Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Work Less, Earn More = More time to Train..

Patrick Erwin, CareerBuilder.com blogger, writes about jobs where you can work less and make more than the averages. His article, which appear in MSN weekly focus, list down 20 kinds of jobs which he finds, allow you to work less and earn more.

We are often drawn into jobs that offer 9-5 working hours because we were not told about the varieties of vacancies available in the world which may clearly give you more bang for your buck. .
So, for those job hunters out there and also those graduates looking for a fresh start, do consider the jobs below...

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1. Aircraft pilots, co-pilots and flight engineers
Hours/week: 23.5
Hours/year: 1,215
Annual earnings: $119,658

2. Biological scientist
Hours/week: 38.4
Hours/year: 1,992
Annual earnings: $65,329

3. Biochemist and biophysicist
Hours/week: 37.5
Hours/year: 1,947
Annual earnings: $69,681

4. Bus driver
Hours/week: 35.9
Hours/year: 1,613
Annual earnings: $26,107

5. Clinical, counseling and school psychologists
Hours/week: 38.1
Hours/year: 1,693
Annual earnings: $59,595

6. Dental assistant
Hours/week: 35.6
Hours/year: 1,849
Annual earnings: $30,895

7. Desktop publisher
Hours/week: 38.7
Hours/year: 2,007
Annual earnings: $36,858

8. Directors, religious activities and education
Hours/week: 38.1
Hours/year: 1,978
Annual earnings: $48,243

9. Educational, vocational and school counselors
Hours/week: 37.9
Hours/year: 1,712
Annual earnings: $50,075

10. Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
Hours/week: 38.0
Hours/year: 1,976
Annual earnings: $35,262

11. Insurance underwriter
Hours/week: 38.6
Hours/year: 2,005
Annual earnings: $63,157

12. Interpreters and translators
Hours/week: 34.1
Hours/year: 1,687
Annual earnings: $35,853

13. Law clerk
Hours/week: 38.4
Hours/year: 1,961
Annual earnings: $46,539

14. Law teacher, post-secondary
Hours/week: 35.2
Hours/year: 1644
Annual earnings: $158,353

15. Miscellaneous media and communications workers
Hours/week: 36.7
Hours/year: 1,852
Annual earnings: $38,698

16. Optometrist
Hours/week: 37.7
Hours/year: 1,959
Annual earnings: $103,375

17. Psychologist
Hours/week: 38.2
Hours/year: 1,722
Annual earnings: $59,543

18. Speech-language pathologist
Hours/week: 37.5
Hours/year: 1,611
Annual earnings: $53,499

19. Telephone operator
Hours/week: 38.7
Hours/year: 2,009
Annual earnings: $29,877

20. Tree trimmers and pruners
Hours/week: 37.2
Hours/year: 1,898
Annual earnings: $35,644

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Cool! All 3 of my jobs are in the list! :)

Suddenly I feel so smart... Hahaha.