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These Are the 7 Least-Paying Jobs That Require a Degree

College graduates with student loans owed an average of $25,250 in 2010, an all-time high and a 5 percent increase, according to a recent report. What makes matters worse is that students graduating in 2010 faced unemployment of 9.1 percent, the highest annual rate on record, according to the Project on Student Debt’s report.

Given the grim figures facing college graduates, researchers at 24/7 Wall St. reviewed wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to identify the seven occupations that require at least a college degree and pay the least.

Jobs that pay poorly and require a college degree or higher have at least one thing in common: the wrong industry. Some industries, including those in mental health, academic research, the arts and publishing tend to pay poorly. The entry level jobs in these fields and on this list do not pay well. Reporters, for instance, usually start out making less than $20,000 per year.

Many of the people employed in the jobs on this list will have a hard time paying off their student loans. The occupations on the list earn less than $40,000 annually. In every case, the jobs paid far less to start. A quarter of the people employed as survey researchers, for example, earn less than $24,000 annually.

24/7 Wall St. examined wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment Statistics Database, to identify the major occupations that make less than $40,000 annually. BLS’s Occupational Outlook Handbook was used to identify educational requirements and long-term job prospects. O*Net Online, an independent career research and advisory site, was used to determine the percentage of people in each occupation with a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD. The seven occupations on our list required a bachelor’s degree or more from most employers.

These are the Seven Least Paying Jobs That Require a Degree7. Recreational Therapists
Median income: $39,410
Bottom-tier income: $24,640
Number employed: 20,830
Pct. With at least a bachelor’s degree: 71 percent
Projected change in jobs (2008 – 2018): +15 percent

Recreational therapists work with sick or disabled individuals to help reduce depression and “maintain the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of their clients,” according to the BLS. Most recreational therapists have at least a bachelor’s degree, and 15 percent have a master’s degree. The number of positions available is expected to increase by 15 percent between 2008 and 2018 as the elderly population, one of the largest group of clients, grows. The median wage for a recreational therapist is just $39,410 per year, and the bottom 10 percent make less than $25,000 per year.

These are the Seven Least Paying Jobs That Require a Degree6. Biological Technicians
Median income: $39,020
Bottom-tier income: $24,930
Number employed: 72,940
Pct. with bachelor’s degree: 83 percent
Projected change in jobs (2008 – 2018): +18 percent

Biological technicians, the BLS explains, “work with biologists studying living organisms. Many assist scientists who conduct medical research–helping to find a cure for cancer or AIDS, for example.” Despite the important work, the median wage for a technician in the field is just $39,020 per year. About 83 percent of the people working in this field have a bachelor’s degree. The number of biological technicians is projected to grow by 18 percent from 2008 numbers by 2018.

These are the Seven Least Paying Jobs That Require a Degree5. Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
Median income: $38,600
Bottom-tier income: $25,210
Number employed: 119,960
Pct. with bachelor’s degree: 98 percent
Projected change in jobs (2008 – 2018): +20 percent

There are several lucrative positions in the field of mental health. The median income for psychiatrists, for example, is around $165,000 a year. At the other end of the spectrum are mental health and substance abuse workers. These individuals work with the sick, the depressed and the addicted to help restore health and well-being. Despite the often stressful conditions under which these specialists work, as well as the fact that one in four has a master’s or doctorate, the median annual wage for this position is just $38,600. The bottom 10 percent makes $25,210 or less each year.

These are the Seven Least Paying Jobs That Require a Degree4. Museum Technicians and Conservators
Median income: $37,310
Bottom-tier income: $24,440
Number employed: 10,390
Pct. with bachelor’s degree: 80 percent
Projected change in jobs (2008 – 2018): 26 percent

Museum conservators employ advanced technology to maintain the quality of the artwork and artifacts on display and in storage. Success in this position requires proficiency using different laboratory techniques, such as x-ray, to determine the best way to treat a piece. Some can get the job with just a bachelor’s degree, but most museums look for a least a master’s in the study of conservation. The median income for museum conservators is $37,310 per year, and the bottom tier makes less than $25,000.

