25 Jobs That Deserve Much Higher Pay
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11/16/2022
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Group home house staff. -u/cutiegirl88 -
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911 Dispatcher. Must multitask, and the job involves listening to very stressful and emotional situations, while maintaining calm, but not able to help directly. Dispatchers are unsung heroes. -u/NoCreativeName2016 -
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All salaried jobs considering the current rate of inflation. -u/Chaosinaflash -
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Caregivers. I used to work on a dementia ward and was assaulted on a daily basis, not to mention that I’m wiping up accidents and cleaning people up all day. -u/ILoveMyCatsSoMuch -
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Certified Nursing Assistant. They do so much dirty work, work extremely hard, and work just as strange hours as nurses. They should make way more money. -u/jeff_the_nurse -
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I have a BS in Biology, been a vet tech for 5 years. I just broke over $20/hr this year. "Full time" at my clinic is 36 hours and we're discouraged from overtime. I'm full-time there and recently started working part-time at an emergency vet in the area to make ends meet. It's insane that we make so little.-u/the_bean_fiend -
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Social workers. I don’t know how we’re supposed to help homeless people when the people assigned to help them make less than a person working sales at Nordstrom. -u/Permanenceisall -
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Dishwashers. It's a behind-the-scenes occupation that is very underpaid. No special skill is required to become a dishwasher but clean and sanitary dishes are a must for any food service business. Considering that the safety of the public is at stake, dishwashers have a huge responsibility and hence deserve more pay. -u/SuvenPan -
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Line cooks. Especially in high-end restaurants, generally a couple of bucks above minimum wage (at best) and grueling labor while servers are walking away with $800+ a night. Source: worked as a cook in high-end kitchens, many hire undocumented workers for the simple fact that they generally don’t ask for more. -u/qmzx -
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School teachers. Talk about a thankless job. -u/ocularnervosa -
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The entire agriculture sector. Civilization is built on farming. -u/hammernhank45 -
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Anyone who deals with the public. Retail is the worst. They tolerate so much terrible treatment from people. -u/3kids_nomoney -
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Substitute teachers. Many places pay 80 dollars a day, assume a 7.5 hour day and you have 11 dollars per hour...The only perk of the position is the incredibly flexible hours. -u/willthesane -
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Zookeepers. College degree required. Average pay is half of the average teacher pay. And work is harder over the summer. -u/coupon_is_expired -
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Housekeeping. The minimum wage isn't enough to scrub literal waste off the toilet after someone had a diarrhea explosion. -u/cerin2001 -
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I was shocked when a ski patrol person told me what they make. They’re basically EMT’s of the mountains! -u/ittasteslikepurple -
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EMT. I make $12.50 an hour. -u/Reasonable-Smell-550 -
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Delivery drivers. They have higher probability of having an accident (obvious reasons) but also of going to a dangerous place without previous acknowledgment. -u/nonameuser21 -
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Gas station employees and grocery store workers. Double their pay. -u/Pink_Sky_ -
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Journalists. Real, quality journalists. People have generally no idea how meager their salary often is. -u/funkemard -
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Public accounting. Working 65-80 hours during busy season and not even getting paid for working overtime. That’s why there is a huge turnover in public accounting. -u/kenshin-x-212 -
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Any job where you destroy your body; it's no joke. -u/hunkachunk88888 -
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Any jobs that have to do with kids. Teachers, daycare providers, etc. Most people don't realize how much effort it actually takes to be able to do those things. -u/-caballero -
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I have a BS in Biology, been a vet tech for 5 years. I just broke over $20/hr this year. "Full time" at my clinic is 36 hours and we're discouraged from overtime. I'm full-time there and recently started working part-time at an emergency vet in the area to make ends meet. It's insane that we make so little. -u/the_bean_fiend -
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I work as a school janitor. I'm 3 weeks in and I've already seen some absolutely bananas stuff. -u/makoexplosion -
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Almost all of them. Seriously, without any hyperbole at all. Almost every single job deserves to be paid more. Except management. Management is not harder. It doesn't take more skills - just different ones. It usually does nothing to add value that a production or office worker doesn't do. Management doesn't deserve greater pay. Everything else does. -u/MortalTwit
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