Parade Magazine released its annual “What People Earn” issue, an annual survey of the salaries of real people in real jobs (and real people in fantasy jobs).
Here are the highlights.
REAL PEOPLE, REAL JOBS
- A high school football coach in Oklahoma earned $49,900
- A puppeteer in Maryland earned $32,300
- A professor/author in New York earned $64,900
- A radiology technician in California earned $75,000
- A donut fryer in Maryland earned $47,000
- A school lunchroom worker in Illinois earned $5,300
- A physician’s assistant in Tennessee earned $109,000
- A police officer in North Carolina earned $64,000
- A judge in Florida earned $137,000
- A pharmacy technician in Rhode Island earned $23,900
- A flight inspector in Kansas earned $61,000
- An interior designer in Oregon earned $120,000
- A coast guard recruiter in Virginia earned $68,000
- A railroad conductor in Texas earned $106,000
Check out the pullout in your local newspaper to learn what other real people earn doing real jobs, and what celebrities earned doing fantasy jobs. One of my fantasy jobs is playing a detective on Law & Order. Mariska Hargitay earned $7 million stealing my dream last year. Oprah holds my other fantasy job. She earned $262 million last year.
Want to learn what others are getting paid for doing your real or fantasy job?  Use Careersthatdontsuck.com’s Salary Wizard.
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