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People Are Sharing Jobs That Sound Easy But Have A Surprisingly High Salary (21 Pics)
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People Are Sharing Jobs That Sound Easy But Have A Surprisingly High Salary (21 Pics)

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There is a common belief that you have to be a stressed-out workaholic in order to make a decent living. But that's not always the case.
Two weeks ago, Reddit user u/rabahi made a post, asking: "What's a low-effort job with a surprisingly high salary?" And it has caught people's attention.
As of this article, the post has 16K upvotes and 6K comments, many of which have seriously caused people to consider changing their career path. Here are some of them.

#1

Man resting on bed petting a dog, illustrating jobs that sound easy but have a surprisingly high salary.
I once had a job at a dog kennel and my job was to sleep In a bedroom with a dog or two, provided a comfy bed & Netflix/wifi. I was getting paid $30/hr to basically cuddle with dogs.
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#2

Industrial power plant with cooling towers emitting steam, representing jobs with surprisingly high salary in easy-sounding fields.
My next-door neighbor works in a power station. His job is to sit in front of a monitor and make sure everything is working well. If something goes wrong, he calls the appropriate workstation and they fix the problem. Because an alarm sounds if something is out of sync (which rarely happens) he is able to play games or read a book 99% of the time. He is on $150 per hour to basically play games and chill at work.
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#3

Helicopter flying near a windsock on a pole, representing jobs that sound easy but have surprisingly high salary.
I work at a heliport where I just get a couple of passengers' bags, put them on the heli, and then go and sit on my phone for however many hours until the heli gets back. Rinse and repeat. Roughly $70k
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#4

Dual monitor computer setup with coding and messaging apps open, illustrating jobs with surprisingly high salary.
I.T. Manager at a university. The techs know their jobs, their users, and manage their own schedules and workloads among themselves. Managers basically just have to rubber-stamp timecards, confirm parts orders, and make sure the techs don't all take vacations at the same time.
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#5

Woman in a red satin dress presenting on a game show set, illustrating jobs that sound easy with high salary.
Vanna White's job on Wheel of Fortune. She gets paid $4 million a year walking back and forth in an area of 20 feet.
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#6

Dual monitors displaying colorful code with a backlit keyboard in a dark room, highlighting high salary coding jobs.
If you can create the right software as a service business, it's basically free money. I licensed out a software I wrote to 2 large franchises and basically get paid $15K a month to stay home and ensure it's running 24/7
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When I was backpacking I signed up to a temp agency in Sydney who would hire “well presented” front my of house staff for corporate firms who liked to have a pretty, young, well-dressed thing manning the reception desk whilst their clients came. I often got paid $30-40 an hour to welcome clients, show them to their meeting room, pour some water and order their catering. And that’s all I did. In fancy beautiful offices overlooking Sydney harbour bridge etc. Once their regular receptionist got back from leave I’d be popped onto the next one. I did a stint at Sydney University at one of their newly built research centres, all I did was direct people to the lifts and the right part of the building for their meeting. I made enough money doing this to backpack through the entire East Coast of Australia over 3 months.
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#8

Garbage truck lifting bins for collection, illustrating jobs that sound easy but have surprisingly high salary.
Trash truck drivers, it's a fairly simple job with a higher salary than being a teacher
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#9

Person writing in a planner beside a laptop and keyboard, representing jobs that sound easy with surprisingly high salary.
I had a job like this. I got paid $28 an hour working as an administrative assistant in a high school. It takes like 15 minutes to input grades and send truancy letters. Answering phone calls always resort to just transferring them to the Principal or school nurse. Literally, nothing to do. I left the job because there's no work in the summer (school is closed) and honestly, the environment was toxic. When you have that much free time at work, people want to start talking about their personal lives and I don't like to talk about mine to my toxic co workers. So I left. This job was the definition of money doesn't buy happiness.
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#10

Person analyzing data on laptop showing charts and graphs, illustrating jobs with surprisingly high salary.
Business Intelligence/ Data analyst. Do you know how to use excel, can you write basically SQL, are you able to express yourself clearly and deal with getting variations of the same 10 questions for the rest of your career? Congrats welcome to making 100k.
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#11

Worker in protective suit using radiation detection device in a high salary job that sounds easy, in an industrial setting.
Radiological control technician. 85k base 100k if you work 1 weekend a month and plenty earn 150k+.
I'm making $45 an hour right now browsing reddit and all I have for work today is 1 hour of tours. That's my work load. Doesn't really change
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#12

International Pilot! I make $200k a year as a widebody first officer. None of the decisions fall to me, I fly one leg to Europe (I get a couple hour nap on each leg), I get 24-48 hours in a cool city, then I fly 1 leg home (couple hour nap again on the way home). When I'm home there is nothing I could conceivably do for work so I just get to enjoy my many many days off. Don't get me wrong the training was intense, but man, my job now is stupid easy.
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#13

Podcast microphone setup in a home studio with laptop and mixing software, illustrating jobs with surprisingly high salary.
As a closed captioner broadcaster for the News, I work from home. I set my own hours and earn anything from $50 to $70 per hour, depending on the assignment. It takes a lot of money to get started, but the payoff is well worth it.
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Woman working on a laptop in a cozy room, representing jobs that sound easy but have a surprisingly high salary.
Mobile notary that does home signings. They can line up 4-7 appointments in a day and make $200-300 per. One of the absolute best weekend gigs. In some markets you can pay your rent by working one extra Saturday a month.
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#15

People working at computers in an office, showcasing jobs that sound easy but have surprisingly high salaries.
Call Center management. Not even something high up like operations or quality assurance, even being middle management can be lucrative. I've worked a few call center jobs, the people on the bottom absolutely get overworked, stressed out... but once you get to management it's easy.
Last call center job I worked, I got promoted to management just due to how long I had been there. After the promotion, I was paid 50K per year to sit at home, listen to people do their job, fill out paperwork and have the occasional web meeting. I spent more time playing video games and working out than anything else while on the clock.
The funniest part to me is that when I gave my notice, they tried to offer me a promotion to stay because I was such a hard worker. I was super tempted to laugh and tell them how little work I actually did in a day.
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#16

Made $55 an hour supporting an American system... during grave-yard hours.
I was, literally, the only person in one of 3 huge buildings. All dark except for my lowly office.
For the first few nights, security would come around to see why the light were on all night...
I received no calls nor emails, ever, at any time. This lasted for 4-5 months. I slept most of the time, and, of course, got myself banned from sub-Reddits.
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#17

Forklift operator moving pallets inside a warehouse, showcasing jobs that sound easy but have high salary potential.
In our country: A forklift driver.
Usually gets as much money as a person in middle management.
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#18

Aerial view of a crowded parking lot with cars neatly parked, illustrating jobs with high salary and easy tasks.
Owning a parking lot.
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#19

Truck Driver. Seriously, look into it. There is a huge demand for truck drivers right now, and I'm not talking the Amazon delivery guys. You can even get a local route and work regular work hours and make a lot of money for having the skill of driving.
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#20

My job. The bulk of my job is essentially helping ICU nurses get through annual basic life support.
Now that it’s all on computerized dummies, I basically just click the link for them, adjust hand position now and then and sit back.
I watched Jurassic Park today because everyone is up to date.
I make $120k...
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