Cal Stempel
Careers, looking forward, and behind.
Everyone has dreams of becoming successful, may it be treating patients
as a doctor, or designing the next great monument as an architect. We have a pre-set list of careers engrained
into our heads that reap the highest income.
But what jobs and careers in today’s economy bring in higher incomes
than would be expected?
The top 3 highest paying jobs in the
US are Anesthesiologists, Surgeons, and in third obstetricians and
gynecologists (according to usnews.com).
All of these careers expectedly make over $200,000 annually; but with
these jobs comes years of medical schooling and educational debts.
For the majority of us though, we do
not have access to the skills that medical schooling requires, we may not have
gotten the grades to get us into the finest law schools or prestigious
engineering programs. But did you know
that successful hot dog vendors can make up to $100,000? There are niche careers throughout our
economy that yield high incomes.
How about being an ice cream
taster? Ice cream tasters make about
$60,000 annually. Funeral Managers make
about $80,000 a year, human statues (street performers) make about $100 an
hour! All of these jobs do not require years
of education, or thousands of dollars of debt.
These unconventional careers are
rare and far in-between. So you may be
wondering, what careers are in demand that pay well? Our economy today is outsourcing
unspecialized positions and replacing human hands with robots. So what careers could possibly be in demand
in the US today?
Unsurprisingly, the healthcare is
not going anywhere soon; some of the most needed positions in today’s economy
are physician assistants, nurses, and medical technicians. You have probably seen the endless
commercials for 2 year colleges that prepare you in a career with the medical
field. Well the reason these commercials
are so common is that these careers are in high demand, and will be in the distant future.
Medical careers do not require years
of schooling as you have learned from the commercials and low ranking positions
such as medical assistants and billing and coders still reap high incomes,
averaging around $50,000-$70,000.
Another extremely in demand career
are programmers and IT specialists. The US has been a technological force for
decades and continues to progress. With
this progression there is the need for more and more IT positions and skilled
computer programmers. Just like the
medical careers, IT schools strongly advertise on television; that is because
the jobs are in high demand, and are future proof.
So next time you think of which
career field you think you will want to join, don’t look at the expected jobs
such as surgeons, lawyers, or engineers.
You could very well be better off as a hot dog vendor, or funeral
manager! High paying jobs are scattered
everywhere; It just takes a little digging to uncover them.
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