See the top three here.

(Michael B. Sauter–24/7 Wall St./The Blaze)

Comments (111)

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  • ROMANS 10-9
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:31am

    You knew
    the job was tough
    when you took it!

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    • Ari Ben TZion
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 12:27pm

      Soon you will be adding I.T., Consultants, Programmers, Software Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers and Technical Support people, among others, to that list.

      I use to work for a software company where 70% of its employees where in the United States on H1 work visas. They were all brought in as slave labor from places such as Russia and Romania.

      These programmers were making 30k dollars less than me, working for the same company, doing exactly the same type of work.

      Let’s not even mention what outsourcing has done to the technology field.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 12:35pm

      now they don’t even bother to bring them here just outsource to India

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 1:04pm

      No matter what your specialty and training, just work harder than anyone else and you do not need credentials. Your reputation will make you lots of money and the real truth is – money is not important to success. If you create success, money will appear magically. If you only chase money, you might not succeed at all. Just saying, look at Glenn!

      TEA

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    • Ari Ben TZion
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 2:05pm

      @MONICNE

      Yes, that’s all very nice but the Romanians and Russians I posted about earlier paid zero amount of money for the college education.

      I attended Barry University, which is a private University. I paid around $1,300 dollars per class, per semester and I did all so that companies such as the one I mentioned earlier could bring cheap foreign labor on work visas.

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    • American_Joe
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 3:53pm

      All I wil say is, I have no degree all I do is drive a concrete mixer and I make $40,000.00 a year. It’s all about choice.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 3:55pm

      Too bad for you, Ari.

      TEA

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    • ihypnotise
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 10:28pm

      Right to the point.

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  • SmallGovBigGuns
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:27am

    hahahahah its so worth scrolling to the bottom to see reporters on bottom..

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 1:55pm

      hey, but they are the only ones that know anything

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 5:29pm

      No wonder they are so upset about people like me who write from home. We’re digging into their already shabby income, and since we don’t work for anybody else, we aren‘t beholden to anybody else’s point of view. Plus, most of us work for WELL less than minimum wage to start off. We are paid on our merits, or at least on how many people read what we are writing.

      It’s only going to get worse for them as they become even more irrelevant.

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  • phamill
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:27am

    Were are the schools that teach ELECTRICAL,PLUMMING,WELDING,DIESEL MECHANICS??????

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 11:39am

      They went the same way as the ones that taught spelling.

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    • ddevonb
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 1:17pm

      If you are able to do a Google search you would find that there are plenty of schools teaching those trades. One needs to have at least the imagination to do a Google search before they ask such a question.
      Resourcefulness and imagination seems to be a rarer commodity than it used to be.

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    • Scoutmapper
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 2:14pm

      ROFLOL! That was awesome.

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    • louise
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 3:56pm

      Every state has community colleges and trades schools.

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    • LaughinWillow
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:58pm

      My husband is an electrician. Say what you want about unions, but since they’ve mostly disappeared in the private domain, pretty much every contractor in the skilled trades is hiring legal and illegal immigrants and paying them about half of what they pay american workers. One big contractor my husband worked for actually hired an agency that provided him with Bosnian electricians. I think he paid them around $8 an hour. Not as electrical helpers or general labor – skilled electricians. So all the american guys had to fight to get $13, $14, maybe $15 if they were lucky. They couldn’t get away with this stuff when most guys were unionized, and most of it isn’t even illegal. And this is common with all the skilled trades now.

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  • ryan
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:24am

    Teaching here in Texas starts in the $30-$40K range depending on your district. And you typically only get $1,000 more added to that if you have a Master’s.

    The awful thing is, I would say HALF of the teachers do not have any kind of educational background or teaching experience. Many business degree people need a job and think teaching is “easy.” So they go get emergency certified and boom, job. Or they land a teaching job and have one full year to get certified.

