Most of us are only familiar with the popular professions like Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, Accountants and so on. But there are thousands other jobs in the world some of which you may never have known. I bet you didn’t know that some of the jobs exist but they do. People actually get paid top dollar to occupy these positions.
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#1 Blimp Pilot
A Blimp pilot flies around blimps in order to make advertisements more visible. Blimp Pilots earn an average of $70,000 annually.
#2 Crossword Puzzle Writer
You may love or hate crossword puzzles but it doesn't top these groups of people from earning averages of $70,000 annually just for creating interesting crossword puzzles with wide-ranging vocabularies for newspaper companies.
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#3 Race Engineers
Race engineers earn up to $135,000 annually for acting as interpreters between drivers and race cars in order to help the drivers achieve optimum performance during games.
#4 Unexploded Ordinance Technicians
Unexploded ordinance technicians perform risky jobs of mitigating the threats of unexploded objects (bombs). Their job description revolves around inspecting suspect unexploded objects and taking care of it in such a way that it doesn't pose danger to people's lives and properties.
They are jokingly referred to as ‘Migrant Bomb Pickers" but they earn as much as $150,000 per annum for this highly risky task.
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#5 Food Stylist
Just like models take photo shoots for fashion magazines, pictures of well-prepared, well-arranged meals are also required for food magazines.
The job of a food stylist is to prepare and style meals in preparation for a photo shoot for a food magazine. Food Stylists can earn up to $77,000 per annum.
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#6 Video Game Players
Professional video game players assist other players in attaining high levels or obtaining very high scores in a video game. This job has no special requirement, except a love and passion for video games and an ability to play excellently.
Video game players can earn up to $50,000 in a single tournament.
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#7 Power line Helicopter Pilot
Their duties revolve around flying close to power lines to perform camera inspections. They get paid up to $101,000 per annum for their efforts.
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#8 Voice over Artist
Voice over artistes get paid for lending their voices to radio and TV commercials or to films. They could earn up to $80,000 annually
