15 jobs that pays $50 an hour...

[Hawkeye-X]

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-2388-Job-Info-and-Trends-15-Jobs-That-Pay-50-an-Hour/?SiteId=cbmsnmn42388&sc_extcmp=JS_2388_money

I have to laugh at #1 - I wish I would get paid *that* much.

I'm sure you'll laugh at the others too....

[Warpy]

1. No kidding, and I'd love to know how they arrived at that figure

for a lot of those jobs that are generally salary jobs, meaning whoever does them is on a fixed rate and might be putting in 80 hour weeks to get it.

[tridim]

2. My last year of IT I got paid about negative $2.00 per hour.

Now I just make zero, so I guess I'm doing better!

[RockaFowler]

3. Construction Foreman???

My husband was never making $50 an hour. Who makes that amount?? Not here in Florida

[Donnachaidh]

10. I agree. That's a number pulled directly from someone's behind

It does NOT reflect real world construction salaries.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

28. FWIW, our project superintendent makes more than that

but he's been doing it all his life. This is a heavy industrial construction project, btw. However, I agree that this is not an average.

[RockaFowler]

29. My hubby too

He's been a Super for at least 25 years. No way was he ever that close. But then again, this is Florida and all of wages are very low compared to the rest of the country

[TlalocW]

13. My dad was a steelworker as well as foreman for his union

You can't look at downtown Wichita, Kansas, without seeing something he touched. He never made that much.

TlalocW

[fishbulb703]

23. Obviously not including expenses. revenue might be 100k, lucky to see half that.

[MrSlayer]

31. That's because Florida is a "right to work" state.

Here in Philadelphia, a union construction foreman makes that much or more depending on the amount of men under him and the trade.

[jp11]

4. Nearly every one of those require 10 years OTJ or schooling to get to those positions.

If they are even correct about those numbers.

[Lance_Boyle]

5. It is a huge problem that "HR Manager" is on that list.

HR is a waste of two perfectly good letters. The people who promote the scam that is "HR" aren't worth $0.50 an hour.

[MineralMan]

6. Well, my rate for writing web content is $50/hr., but I rarely

make that much, since I usually contract for entire projects, rather than do hourly billing. The actual amount comes ends up being somewhere between $25 and $50, depending on how smoothly a project goes.

[grasswire]

14. is the demand what it used to be?

IIRC, in the 90s the demand was pretty strong for writing web content. How has that changed, if it has?

[MineralMan]

15. I can only speak from my own experience.

I worked for many, many years as a magazine journalist, writing computer articles for most of that time. Last year, when I decided I needed to unretire, I hung out my shingle as a web content writer. I only do complete site rewrites or new sites. A web designer in my area found me, through a Craig's List ad, and tried me out on a new site for a local business. The site did great, so I'm doing them regularly for him now, along with other sites that straggle in the door.

I should point out that I'm a very, very fast, accurate, and error-free writer with a lot of knowledge of small business issues and am familiar with many fields. I almost always quote a price for doing the whole site, rather than work on an hourly basis. When I do other writing, I charge $50/hr. I'm making about $37.50 or so for these whole sites.

I don't do site design. The guy I'm working with is very good at that, and at SEO. The sites we've done together have all been very productive for the businesses, which range from an equine horse vet and a real estate broker to a swimming pool company. I think we've done 15 now. Things are actually picking up right now, and it looks like businesses are looking to ramp up their web presence.

I think I'm in a unique position with this. I'm getting the pay I want because I'm fast, clean, and good at writing marketing stuff, along with educational information on a wide range of topics. Others I know who are in the business are not having quite as much success. It is possible, though, as I've discovered.

I've done several sites independently, as well. Those also went well.

[grasswire]

25. interesting

No doubt the experience writing for computer mags and the small business savvy are an appealing combination. Are you essentially a marketing strategist as well? And are you integrating social media concepts into the web presence for these small businesses?

I'm an experienced writer-editor who has been out of that field for about ten years. I could use another revenue stream.

[MineralMan]

26. I'm not a pro at marketing strategy, although I've certainly

written about it many times. But, marketing strategy is clearly a part of any successful website. I have a philosophy for small business web site content, based on the performance of my own websites over the years and research. It's not a common philosophy, but it's working remarkably well for the sites I've done recently. The basic concepts involve being customer-centric, rather than business-centric, and using the website to educate potential customers about whatever it is you're selling, with marketing being tied into that educational process. The web designer I work with is a no-glitz, no-frills site designer, who's an actual genius at getting top search engine rankings. To look at the sites, you'd think they were a little boring. But, the results they're getting are actually pretty amazing, and the business owners are hearing that it was the stuff on the site that influenced the decisions. That's the goal. Putting it into action is a lot more complex than that, but it works well on all the sites we've built. Lots of happy business owners. Lots of good word of mouth for me and the site design guy.

As an example, the swimming pool builder's site we did last year has moved the builder from the number three position in a major metro area to the number one position in number of pools built in 2010. And that, despite an out-of-the-way single location and almost zero other marketing in other media.

