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=WL= LazyLizard5780 May 8, 2018 @ 7:32am
Jobs that pay well with no degree?
I want a well paying job but I don't want to go through years of study. I don't mean something to make me rich or whatever (I don't plan on getting married) I just want something to help me afford some kind of house (At the very least 23,000 dollars a year)
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Originally posted by =CrimsoN=:
Truck Driver! Its what I do. Average pay is 40-50k a year but it varies greatly. For example, guys who haul for the military make somewhere around 100k a year and they are civilians. Guys who work out in the oil fields hauling oil in Nevada/Arizona/New Mexico make around 100k to 150k as well. Guys who own their own trucks average like 100k to 200k a year (but they also have to pay for expenses on their own trucks, which is very expensive). Hell, Walmart truck drivers make 80k a year on average.

Its an awesome job if you like being alone and working independently. But its also a lifestyle and you have to be ready to adapt. It has a very high turnover rate because of family commitments and stuff like that, but there are also local driver opportunities that allow you to be home daily like any other job. They just arent that easy to find. Like, Im pretty sure Walmart drivers are home daily, because I never see any sleeper berths on their trucks.
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Lao Dan May 8, 2018 @ 11:19am 
Bartenders and DJs* can make $40-50K.

*(as in wedding or bar DJs, not the kind that play at fancy clubs)
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Mitz May 8, 2018 @ 3:28pm 
Railroad is what I do. Pays around $30 to $35 on average for class 1 railways but you have to put up with a lot of BS.
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b2ber May 8, 2018 @ 3:36pm 
csgo gambling, mhm
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Blargo May 8, 2018 @ 4:25pm 
Accidentally create the next Flappy Bird-level popular mobile app.
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Longhaul May 8, 2018 @ 4:34pm 
I enjoy my $1500/week, only working 4 days a week. Long weekend every weekend!
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Goblin May 8, 2018 @ 4:49pm 
Trades are really good.

You can probably go to a trade school instead???
Or have a job while in college, but...that's a lot of money to pay depending on where you live
Last edited by Goblin; May 8, 2018 @ 4:49pm
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Richard I May 8, 2018 @ 5:15pm 
Get your CDL and drive a truck. Local until you're 21, then go over the road. Save your money, buy your own truck. You can make $25000 a week if you get with the right company. My dad get's paid $8500 every two days that he drives one of their semi-trucks, because he is normally a dump truck driver but they needed someone, so they called him.

Don't get lazy though, word goes around in the trucking business.
Last edited by Richard I; May 8, 2018 @ 5:15pm
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Xero_Daxter May 8, 2018 @ 5:30pm 
I work with Food and I get paid over 15 an hour. But that's because I'm "Serve Safe Certified". I still had to learn and read from a book but it was better than going to school.
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Richard I May 8, 2018 @ 5:43pm 
Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:
I work with Food and I get paid over 15 an hour. But that's because I'm "Serve Safe Certified". I still had to learn and read from a book but it was better than going to school.
He wants a good job.
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Xero_Daxter May 8, 2018 @ 5:45pm 
Originally posted by Swap | Trade.tf:
Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:
I work with Food and I get paid over 15 an hour. But that's because I'm "Serve Safe Certified". I still had to learn and read from a book but it was better than going to school.
He wants a good job.
Working with food is actually a good job. Heck.... even people who work dirty jobs get a good amount of pay.
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Richard I May 8, 2018 @ 6:32pm 
Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:
Originally posted by Swap | Trade.tf:
He wants a good job.
Working with food is actually a good job. Heck.... even people who work dirty jobs get a good amount of pay.
$15 an hour isn't good.
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GLO BOY GOAT May 8, 2018 @ 6:45pm 
could always just go into the military would allow you some more options in the future rather than some dead end job
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Richard I May 8, 2018 @ 6:55pm 
Yes, military is amazing. Not just for the pay, but all of the financial benefits you receive for life.
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Sir Dookface McFerretballs May 8, 2018 @ 8:06pm 
Learn a trade. Plumber, electrician, HVAC Tech, roofing, construction, and so on...

ALL of these things pay much more than the average useless "arts" and "studies" degrees out there, and you don't have to go into massive student loan debt to get them as most have paid on the job training, and ALL of them can become independent businesses, meaning YOU can eventually run your own business instead of a degree wich often means you are woking for someone else..
Last edited by Sir Dookface McFerretballs; May 8, 2018 @ 8:07pm
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IlostmylimbsbutnotNNN May 8, 2018 @ 8:31pm 
Originally posted by =WL= Lazylizard5780:
I want a well paying job but I don't want to go through years of study. I don't mean something to make me rich or whatever (I don't plan on getting married) I just want something to help me afford some kind of house (At the very least 23,000 dollars a year)
You can run a buiness. Bill Gates never got a college degree, and he's the second richest man in the world! If you know the stuff or is skilled in all kinds of art (writing, therate, drawings, amatinging, singing, etc.), or can become famous, you can earn money
But those things require hard work and effort, so just work at McDonalds otherwise
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