Here are some professions that you might be surprised to learn pay six figures. The top-earning 10% of these professionals earn more than $100,000 a year, on average, according to BLS data.
1. Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance
BLS job description: Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role. Top 10% make $120,050, on average.
Mean annual income: $63,710
Total employed: 2,040
Top-paying state: New York
2. Technical Writers
BLS job description: Write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work.
Top 10% make $102,250, on average.
Mean annual income: $67,280
Total employed: 45,120
Top-paying state: California
3. Gaming Managers
BLS job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate gaming operations in a casino. May formulate house rules.Top 10% make $116,840, on average.
Mean annual income: $74,780
Total employed: 3,570
Top-paying state: New Jersey
4. Home Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
BLS job description: Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Top 10% make $110,650, on average.
Mean annual income: $68,080
Total employed: 5,490
Top-paying state: California
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5. Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
BLS job description: Command or supervise operations of ships and water vessels, such as tugboats and ferryboats. Required to hold license issued by U.S. Coast Guard. Top 10% make $119,280, on average.
Mean annual income: $71,760
Total employed: 30,220
Top-paying state: Rhode Island
6. Art Directors
BLS job description: Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual communications media, such as print, broadcasting, and advertising. Direct workers engaged in art work or layout design.
Top 10% make $166,620, on average.
Mean annual income: $95,500
Total employed: 30,680
Top-paying state: New York
7. Transportation Inspectors
BLS job description: Inspect equipment or goods in connection with the safe transport of cargo or people. Includes rail transportation inspectors, such as freight inspectors; rail inspectors; and other inspectors of transportation vehicles, not elsewhere classified. Top 10% make $110,210, on average.
Mean annual income: $65,770
Total employed: 24,810
Top-paying state: Washington, DC
8. Broadcast News Analysts
BLS job description: Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources.
Top 10% make $159,530, on average.
Mean annual income: $76,370
Total employed: 5,200
Top-paying state: Florida
9. Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
BLS job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities. Top 10% make $112,150, on average.
Mean annual income: $70,010
Total employed: 3,340
Top-paying state: Kansas
10. Insurance Sales Agents
BLS job description: Sell life, property, casualty, health, automotive, or other types of insurance. May refer clients to independent brokers, work as an independent broker, or be employed by an insurance company.
Top 10% make $115,300, on average.
Mean annual income: $62,970
Total employed: 321,780
Top-paying state: Rhode Island
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