When I Grow Up, I Want to Be…
Ah, the dreams of childhood. Who didn’t want to be a fireman, or an actor, or an astronaut?
As we grow older, however, many of us find that our careers become dictated by paying the bills and supporting a family, and not by chasing our dreams. While most of us may end up in desk jobs or repetitive corporate gigs, we might just be envious of the people that seem to have cooler professions with higher salaries. But did you know that the most money doesn’t always come from the most desirable places?
Urine farmers, sewer divers, and embalmers are just a few of the dirty jobs on this list that make BANK when it comes to payday. And these are just the tip of the dirty iceberg…
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Get ready to see some of the grossest jobs that pay tons of money.
Gastroenterologist
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These are the doctors that get to deal with all things digestion, often resulting in patients needing to talk about questionable gas or bowel movements. Most patients are either small children or the elderly, and not everything can be cured with prunes.
This certainly isn’t a glamorous job as you explore your patients’ intestines, but it can definitely afford you a glamorous lifestyle, with salaries upwards of $260,000 or even $340,000 in solo practices.
Port A Potty Cleaners
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Most of us can’t even bear to use port a potties unless emergency strikes, not to mention having to clean out the grime and muck of hundreds of others who use them. And given their popularity at concerts and sporting events, these babies are never pretty looking.
Still, leaving your dignity at home and becoming a professional port a potty cleaner could land you between $25,000 and $50,000, according to reports.