coordinate with airport for fueling,off/on loading staff, security, towing, walkways etc .
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Longshoremen. If you are a senior member of a union you make absolute cake. $180k plus a year.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
Known a few of them over the years. They work seriously hard for that cash.
Hiram's Friend 3 years ago
Operant terms: "union" "senior". The trick is getting into the union.
Robert Trebor 3 years ago
I've got a friend who works an overhead crane to put those 'cans' on ships and trains. He says he is paid a ridiculously high amount of money for that. Not that he's complaining.
#37
I fix hospital beds , will be making 100k within my first two years with full benefits. I also have full control over my hours.
Mistiekim 3 years ago
I’m not sure if the job mention here iis considered biomed, but I think that department makes decent money. They go around the hospital and make sure the equipment is in working order and repair or tell the departments if the need to order something new. A lot of times I just see them walking around, so they don’t seem super busy.
Emily 3 years ago
In our hospital system it's just the facilities team, and if they need more advanced "fixing" they call in people from Hilrom (the major bed manufacturer) and trust me the facilities guys are not making anything close to 100k!
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Train Driver for London Underground. Heavily unionized industry, and London's dependency on the network means they've been able to demand an enviable package. High base pay, high over time rates, and travel passes for the family.
Michele Viney 3 years ago
Not always - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/24/london-underground-workers-vote-continue-strike-action
#39
Autopsy tech. I started out making $15 an hour in Illinois. Just need a high school diploma and the ability to not puke at the sight of blood and guts. I loved that job, only left because I needed surgery on my knee. I'd totally still be doing that if I lived in a town with a morgue now, but I live in the Alaskan bush. Anybody needing an autopsy just gets sent to Anchorage. Addendum; to everyone bitching about $15 an hour being nothing, this was in 2009. Yeah it probably isn't enough to have a family on but I was a 19 year old and it was my first job.
#40
Notary clerks. 30$ for just signing a document and putting in register
Kate Jones 3 years ago
This is going the way of the dodo, though. Most banks always have a notary in office and they don't charge for the service.
#41
My uncle was a gardener at the airport and got paid around 40$ an hour so thats pretty good
#42
Costco. Five years full-time and you’re at $25/hr. Starting rate is $15/hr for everybody. Supervisors start at $25/hr and entry level managers make $60K-$80K. All employees get benefits, 401K and stock options, and topped out employees get bonuses.
Lazy Panda 3 years ago
Costco seems to be one of the few big box retail companies that actually cares about their employees.
#43
Car dealership security. I work 2 days a week and make almost double what I made in 5 days at my old job.
#44
Janitor in the public sector.
SeaLouse_Comics 3 years ago
Did this for 15 years. I got to work with mostly idiots cleaning up after idiots. Was making $30 an hour when I quit. Best decision I ever made. Not worth it.
#45
At the right place waitressing. I got tipped $800 waitressing at a bowling alley for a team building company party.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
For real, in the right place. You gotta cut your teeth on the wrong places for years first.
BadCat 3 years ago
I have this inkling that those who make bank waitressing have to be attractive, be able to communicate with everyone super well in all situations and communication needs (bi-lingual, etc), and not make any mistakes, and have the luck of working at a restaurant with great food.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
An acquaintance of mine is gorgeous...like a shorter giselle bundchen. She's absolutely flawless. And she got a job at one of the hottest bars/clubs in Boston and she'd make about 800-1000 in tips a night. And that's not even counting the big tips she'd get from drunk or rich guys (and girls...she got hit on by women a lot, too). She worked 4 days a week and by the time she was 25 she owned 2 homes and was pretty much rolling in it. If you are a pretty girl or a hot guy, get a bartending certification and check out the hottest clubs or bar or -for guys- gay clubs. Seriously you'll make so much money.
#46
Sign language interpreters, you can make $30 or more an hour depending on your client and education
Hill Branda 3 years ago
With more and more people losing their hearing, we definitely need more people to teach and interpret ASL.
#47
YouTubers who just copy reddit posts into a voice thing and then upload it with the text on the background. Edit: For those saying people who actually speak and make it unique aren't that bad. I agree, I still don't watch them but I agree. My point is those YouTubers who literally just copy and paste text into a text to speach program they found on the internet.