    I speak from experience…..I was a public school teacher before kids. I moved a few times and worked in three different districts around TX. It was always the same.

    And then there are the people I went to college with in my education classes that had no business being in a classroom. They were idiots!

    Now I homeschool. I learned not to send my kids to public school from my own teaching experiences.

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    • fatfreetoothpaste
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 2:03pm

      Sorry Ryan. Teaching IS easy. You work 6 hours a day and 9 mos a year. I taught school for 10 years. Started at 22K after 10 years I was making 40K. Teachers and especially Administrators are some of the dumbest people I’ve ever met. I had a masters in Mathematics. Spent 10 years teaching general math. While teachers with “more experience” but no math degree taught calculus and AP courses. Hilarious. The kids were smarter than they were.

      I left teaching for Internet Technology in 2000. Started at 40K in 2000. Now making 230,000K. Now granted I do work year around and 10-15 hour days. And I don’t belong to a union.

      I am the 99%.

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    • disque-0-duc
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 5:04pm

      And it gets worse in higher education. Some of the dumbest, misinformed, socially inept, and lazy people I have ever been associated with were in our hallowed colleges and universities. All you have to do is look at the current Penn State atrocity.

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    • rdietz7
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:51pm

      I’m average, right around 75%. I like it here. Not 99% like all you and not a lonely 1%. 1 is the loneliest number.

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  • JDF10487
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:23am

    The truth is Colleges do a poor job of preparing people for the jobs that really exist in the real world. Community Colleges and trade schools tend to be more practical than four year institutions, but one still needs to choose their major very cafefully. Otherwise you can wind up with a worthless piece of paper. The best advice is to interview lots of people who have the type of job you want and find out what they did to get it. That will give you the info you need to plot your course, assuming the info isn’t already outdated.. Alos check the Occupational Outlook handbook or google it.

    Finally Voltaire once said, “if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” If you have enough money to feed yourself and keep a roof over your head be grateful, plenty of people in this world don’t. Even a lousy job is better than no job at all.

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  • LarryofArabia
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:15am

    I want to be a museum curator or a historian of ‘middle-ages-neo-anglican-english literature of the 10th century’ when I grow up.

    There must be a market for that. Maybe I‘ll get my degree at a Belize school of dentistry for ’hygiene appropriateness’ in middle schools.

    Is that stretch? Yes – - here’s my best latin: Stretchous Overblownous

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  • BubbaT
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:12am

    Reporters. No big surprise there.

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  • Vietvet1
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:10am

    I live in PA… About to ..once again, become the oil and NGas capital of the world. I am too old to be doing most of those jobs but… I know a lot of the Head Hunters in the industry here.

    Here is the findings.. One of my contacts was offering $1000/week plus.. overtime, medical , lodging at the work site and transportation to and from the site. It required 28 days on and a break between the next 28 days. If training is needed, they OJT and if more is needed they help pay for more “formal” schooling in the industry.

    So let me get this right… $52k a year base… with those perks? Well he needed workers in Williamsport.. He interviewed 400+ and only got 20 that could pass a piss test and had the required good driving record. Any College egemacated wanna pass the test and git ‘er done? Marcellus and Utica are waiting for U!

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 11:28am

      ill take it

      ive been unemployed since LAST may

      been tryin to start my own business just to feed the family

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  • Practicalshooter
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:02am

    As many degrees are worthless (see political science, human services, business, criminal justice), there are degrees that are necessary (see engineering, physics, medicine). The problem with these a**holes is that they’re lazy. Engineers spend all their free time studying math, thermodynamics, etc, where business majors spend all of their time getting drunk and passing around STD’s. Want a degree, but can’t afford it? Join the military! That’s what I did. Odds are, if you have to work hard for your degree, it’s useful.

