To add to my lists of the highest (best) paying jobs, 10 best-paying jobs for associate degrees, and best paid athletes (not to mention the worst paying jobs), we now have the 10 best-paying blue-collar jobs. The list from Money Central:
1. Public transit attendant -- $62,088
2. Longshore equipment operators -- $58,198
3. Brickmasters and stonemasons -- $57,200
4. Power plant operators -- $56,472
5. Locomotive operations -- $56,347
6. Aircraft engine mechanics -- $55,494
7. Electrical power installers and repairers -- $55,390
8. Mining occupations -- $54,704
9. Oil well driller -- $53,227
10. Telephone line installer/repairer -- $52,478
It appears to me that in order to be one of the 10 best-paying blue-collar jobs, an occupation has to require at least one of these three characteristics:
1. Specialized Skill -- Job numbers 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
2. Knowledge/responsibility -- Job numbers 1, 4, 5, 7, 10.
3. Danger -- Job numbers 8, 9.
You could also throw in "willingness to do what no one else wants to do." Personally, I wouldn't want to do any of these (that's why I got an MBA). But if you do something not many others want to do, there's often decent money in it.
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