#48
Ditch digger... actually, “directional boring.” Guy I know was literally a ditch digger, but got into this by renting the specialized equipment just at the right time and right place (fiber optic build-out in the 1990’s). He will also say that he “made it” simply by being reliable and trustworthy. I do not know exactly how much he makes, but he has an 80-foot sport fisherman (probably cost $7-10 *Million*) and he bought a $4 Million property on a whim.
#49
Working is logistics! Warehouse, purchasing supplies, etc. I have been doing this for 8 years and have a Masters degree in Supply Chain. It's super easy to me. All you really need to do is pay attention. Plus , it's great money.
#50
I clean residents rooms at an old age home and make almost $21 an hour. I basically just sanitize touch surfaces and scrub their toilet. Very minimal work.
#52
My wife is a dental hygienist, makes $48/hr.
#53
Truck drivers. They’re always needed, and if you live in the US with nothing to lose or leave behind, North Dakota is the new frontier. Lumber, mining, oil, and agriculture is all tied together with trucking.
howdylee 3 years ago
Where are truckers making big bucks?? Several family members are/were truckers... no big money for them!
Wolfe 3 years ago
My mom's friend's husband is a trucker, and they make pretty good bank. The hard part is the wife being home alone often, since their kids moved out, but recently he got promoted and works closer to home more often
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I'm female and the idea of this really appealed to me at one point. I have no kids and I'm single. As long as I have internet I wouldn't mind sleeping in the truck. I guess my fear is the nightmare stories I've heard about being a female truck driver. I definitely wouldn't be able to load or unload anything as I'm a total weakling but driving wouldn't bother me.
#55
I don't know if this is true in other cities but T and bus operators in Boston make bank. I've rarely met a higher paid, less engaged group of employees in my life and I work in recruiting. EDIT: here is an article on the subject of MBTA salaries. https://www.masslive.com/news/boston/2018/02/mbta_employee_salary_database.html
#56
Idk if surprising but one people dont think about. Selling ad space on local broadcast stations. I do it and make more than most families do in my area and I'm at smaller market. Going into a medium one can put you well into 6 figures
#57
School bus drivers. My grandfather was a school bus driver and he says it pays surprisingly well. All you are doing is sitting on your a*s driving around and you get paid $30 an hour. However you still have to clean the kids' slimy disgustingness afterwards.
General Anaesthesia 3 years ago
I want to unalive (wink) quietly in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like the passengers in his bus.
Candi Cabaniss 3 years ago
School bus drivers are our unsung heroes. They know the students better than anybody else.
ButterflyMcQueen 3 years ago
Can confirm. I drive special needs students and I freaking love my students and their families!!! I absolutely love my job and I plan to retire doing this.
Kate Jones 3 years ago (edited)
Lol I actually mentioned this in a post above. It's 30 an hour but isn't it only like 3 hours a day or something? And your day is kind of shot because you drop off the kids and bring the bus back, then at 230 go back and pick up the bus and go and pick up the kids. It's nice if you want part time work for extra cash but if you're looking to pay a mortgage I wonder if it's really worth it.
#58
Sales. My last sales job I was selling flooring. It took me about an hour to an hour and a half measuring each room and hallway. Talk with the homeowner to know what they want. We offered financing for everyone. All my leads were red hot, so everyone I was scheduled to meet with was ready to buy that day. Each sale was $5,000 and up. I had sales of over $20,000 and my commission check was anywhere from 5 to 25% of that sale. I even had up to five scheduled appointments a day. I have had days where I made three sales with an average commission of $500 each.
#59
Electric Linemen. It’s potentially dangerous work and you need to be comfortable with working in heights in in crappy weather, but you can easily make $200k in your first year AND they’ll train you to do the job. If I was a young guy starting out I’d be all over that career path. Edit: If you live in California and Nevada and would like a path forward in this career then check these guys out - https://www.calnevjatc.org
#60
Software sales. Sell to F500 companies and a very standard below average pre tax take home is $200k. Good reps average more like $400k.