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    • saranda
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:10am

      You are an idiot. No degree is worthless. The skills learned in most any degree translate well to the real world. In most cases university is not a vocational school intended to crack out people into specific jobs and roles. For some (medical, engineering, accounting, law) the skills lead to a defined career, but for most the skills translate well to many career opportunities.
      No I do not have an arts or social science degree, I did a degree which led to a specific career in finance.

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    • George Patton
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:35am

      Saranda you are wrong. Most degrees are not only worthless but are less than worthless since college is a place where common sense is deconstructed….a certain level of stupidity is only obtainable through earning a graduate degree. You actually have to learn to be that stupid, and college is the place to learn stupid liberal thought. The occupy mob is a prime example. Stupidity at that level must be taught to you.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 10:08am

      I have noticed, most people who are quick to shout idiot are.

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    • RejectFalseIcons
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 11:19am

      @Sarandra – I am a hiring manager in IT. I do not screen candidates based on degree status. The problem is that people have it backwards – that you go to school and then choose a career. The career should be chosen before school is even considered. This generation of kids who got trophies for failing – of which I am a member, thinks that somehow “putting in your time” at some college guarantees you a job.

      Trust me, hiring managers know that most undergrad degrees (especially ivy league) consist of about 900 days of drinking, four days of studying and finals. The degree means nothing if the candidate has nothing to put behind it.

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    • Cat
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 5:31pm

      @Saranda

      You’ve got to be kidding
      I hire engineers, architects, product vendors, technicians and contractors on a daily basis
      I negotiate and write their contracts, write the specifications and prepare preliminary sketches for projects
      I build my own computers and run my own IT
      I taught myself several engineering programs as well as 3D AutoCAD
      My architectural designs, were constructed, and published in prestigious trade magazines
      I have no degrees
      What’s your point?
      I’m worthless because I’m not regulated?

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  • ColoradoMaverick
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:48am

    If you want to make a good living, forget getting some useless degree from a useless university. Take the $40,000.00 and invest it in a small business. Or take that money and get an education in a skilled trade such as a mechanic, plumber, machinist or other skilled trade. I work with allot of people that have college degrees and even advanced degrees and they are no smarter than I am. They are not making any more money that I do.

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 11:48am

      Ditto! The country – especially the government- is overrun with educated idiots.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 12:15pm

      thats what I did.My siblings all went to elite colleges and make between 20-70k a year with some getting phd’s. I went to community college 2 year business management, opened a small business which turned into 5 small businesses and make well over the 500k a year mark by the time I was 30. School doesnt mean a payday in many cases it stifles the ability to think creatively and function in a business enviroment. The only college grads I hire are my attorney and my accounting staff. The other 150 positions are filled with military men and women coming back from iraq/afghan and those people who tell me they are ready for a career. Might be why I havent lost an employee in 7 years. They stick with you.

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  • TheLeftMadeMeRight
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:42am

    The day of the college degree is over… TRADE SCHOOLS wave of the future.

    According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the estimated mean annual wage for Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters as of May 2008 is, $49,200. This would amount to $23.65 per hour.

    The average entry-level automotive mechanic’s annual salary is $33,422 as of December 2010 Half of all beginner mechanics earn between $29,247 and $38,613, although 10 percent earn more than $43,338.

    With a trade school education you graduate knowing that you know what you learned…

    With a typical college degree (most) think they know everything because your degree makes you smart…

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    • 11:11
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 11:33am

      totally agree, but some will argue “ work smart not hard” never liked that saying I feel truly free when i can work with my hands!

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  • George Patton
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:36am

    College has less to do with learning anything marketable and more to do with extracting large amounts of money from people so that a portion can be given to democrat coffers for re-election campaigns….all the while indoctrinating children into the cycle. College has almost nothing to do with education.

