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http://msn.careerbuilder.com/custom/msn/careeradvice/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1241&SiteId=cbmsnhm41241&sc_extcmp=JS_1241_hotmail1&GT1=10661
America’s Cushiest Jobs

High-paying jobs with low number of hours

By Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer
Let’s cut to the chase: People like money – a lot of it. Logistically, people have to work to make money. But unfortunately, people (generally) don’t like working. It’s quite the predicament – but it doesn’t have to be.

Here are 33 jobs that let you log fewer than 40 hours per week, yet earn more than the average worker.
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/PLI/QuickSrchV2.asp?QSKWD=management
1. Social and community service manager
Hours/week: 38.9*
Hours/year: 2,009
Earnings/year: $49,678

2. Insurance underwriter
Hours/week: 38.6
Hours/year: 2,009
Earnings/year: $61,322

3. Actuary
Hours/week: 38.9
Hours/year: 2,023
Earnings/year: $81,454

4. Biological scientist
Hours/week: 38.7
Hours/year: 2,008
Earnings/year: $62,950

5. Biochemist and biophysicist
Hours/week: 37.9
Hours/year: 1,973
Earnings/year: $70,637

6. Psychologist
Hours/week: 37.5
Hours/year: 1,680
Earnings/year: $61,238

7. Clinical, counseling and school psychologists
Hours/week: 37.4
Hours/year: 1,649
Earnings/year: $62,072

8. Sociologist
Hours/week: 38.8
Hours/year: 1,998
Earnings/year: $49,530
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/PLI/QuickSrchV2.asp?QSKWD=communityt and social services
9. Educational, vocational and school counselors
Hours/week: 37.6
Hours/year: 1,675
Earnings/year: $48,820

10. Directors, religious activities and education
Hours/week: 38.4
Hours/year: 1,996
Earnings/year: $46,269

11. Law clerk
Hours/week: 38.8
Hours/year: 2,017
Earnings/year: $40,338

12. Business teacher, postsecondary
Hours/week: 39.0
Hours/year: 1,488
Earnings/year: $90,655

13. Physics teacher, postsecondary
Hours/week: 38.3
Hours/year: 1,489
Earnings/year: $86,006

14. Law teacher, postsecondary
Hours/week: 38.0
Hours/year: 1,535
Earnings/year: $101,678
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/PLI/QuickSrchV2.asp?QSKWD=arts design entertainment sports and media
15. Coaches and scouts
Hours/week: 38.7
Hours/year: 1,892
Earnings/year: $59,981

16. Miscellaneous media and communication workers
Hours/week: 36.5
Hours/year: 1,886
Earnings/year: $41,505

17. Interpreters and translators
Hours/week: 32.4
Hours/year: 1,669
Earnings/year: $33,423
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/PLI/QuickSrchV2.asp?QSKWD=healthcare
18. Optometrist
Hours/week: 37.6
Hours/year: 1,957
Earnings/year: $100,419

19. Psychiatrist
Hours/week: 36.3
Hours/year: 1,886
Earnings/year: $135,671

20. Speech-language pathologist
Hours/week: 37.9
Hours/year: 1,641
Earnings/year: $50,399

21. Dental hygienist
Hours/week: 34.6
Hours/year: 1,800
Earnings/year: $54,011

22. Bailiff
Hours/week: 38.0
Hours/year: 1,974
Earnings/year: $41,957
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/PLI/QuickSrchV2.asp?QSKWD=building and grounds cleaning
23. Tree trimmers and pruners
Hours/week: 36.8
Hours/year: 1,870
Earnings/year: $31,864
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/PLI/QuickSrchV2.asp?QSKWD=personal care and service
24. Flight attendant
Hours/week: 19.1
Hours/year: 996
Earnings/year: $33,957

25. Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
Hours/week: 38.1
Hours/year: 1,981
Earnings/year: $31,525

26. Telephone operator
Hours/week: 38.8
Hours/year: 2,017
Earnings/year: $29,596

27. Court, municipal and license clerks
Hours/week: 38.8
Hours/year: 1,984
Earnings/year: $31,391

28. Word processors and typists
Hours/week: 38.7
Hours/year: 1,999
Earnings/year: $31,406

29. Desktop publisher
Hours/week: 38.4
Hours/year: 1,996
Earnings/year: $36,094


30. Tailors, dressmakers and sewers
Hours/week: 37.8
Hours/year: 1,968
Earnings/year: $28,158

31. Fabric and apparel patternmaker
Hours/week: 38.7
Hours/year: 2,011
Earnings/year: $37,668
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/PLI/QuickSrchV2.asp?QSKWD=transportation and materials moving
32. Aircraft pilots, copilots and flight engineers
Hours/week: 22.3
Hours/year: 1,161
Earnings/year: $127,501

33. Bus driver
Hours/week: 37.3
Hours/year: 1,740
Earnings/year: $28,738

*Numbers are the mean hours and annual earnings, based on the National Compensation Survey, December 2005-January 2007, provided by the BLS.

Rachel Zupek is a writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com. She researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues.
 
And the reporter thinks TAFB means "the after flight beer".
 
Ok- but there's more to this than just another moronic article.

Does anyone agree that these kinds of articles do damage to us?

As political as our careers are: ie- NMB is comprised of political appointments, president ordering us back to work, etc (i could go on) and as much as we're in the public eye- Public support and understanding of what our real compensation is, how long it takes to get there, and what our lifestyle, responsibilities, and schedule is like, I believe is important.

How can we ever pull off a work action in this environment? If we can't pull our services- how can we ever have leverage? Articles like this also get youngsters into flight schools w/ dreams of six figures and 20 hour work weeks. No wonder so many come out of college naive and willing to sell their soul. That's a tough set of numbers to expect a kid not to be blinded by. We should write letters to Ms. Rachel Zupek and Careerbuilder.com- and CC it to our union reps and ask them to do the same. Not b/c we care that much about what people think- but b/c when they think our job is "cushy" & overpaid- it takes away leverage.

And if you don't care about leverage- think about this: I have a 2nd cousin who clerks in the House of Representatives. We were talking about the pension debacle- his even keeled, candid response- "There wasn't the POLITICAL WILL to do anything about it."

write the letter- celebrate christmas now- don't spend more than 5-10 minutes- but write the letter
 
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I can see someone reading this article thinking, "Yea - being a pilot sounds kinda cool. Only work about half the hours of a 'real job', sit in the cockpit and do nothing for a couple hours. I gotta get me some of that."
 
Ah, so!

I can see someone reading this article thinking, "Yea - being a pilot sounds kinda cool. Only work about half the hours of a 'real job', sit in the cockpit and do nothing for a couple hours. I gotta get me some of that."

Confucious say: "Being King very easy. Becoming King very hard." ;)
 
Confucious say: "Being King very easy. Becoming King very hard." ;)


That Confucious feller sure had a perty way with wordin' and what-not.

BTW, you know how that I know that this article is pure fiction? My brother was a coach. He put in a TON of hours. He worked his tail off with very long hours and hardly a day off, even in the summer.
 

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