re: What are some jobs that pay less than people expect.

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What are some jobs that pay less than people expect?

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mine

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Radio announcer/DJ

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I won't lie - i thought of doing this when I was in high school. I enjoyed the dj's of 106.7 and 97.9 in the late 90s. Went to the KKND studios to pick up some concert tickets I had won and met Sig, told him I was heading to school and was considering going into the broadcasting field and he set the record straight of how little he made. I was shocked that they were basically minimum wage for a fairly popular station.

I've said before in this board that a competent, up-to-date with the newest methods plumber- especially one with the tooling and equipment to do new installs- can name his price and take the phone off the hook because he's booked out until infinity.

I am in real estate. I know of what you say, and I agree.

Hell I had a new shop built on a property and needed 800 feet of 1 1/2 inch poly pipe laid from where the boring company stubbed out my main and put in a meter all the way up to the new shop's slab. The plumbers who were capable were so far behind that I wound up building a pipe laying jig and welding it to a $150 Tractor Supply subsoiler and we did it ourselves. It would've cost me at least a couple thousand to get a plumber to do it, and I'd of gladly paid it, but what are you gonna do in a rural area with limited resources for provided services?

The capable plumbers I contract with were so snowed under and nonchalant about a job that would gross a few thousand dollars and only take a couple of hours to do- what does that tell you?

That plumbing contractors, particularly master plumbers and/or non-shade tree plumbers, generate impressive revenue.

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Chemist, unless you can land a job at one of the big plants. Most chemistry jobs are either QA/QC or Environmental Testing.

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How little we talking here?

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Tv reporter/anchor

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In the late 90s, I applied for a job at a TV station in BR. The job seemed interesting for gaining multi-faceted experience because I'd basically be doing everything (camera, editing, field reporting, in-studio on-camera, writing, directing, producing).

When I asked about pay, the general manager seemed annoyed and replied -- "we're competitive with minimum wage -- but you'll get a lot of hours".


This was not an internship position.

He said, "obviously due to the pay scale, we get a lot of turnover".

Yeah, no shite.

150k to set in meetings and give an opinion is easy money.

Why is the average for a master plumber only $77,000? The guy you know must be top 2%.

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150k to set in meetings and give an opinion is easy money

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I dont know. Wouldn't you want more? Aren't they fairly susceptible to layoffs and downsizing? I'm asking questions because of my teenage kids and wondering what they'll end up doing.

Lawyer: public defender

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My cousin is a welder and he’s making $160k with overtime. He told me at his high school graduation, “NIH, I ain’t got time for no queer liberal professors. I’m about making the big bucks.” He posts in caps lock on the rant.

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