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  • jado1981
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:31am

    You don’t need a college degree to get into radio, and I know the article didn’t say anything about it. We have put that piece of paper on such a pedestal, and now the gen Y(whine)’ers are just now figuring that out. As to my radio reference, look at Glenn, he didn’t have any real schooling, but I‘d say he’s doing fairly well. My thought on college (and I‘m a gen X’er) is that it is to teach you to think, not “this will get you that job in the corner office making 100k+. I’m in somewhere inside the income level of #10 – #1, but I don’t do what I do because of the “great” pay…

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  • Cemetery
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:31am

    I wouldn’t complain if I had either of those jobs.

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  • Marine 1
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:20am

    Just ran into a fellow yesterday at the VA Hospital working as a security guard with a degree in Marketing. Can‘t find work in the field and can’t afford to move.

    By the way, I was stunned at the number of homeless vets I saw yesterday at the VA Hospital. I was sad and angry at the same time.

    Heck, my wife was has been laid off from two different companies — one she was with for nine years –and now only has a part-time position with a small, local company because she can’t find full-time employment with other firms. She is in Marketing and Program Management. She graduated at the top of her class in college and has a great deal of experience. Guess what? Companies really don’t care about that. In fact, if one has too much experience they won’t hire you. We have seen that first hand.

    Same with me. I’ve held a couple of serious management jobs in the past supervising 250 or more employees and now find myself unable to get hired even for basic jobs. Too much experience is what I hear most of the time. That is a crock!

    My daughter (in Medical Administration) and son-in-law (in Mechanical Engineering) are finishing their graduate degrees in May of next year and they are already worried about their future. Many of their friends that graduated already can’t find work. Several of their friends graduated with law degrees and are stuck in other jobs. My opinion — they have a job.

    College grads cannot find work and some are stuck with huge student loans they h

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  • Vietvet1
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:17am

    This goes to one of my peeves… Why is it that a person CHOOSES a course of education for the INCOME the Degree is suppose to give back…and then feels they are worth MORE because they have to recupe the money they spent on College. Is an Business Accountant really more “valuable” than a Paramedic? Relativity and honesty out the door.

    In the end…. the most forgotten person is the one who is willing to get their hands dirty, be it Emergency Medicine and on to Carpenter and Farmer(True Farmers). As a Doctor to replace a Head Gasket and not the top of a human head and check the looks of confusion.

    We have emphisized College as a Holy Grail and it will become more useless as we go on. I worked in a Laboratory at a local Steel Mill (now Defunct) I wa a B-Analyst man who had to test for certain percentages in the steel samples from varios heats… carbon, magnesium , chromium etc..I had a high school education and did this for years. I left the job for the military and when I came back..you needed a degree in Chemistry to do that job. Now…the job didn’t change one iota…the qualifications did. So..Did that make the job more prestigeous or did it slap down the real worth of a college degree.?? As I have that Sheepskin on the wall I am qualified to give you fries with that *S*.

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  • George Patton
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:14am

    Maybe most of these jobs don‘t pay well because you don’t really need a 4 year degree to do any of them. This country has went overboard with the need for credentials. One day you’ll have to go to college to mow lawns for a landscape business.

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  • sbenard
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:58am

    Reporters were #1?

    Most in the MSM, also known as the propaganda press, don’t deserve the little they earn because in the MSM, they don’t do squat to investigate the lies of the politicians! The Blaze reporters are the rare exceptions!

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  • onegodinkansas
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:58am

    and counting down to #1…. REPORTERS! hahahahahaha I’m a college dropout & a contractor & we’re living the dream!

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    • onegodinkansas
      Posted on November 17, 2011 at 7:53am

      I almost forgot. I can also spell better than your headline writers. hahahahahaha!

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  • sbenard
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:55am

    So what am I to do with my degree in basket weaving? Darn!

    I have a Master’s in business, and this has been a tough job market even for me!