I don't do social media. I've not found it to be effective for merchandise sales, or even service businesses. It works for some types of business, but a guy selling heating and air conditioning won't see any success from it, while a restaurant or club might find it very effective. It's just not my thing.

I'd been out of the writing business for about 10 years, too, when I hung my shingle out. I'm making as much as I can without cutting into my early Social Security payments. Next year, I reach full retirement age, and will take off the limits on what I can earn. There will be plenty of work, it seems certain.

Good luck if you make a move. Email me from the site link in my profile, if you like.

[Kalyke]

7. Bahahahahahahaha!

I'm a marketing manager. I sure as hell don't make more than $50 an hour!

:rofl:

[Iterate]

8. Making up shit for MSN CareerBuilder? $50/hr.

I know the data is supposed to be based on Chicago area salaries, but the grapevine has it that the job market there is flooded with seismologists.

[NickB79]

9. Co-pilots make $50/hr?!?!

So why do we hear about pilots on food stamps all the time?

[JVS]

11. Probably because doing four 2-hour flights a day is a logistical impossibility.

[TlalocW]

12. Here's one they missed that I do

Unfortunately, it's not a 40 hour a week job, but then that's also a good thing. I took this up as a hobby - not even that... just bought a book for the fun of it. After 6 months of playing around, people started hiring me.

Balloon Twister - And $50/hr is on the low end. :)

It's a job that requires patience in learning the trade, patience with dealing with customers, and it can be physically tiring, but on the other hand, it's helped pay off two credit cards, kept me somewhat financially solvent when I was laid off and couldn't find anything for a year, and I've expanded the business to include bouquets, kid's magic, adult (close-up) magic, and balloon decor.

TlalocW

[Kind of Blue]

22. Wish I had an applause icon.

Amazing. You should be commended!:yourock:

[LiberalFighter]

16. At least 1 or 2 of those jobs would be paid too much.

And would some of those jobs they listed require the worker to get their own benefits, etc?

[Sparkly]

17. Many jobs paid "per hour" are part time.

$50 "per hour" as a piano teacher, teaching 3 hours a day, is different from $50 "per hour" as a JUDGE, for cryin' out loud. They get paid when court isn't in session, but when an hourly employee isn't working directly on the specific job, he/she isn't paid. (And no health care benefits, either.)

[nykym]

18. What they do not tell you

is how they come to the $50/hr conclusion. From a corporations point of view you are paid you're salary + benefits. Things like health care, profit sharing, and so on so you may actually be making $35/hr (or whatever) plus the benefits which brings your pay up to $50/hr. I worked for a large corporation and every year they would have an employee meeting describing the benefits of working at... Everyone left more confused than when they entered!

[Greyhound]

19. More infotainment hand pulled out of their finely crafted asses to keep the fantasy alive.

You too can make a moderately comfortable living and all you have to do is get a PhD, take ten years and $100K - $200K of debt so you can pay off the banksters.

Hell, in only 20 - 25 years you'll be ready to start planning for your impending uselessness.

[Ron Green]

20. Judge: $49.99. LOL!! Hey, I wants to buy me a judge

for just an hour.

[Xithras]

21. #1 is CORRECT.

#1 is a research position, not a development position. These are the people who work at Xerox Parc, Microsoft Research, or in the R&D departments of companies like Apple.

So, yes, they do generally make a lot of money. What the article doesn't mention, however, is that there are only a few thousand of these positions in existence nationwide. To land one, you'd better have a PhD, experience in the field, and a citable development history or reproduceable research.

[TygrBright]

24. I know some Adult Day Care Directors, Pharmacists, Co-Pilots, HR Managers, etc....

Who would be totally gobsmacked at the notion they are earning that kinda money.

Honestly, do these people EVER talk to anyone who isn't all up on teh intertubes?

dismissively,
Bright

[Greyhound]

27. Note: $50 an hour is just over $100,000 annually. Not bad, but you aren't getting rich

any time soon on that.
:kick:

[zen_bohemian]

30. YYEEEESSS!!! One of my kids is a behavioral psych student!!!!

keeping fingers crossed for a 50.00 an hour good job after grad for my little scholar :)

[JustAnotherGen]

32. marketing Manager

Is actually a little low - but that's because we generally also have bonuses written in . . . though when I lived in Western NY what few Mktg Mgr jobs were available normally topped out in the 60K to 80K range. But definately in the Boston down to Philly neck of the woods? $50 is an hour is pretty accurate.

[zen_bohemian]

33. I was watching a documentary on MSN the other night about garbage collection

and they said that a NYC city garbage collector starts at a salary of 70,000 a year :o

[madmom]

34. Funny thing about averages..... they don't work!

[Tsiyu]

35. Rec'd for starting a very interesting discussion

I earned $50/hr once for playing music, and more than that for childrens' writing a few times. Part time, though. Sure could use those gigs full time.

Hmm....