50 World’s Weirdest Jobs That Pay Out Quite Well

Imagine robbing a bank without the potential for punishment and the unpleasantness of the shower. You may work as a penetration tester, or, as they are called in the industry, a licensed bank robber. The role's objective is to evaluate the security measures in place, and in the past, the job simply involved breaking into the bank. Even while there are still fictitious robbers, penetration testing has expanded to include identity theft, computer hacking, calling operators to deceive them into giving over customer information, and even posing as police officers to install surveillance equipment in vaults. It sounds like a riot and like a profession that former secret agents would be good at.

In order to evaluate the comfort of their beds, a hotel in Finland engaged a staff member to serve as a "professional sleeper." Each night, the person uses a different hotel bed and reviews them all to determine which one she prefers.

Hiring professional mourners is not rare in various societies. The family will engage professional mourners to attend the funeral service when a significant person passes away without any friends. The objective is to improve the deceased's reputation. These people can earn $40 to $100 (£30 to £75) every session and take part in the meal that follows the burial.

Many streaming services pay people to view and evaluate movies and TV episodes. They're only made public if they receive favorable reviews. You don't need any prior experience to enjoy movies, but you do need to be able to distinguish between good and terrible films. The income ranges from $12 to $15 (£9 to £11) per hour, which is not very high. Whatever the case, it is safe to conclude that most people would consider this to be their ideal career.

Annual auditions for the zombie roles in London Dungeons' exhibitions are held, and with an average income of £30,000, it's clear that this is no dead-end profession. Really, it's quite simple: Your task would be to frighten visitors who knowingly pay for the opportunity to be pursued by fictitious strangers through dark passageways. If you're good, you can advance your profession by becoming a tormentor or perhaps Jack the Ripper.

Millions of profiles on various online dating platforms demonstrate how many individuals are looking for love. But since not everyone can sell themselves to the hunk or the beauty, some people hire a specialist to write their online dating profile. Enter the ghostwriter for online dating. Depending on your writing abilities, the pay will vary, but you can expect to make an average of $900 (£670) every month.

People who have serious previous trauma or who are lonely, depressed, ill, or have medical needs can find solace from professional cuddlers. It's not hard to become a professional cuddler, but you need empathy, decent values, and good ethics. Cuddlers frequently promote their services online and are paid between $20 and $40 (£15 and £30) per hour.

They keep track of iceberg locations and offer safe detours around them. They could also need to tow the iceberg away from a specific location. The concept was developed following the Titanic disaster in 1911, and it undoubtedly prevented a great number of additional tragedies. The anticipated salary? An average iceberg mover makes around $20,000 (£15,000) annually.

This may be your greatest suit if you have a strong "I'm sorry" or consistent apology quality. The professional apologizer is among the strangest professions we are considering. A person who apologizes on behalf of others in their place is known as a professional apologizer. They continually offer their condolences to a hurting individual until their objective is achieved.

Let's face it: when you buy six rolls of paper towels, the aroma is what you care about the most. The paper towel sniffer, however, is a new kind of hero who will make sure that paper towel producers produce high-quality goods devoid of an offensive odor. Not all heroes have capes, but if you like to sniff paper, you could make $52,000 (£38,600) per year doing it.

A skilled line stander will do precisely what the term of the position implies: wait in line for others. It’s a position that is useful on significant occasions like Black Friday or the introduction of new products, like the iPhone. They are able to earn about $1,000 (£750) per week.

This work is quite cool, as long as the furniture is not made of cactus. To evaluate the comfort of the furniture, you must sit, move around, and even sleep on it. It's strange how cool this job is.

By turning up at locations where parties with copious amounts of alcohol transpired, hangover helpers and party cleaners earn $20 per roommate. They arrive the morning after the party, delivering burritos and Gatorade to aid with the hangover and cleaning up all the trash the partygoers left behind. Marc Simons, the creator of Hangover Helpers Party Cleaners, began by cleaning party houses for some extra money before realizing he could build a business around it given that there are always people throwing parties and those same individuals never want to clean up the enormous mess.

This task is simpler than that of a human babysitter. Why? Because all you have to do is watch the baby ostriches to make sure they don't peck one another.

Being an endangered species, pandas are famously challenging to encourage to procreate. China's Panda Fluffers utilize feather dusters and considerable caution to help them perform in order to get these reserved animals in the mood. A Panda Fluffer at the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Centre in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, can make 200,000 yuan (£22,900) per year.

In Tokyo, finding a boyfriend is as simple as it gets if you have the money. Although I have no idea what the boyfriends will do, it seems like fun. The day the Japanese introduce the idea of "Rental Girlfriends," we'll be moving to Tokyo.

The opportunity to write fortune cookies may have been right in front of you the entire time. They are independent contractors or staff writers who create unique and intriguing fortunes for fortune cookies. These individuals can earn about $40,000 (£30,200) annually.

Dogs - the perfect best friends, so why not give them the best possible food? Dog food testers do an odd job that has quite a simple task - making sure the food your dog eats is safe for him, by first making sure it is safe for you, human.

Wait a second. Do mermaids in fact exist? Maybe professionally, they do. These are certified mermaids who perform at events and instruct others on how to swim like one. At birthday celebrations, they can make about $300 (£230) per hour.

These people are hired to dress professionally and shake hands with influential businessmen. They are occasionally hired to go to real estate events and act like foreigners and famous people. Many of these people can earn $1,000 (£750) each week for a certain task or event.