Christos Arvanitis 3 years ago
I did this for years selling to Fortune 500 companies and large financial institutions. Yes, I made some good money many years but it was ultimately the most stressful and soul-sucking work one might imagine. I'm now a carpenter and get satisfaction at the end of most day by seeing my accomplishments. Not as much money but my soul is intact...
BadCat 3 years ago (edited)
I agree. At some point you have to realize spiritual and mental wellbeing is more important than money.
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Network engineers make roughly 300K a year with epic job security. Turns out network engineering requires you to take everything you've learned about coding... And throw it out the window.
#62
In some states corrections officers make insane money with just a GED and willingness to work overtime.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
NO NO NO NO! Corrections may pay well but it will turn you into a monster. When you start to see some people as less than human you start to see a lot more. Corrections does terrible things to your psyche.
#63
Trader Joe’s managers. General managers of stores make $100,000+. Assistant store managers make 60,000-80,000/year. Not bad for working grocery.
#64
Bartending. Some people know, but the overwhelming majority don't. If I only worked 20 hours, 2 days a week this year (weekends) I would make close to $50k. If I really tried and worked 2 solid jobs 5 days a week I would easily hit close to if not over $100k. This doesn't apply to every bar or bartender. You're not going to make this type of money at an applebees or a super franchised corporate establishment.
#65
There is a job in my country called "chicken sexer". You're paid something like 10k euros per "mission" to touch newborn chicks and determine their sex.
iseefractals 3 years ago
I still don't understand how this job can exist. It's impossible to tell the sex of baby chicks by any visual cues. People starting this job are literally guessing, yet given enough time end up being almost 100% accurate despite having no quantifiable increase in skill. Even as they become accurate, they can't explain how they arrive at their conclusion, they just do it.
Cherreka Wirth 3 years ago
Then don't get this job. The males go straight into the shredder for dog food. It's horrible.
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If you are from a less developed country which has little parkings and could not attend school you can become a guard for cars set up in a large area of about 20 cars and charge a dollar for car sometimes they can give you up to 4 dollars a car and this is every 30 minutes for about 12 hours which would give you about 500-1000 dollars for a day of doing basically nothing
#67
San Francisco poop patrol. A ten person team, all they do is go around the city and clean up human feces (which is apparently a problem there). They make about 80,000 a year, plus pensions and benefits which bring the total to about 150,000. Not even kidding. Let’s go scoop poop!
SeaLouse_Comics 3 years ago
I can attest to this. There is more human excrement in SF than dog.
#68
Document specialist for utilities. Basically you have to know someone to get into it, but I went from making <40k as an office admin to 120k as a doc specialist. No college requirement, often people just get their spouses or siblings on because they've worked in an office before. As a general rule, this is terrible for anyone who actually knows what they're doing in the job, but, like... Whatever. A lot of times I'm just getting paid to hold down a desk.
#69
Mining, the job is crazy dangerous but you get paid really good nowdays. Nice to see things changed from the past
#71
Truckers, and no not the cross country truckers which are kinda almost a minority. The drivers I'm talking about are the ones who are delivering to restaurants and whatnot. You can make $60,000-$100,000 a year easily. But now that u think about it yeah this would expectedpy pay well because imagine if all trucks stopped moving for one day. Edit: I obviously meant $60,000 not $60, edited because of a smartass.
Fabian Meresse 3 years ago
In France, it's 12€ an hour max....truckers are going on strike, companies go ''no one wants to work anymore, we can't hire blablabla...''
#72
Redbubble. There’s probably a saying floating out there that goes “wherever there are gullible people, there is profit”. If not, then I just coined it. I’ve been putting memes on redbubble and I’m making $200-400 every month. I literally do nothing besides laughing at memes, putting them on a website, and waiting for people to buy it. This much money is enough for groceries or going out with the lads monthly.
BadCat 3 years ago
I'm on redbubble, I was referred by a friend who's also on redbubble. I've been on it for months uploading images, my own images, with not one sale. Even though redbubble doesn't moderate usage of copyrighted works by other people, there's still a risk of being found out by the content owner.
#73
Those terrible kids “shows” on YouTube. Millions of views and subscribers translates to millions of dollars.