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  • robstoddard
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:51am

    My parents told me that I’d never be able to get a good job doing what I want to do, and forced me to become a biological technician by threatening not to help pay for college. Go figure! Instead, I dropped out of college, spent a few years in the Navy, graduated from that, went to college and got the Computer Science degree I wanted. Go figure? No! More like go 6 figures! I am SO GLAD I did what I wanted to do instead of what my parents thought was going to be profitable.

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  • cassandra
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:41am

    social workers are the most useless ,mindless job you could do, I guess thats the point get a degree in liberalizm then get in a union and then do nothing until you get your pension

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:58am

      I have a degree in ‘Transgender, Gay-Lesbian Social Studies’ plus $150,000 student loan and can’t get a job?

      Why?

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    • trench99
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:54am

      You are SOOOO correct!!!!!

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  • loriann12
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:11am

    My dad always told me do what you love to do, just find a way to get paid for it. Problem is, no one wants to pay anything for hand-knitted items (or they want to pay “made in China” prices for it, which doesn’t even cover the yarn.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:34am

      If you want to be a Business Owner… not just a worker… you must find a way to Market (show and tell about what you are offering, and at what price). How do you know that I would not buy… given a good Presentation?

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    • Cat
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:52am

      Loriann12

      What happened to your writing?

      Lukerw is correct, find a cleaver marketing gimmick, you’ll surprise yourself.

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    • Cat
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:59am

      Here’s an idea;

      Tags on the collar of your handmade Lori sweaters … ‘Made in America’

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    • AB5r
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:05am

      Show the quality in pictures and text on eBay and have a minimum price. It could catch on by word of mouth if it is worth it.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:47am

      Sounds like whining. Find something nobody wants to do and reap the profits. I made an extra $26,000 last quarter filling in for some lazy Navy vets with special clearances.

      TEA

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:21am

      Monicne

      I feel sorry for you 26k per quarter (104k annualized) is not a lot of money living in the east or west coast in a major urban area. I hope you get some education or trade & improve your lot in life.

      Tea

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:55am

      Walkabout –

      Thanks for your concern, but that was just “extra money” (net OT after taxes), Mate!
      Let’s just say; we pay about $65.00 a year in Federal income taxes.

      TEA

      Ha ha ha

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 3:17pm

      Monicne

      “Let’s just say; we pay about $65.00 a year in Federal income taxes”

      Meaning for all practical purposes you pay no taxes.

      Congratulations you do not support the military, Medicaid or anything else. It probably costs the government more to process your return than your tax.

      But not really likely given the AMT. At the end of the day you ares till Monicne. Still a Liar

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 3:55pm

      My Bad, $65 thousand! (left out a zero)

      LOL

      TEA

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  • razortooth
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:07am

    If you have spent 4+ years and $50,000+ on a job that you know is a stinker and you are complaining that you do not have a job then it sucks to be you! Re-educate your self!

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    • nelbert
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:59am

      Certainly I agree that if one knowingly majored in some soft subject that was known to be low paying, then one has little reason to be upset about the low pay. However, I doubt everyone knowingly queues up for such a job. Listed here, for example, are positions as medical laboratory technicians, museum technicians and conservators, and biological technicians. I for one didn’t know these positions paid so little. Yes, were I seeking a position with this specific title, I would research it, but I suspect that one’s scope might be broader than these particular titles. Someone qualifying as a A biological technician, for example, might very likely qualify for a host of other, more lucrative, titles. To be fair about the current job market, you take what you can find and hope that things get better and that more opportunities emerge.

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    • TheLeftMadeMeRight
      Posted on November 16, 2011 at 8:49am

      Right, but how many kids entering college actually look at the numbers and facts to see if their career path is a solid one? My daughter at 17 wanted to be a “music producer”. I asked her why she thought her choice was a good one and where she would work after graduation? Her rational; I listen to music a lot, so I would be great at it….

      She is now 24 and a manager at a local grocery chain making fairly good money for her age.

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  • handsoffmystuff
    Posted on November 16, 2011 at 7:06am

    WHAT!?! Public School Teachers aren’t on the list?

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