Once you have graduated, finding a career path is your utmost priority. With the current recession, finding a career in your field may be difficult at times. Not to worry, there are other jobs out there! Some careers that you’d never think of (or quite frankly, even knew existed!) pay quite a bit and offer a ton of adventure and excitement!
Here are some unique and thrilling jobs that pay surprisingly well:
Pearl diver
- Specializing in plucking pearls from pearl-bearing oysters, the job of a peal diver in Australia pays well. The catch is that pearl diving can be a dangerous occupation at times due to the amount of pressure in water basins. The going daily rates for this thrilling occupation are as much as $1,300 Australian dollars ($1,216 American).
Master sommelier
- Experienced sommeliers, or wine stewards, are wine professionals that make their money by flawlessly pairing wines with dishes in high class restaurants. To do this you must have a high knowledge of everything wine and be able to develop wine lists and have an acute knowledge of various types of wine. This taste tester and developer can earn $80,000 to $160,000 per year.
Airplane repo man
- Full of adventure and high-stress work, aircraft repo men can make a fortune. Repossessors get a 6-10% commission of the resale price of a plane they reclaim for a bank. The job of a repo man is anything but easy; risks of getting shot at or tossed into a foreign prison are possible outcomes. As for the payment, most airplanes cost millions of dollars generating a $10,000 to $900,000 pay back to the reposessor per plane.
Bounty hunter
- The job of this high risk worker entails tracking down criminals that have skipped town after posting bail and returning them to prison. Pay is 10-45% of the bail deposit amount. For instance, a suspect that skipped out on $100,000 bail could net the bounty hunter $10,000 to $45,000 upon his or her return.
Voice-over artist
- From cartoons to radio commercials, simply talking or impersonating voices can pay well. Voice-overs exist all over television networks and even in the film industry. Five minutes of finished audio can pay as much as $325 to someone who has experience. Lesser-known professional voice-over artists can earn $50,000 to $80,000 per year.