#74
Licensed welders make bank, it's a hard job in poor conditions but if you're willing to do it you can make six figures within a few years.
#75
Military officer. You'll never be rich, but I was way better off than my civilian peers in our 20s. Also medical benefits, and retirement after 20 years. Pay scales are online.
#76
Teaching Assistant I was paid surprisingly well for about 10 hours of work a week. Plus they covered my tuition and gave me better dental insurance than the rest of my family
What do you think ?
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
It depends on where you live and the company you work for, but work for a ferry company, or maybe a cruiseship (but do research, some cruiseship lines may not be as great). I work for a ferry company and work on a rotation of two weeks on, two weeks off. It's a 12 hour day but I don't even notice and they go by fast. I live on the boat during those two weeks and have my own little cabin to unwind in, I have free access to the food on board and get to travel for free on their boats. I get a decent paycheck each time. Yes some of these jobs listed are hard and can cause strain, but you also need to look at what you get in return. And if you take care of your body, there is less damage. I know it's cheesy but exercise and eat good food!
Kate Jones 3 years ago
If you have experience in customer service, places like Cumberland Farms, 7-11 and other retail gas stations offer store manager training and it takes just a few months. You can apply right off the street if you have basic management training at fast food or elsewhere. You get a bump once you take position. I made 82K a year to start. You get crazy bonuses every 4 months. The problem is the hours. I worked a 12 hour shift every day and I was on salary. And if you have callouts-expect to cover them yourself a lot of the time. If you are someone who is even remotely personable, it's a fantastic opportunity. I quit because I couldn't take the hours anymore (i'd work 2am -2pm and then come back and close whenever someone called out. At one point I was dealing with call outs constantly and I hadn't had a day off in 3 months). Most managers didn't have a lot of the issues I did. I was great at the back office stuff. I had the best profits in town but I didn't have patience for my employees.
Summer Mason 3 years ago
I quit being a nurse and now work in the seafood department of a huge chain store. Make alot of money for something I didn't need an education for and I deal with way less people and death now. Bad side ... I smell like a fish after work. Lol.
Emily 3 years ago
I'll add medical imaging! X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, Cath lab, and more are only 2 years at community college and depending on your specialty start around $50k a year! And because these jobs are usually associated with health systems you usually get good benefits and health insurance to boot
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
It depends on where you live and the company you work for, but work for a ferry company, or maybe a cruiseship (but do research, some cruiseship lines may not be as great). I work for a ferry company and work on a rotation of two weeks on, two weeks off. It's a 12 hour day but I don't even notice and they go by fast. I live on the boat during those two weeks and have my own little cabin to unwind in, I have free access to the food on board and get to travel for free on their boats. I get a decent paycheck each time. Yes some of these jobs listed are hard and can cause strain, but you also need to look at what you get in return. And if you take care of your body, there is less damage. I know it's cheesy but exercise and eat good food!
Kate Jones 3 years ago
If you have experience in customer service, places like Cumberland Farms, 7-11 and other retail gas stations offer store manager training and it takes just a few months. You can apply right off the street if you have basic management training at fast food or elsewhere. You get a bump once you take position. I made 82K a year to start. You get crazy bonuses every 4 months. The problem is the hours. I worked a 12 hour shift every day and I was on salary. And if you have callouts-expect to cover them yourself a lot of the time. If you are someone who is even remotely personable, it's a fantastic opportunity. I quit because I couldn't take the hours anymore (i'd work 2am -2pm and then come back and close whenever someone called out. At one point I was dealing with call outs constantly and I hadn't had a day off in 3 months). Most managers didn't have a lot of the issues I did. I was great at the back office stuff. I had the best profits in town but I didn't have patience for my employees.
Summer Mason 3 years ago
I quit being a nurse and now work in the seafood department of a huge chain store. Make alot of money for something I didn't need an education for and I deal with way less people and death now. Bad side ... I smell like a fish after work. Lol.
Emily 3 years ago
I'll add medical imaging! X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, Cath lab, and more are only 2 years at community college and depending on your specialty start around $50k a year! And because these jobs are usually associated with health systems you usually get good benefits and health insurance to boot
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