Of the 10 largest occupations in the United States, only one - registered nurse - makes more than the national average when it comes to all U.S. jobs.
Nurses make $69,790 annually while the average U.S. worker makes $47,230, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau’s Occupational Employment Statistics program provides employment and wage estimates for more than 800 occupations nationwide.
More Americans worked as retail salespersons or cashiers in May 2014 than in any other job, accounting for about 6 percent of total U.S. employment.
The 10 largest occupations include retail salespersons and cashiers, food preparation and serving workers, general office clerks, registered nurses, customer service representatives, and waiters and waitresses. That combined group of workers accounted for 21 percent of total U.S. employment in May 2014.
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Si it looks like the highest paying jobs are held by people who took the time and energy to educate themselves. I don't see anything wrong with that.
ReplyDeleteI guess they think that the majority of the people should make more than the average. Smarter more educated people make more money. Big surprise.
ReplyDeleteIf the majority of the people make more than the average the average isn't the average anymore. There is a new average similar to PI.
ReplyDeleteThe 99% in America are the 1 % to other countries.
ReplyDeleteWait till the illegals start taking your jobs from you. Then you will see wages tank with them telling employers they will work for less wages. That way the employers hire them over Americans. Which they should go to jail for.
ReplyDeleteThere are far more "service jobs" than manufacturing or professional jobs.
ReplyDeleteNowadays, a degree isn't much more than acknowledgement that someone spent a certain amount of "seat time", spent a lot of money, and jumped through the hoops necessary to claim a diploma. Few college majors, other than the "professional" degrees such as medicine or law, actually teach someone how to perform a job.
Requiring a college degree has only become practically universal, in the past couple decades. More emphasis used to be placed on aptitude, practical abilities, and experience, especially relevant military training and experience. Not anymore.
Someone can be bright, knowledgeable, with practical experience and a real demonstrated talent, yet not even get a foot in the door for an interview, without that arbitrary "qualifier". Yet an applicant bearing a newly minted diploma in any unrelated subject at all, is a candidate for hire.
And not all high paying jobs require an "education". Look at all the sports players and "community organizers" that make a ton of money but are barely coherent.