Some occupations' are naturally cool. A list of 10 really cool jobs, with an indication at their pay is as mentioned below:
1. Cowboy
A career as a Cowboy is best suited if a rural life as a rancher or farm manager appeals to you. Earnings range from between $25,000 and $35,000. Benefits will include housing, a vehicle and even beef or chickens.
2. Actor or Singer
Actors also hold second jobs, while they time and again may also bump into being waitresses, teachers and administrative assistants. Approximately, 50,000 Americans work as actors, earning a mean income of $19.14 an hour, as per the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Singers and musicians are better-off, as they earn a median of $22.99 an hour.
3. Brewmaster
About 4,000 members of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling take lessons to become a brewer at The Siebel Institute or the University of California at Davis. The usual brewmaster salary ranges from $25,000 at a local brew inn to above $100,000 at a larger national brewery.
4. Professional Golfer
A love of travel to survive as a professional golfer is crucial. While average yearly winnings in the Ladies Professional Golf Association were $230,117 in 2010. With 161 ladies on the money list, the eminent topper Na Yeon Choi pegged more than $1.8 million, and 161st-ranked Jackie Gallagher-Smith earned mere $1,786. If you intend to reside in one place, working as golf professional can make you earn a median salary of around $57,141.
5. Cruise Director
Cruise directors handle multi-tasks of the seas with proficiency at ease. At American Cruise Lines (ACL), the cruise director systematizes and marches on shore excursions, manages guest speakers, schedules entertainment, assumes janitor duty and hurls the next day’s events at the dining room. The average salary for a cruise director is around $45,000 to $50,000. Experience as a bank teller or in retail may make the role as a casino cashier optimal for you.
6. Personal Trainer
The 235,000 personal trainers and fitness instructors work in health clubs, earning an average salary of around $31,030, according to the BLS.
7. Academy Awards Ballot Counter
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Entertainment and Media practice has indulged in counting the ballots cast for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ annual Academy Awards since past 72 years. The ballot-counting team sits backstage and pass-out the envelopes with the winners’ names within According to Inside Public Accounting the average payment for an accounting partner range around $452,744 as of mid-2009. So, you can consider working as an accountant in the entertainment industry.
8. Broadcast Sports Reporter
If you have always dreamt of a job where you watch sports, talk sports and interview athletes, then being a broadcast sports reporter is what needs to be opted for. The mean wage for roughly 10,480 US broadcast journalists is around $54,140 whereas around 30,000 people functioning as print reporters earn a mean salary of around $34,530.
9. Firefighter
Firefighting is fiercely competitive and there is also a lot of work there. Mechanical aptitude, physical fitness, and some firefighting or emergency responder education may make you win that position. The BLS estimates the industry growth to be at 9 percent between 2010 and 2020, to 336,900 jobs. The mean salary for firefighters is around $45,420 and prospects are double-better once you climb up the ladder.
10. Flight Attendant
Flight attendants get free flights as special perk while their salaries start at approximately $16,191 a year, as per the Association of Flight Attendants. The median salary for the 90,500 US flight attendants is around $37,740, according to the BLS. Also, few airlines have minimum and maximum height standards, while you can’t be too big to walk down the aisle facing forward. Notably, second language credential can make you competitive to international airlines.
