There’s a fun article on Xfinity listing the Top 10 Highest Paying jobs you can get with a High School degree.
Check them out:
10. Boat/Water Vessel Captain (I guess they are assuming you might captain a submarine) – $64,000 – $117,000;;
9. Gaming Manager (think Pit Boss in Vegas) – $66,000 – $116,000;
8. Detective/Criminal Investigator – $68,000 – $119,000;
7. Elevator Installer – $70,900 – $101,000 (Milk-a-what!? Who knew?);
6. Web Developers – $75,000 – $119,000;
5. Nuclear Power Plant Operator – $75,600 – $119,000 (yep, that’s right — Homer Simpson was banking on it);
4. Police Chief – $78,000 – $123,000;
3. Construction Manager – $83,000 – $150,000;
2. Software Developers – $87,000 – $133,000;
1. Commercial Airline Pilot – $101,000 – $139,000
Three more worthy of the list
For my money I can think of three that they completely missed from their list:
- Drug Dealer – easily six figures, maybe seven if you got some street game.
- Professional Athlete – sure there aren’t many jobs, but it can pay well.
- Recruiter! (Holla!) – Say what you want, but a good headhunter can make some scratch!
Have a great week.
This was originally published on Tim Sackett’s blog, The Tim Sackett Project.