50 jobs that pay $50,000

This list is useless in NYC. Teachers barely make that much, the only way a teacher can make that much is having a masters and ton's of certifications. Listen folks, the bachelor degree is useless. Thanks to all these no name school pumping out under qualified 'graduates' flooding the work market, the Bachelor degrees is as useful as a high school diploma. Maybe it's different in other states, but in NYC, Masters is the king when it comes to get a job. Go back to school and get your masters.

Yeah I live in mid Ohio and work at a warehouse and make like 55k a year plus an awesome benefits package, the real problem is that people think "oh I'm too interesting of a person to have that kind of job". Or the 4000 people that we go through a year who are too lazy to do the job...hmm I don't think that the problem is no jobs for the unemployed I think that the problem is that people are lazy oh and btw I'm only 22 and started when I was 19 so, You can have your college I avoided Computer Science because I knew that I would just be paying a loan for 10 years and got a real job that pays well.

My daughter is an appraiser/assessor. She's 4 yrs. into it and makes 34000.00 per year. Medical benefits stink, but great sick, vacation and retirement.

I think it depends on what part of the country you are in to some extent. I know where I live 50K would be wonderful. In fact, according to the teacher pay scale, I should be making that, but due to budget cuts, I am no longer teaching full-time. To make matters worse, the jobs are going to those who have lesser degrees and experience to keep from having to pay those who have worked long and hard for what they have gotten. If you are in the South, 50K is a blessing and a gift from God.

#1 on the list..... POLITICIANS who vote on own salary and screw everyone else!!!!!!

To bad everyone can't get into politics. Then we could just print more money and put everyone into more debt. FUN FUN FUN

Not to mention the more money we print the less our yearly incomes are actually worth.

What can I say I am a frustrated college grad with DEBT and a part time job!!! THANK YOU COLLEGE EDUCATION YOU GAVE ME A HOUSE PAYMENT EVERY MONTH BUT I HAVE NO HOUSE!!!

But the blame goes to me I am the one who did not check it out when in high school. SOMEONE SHOW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THE MATH!!!

I truly believe that these companies are saying they pay 50,000, but in reality, they are paying 20,000 less annually. All of these positions used to pay 50,000. Example: Village Inn Restaurants used to pay their Managers 50,000, and the General Managers more. (This was in 1987) Now the General Managers are lucky if they make 42,000.) Inflation has taken a toll on all businesses and they have to cut payroll because there is no where else to cut. Our economy is in trouble.

Not true. Academic librarians in private colleges are in demand. We have to work longer hours, get less holidays than working in the public sector, but we have jobs.

Librarianship is changing, find the growing area - but you will work harder in it.

You didn't mention Speech/Language Pathologists, directly. I have been working for 25 years in this field-in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and in schools. I have NEVER had any trouble finding a job. I get calls from recruiters almost monthly, and I am not even looking. Right now, I am working in the schools, and then on weekends or vacations or summers, I work as a casual employee for two rehab companies so I can have that experience. I make up to 70,000 some years, and I still have lots of time off. Hard work, rewarding work, professional work, great career.

What a crock of S...! What about us low lifes who are not lawyers teachers, doctors engineers? I'm a nurse and can't get a decent job in my area. Who does these surveys anyway? They must be on drugs!

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Most teachers have the opportunity to make more than meets the eye. Extra certification, degrees, confrences, summer school so on and so forth. So for working about 8 months of the year the break down is about 4300 a month, in translation 52500 a year, that is without any of the mentioned above. For a teacher who wants to make more I would say, summer job, or higher learning! Should teachers get paid on performance instead of tenure?

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the problem is the mentality of Americans. As a whole we have come to expect that we will be paid top dollar for sub standard work ethics. MADE IN USA is a joke. When we were the economic power house, most of our work force was not college educated. We actually produced things that people wanted. There were very few mortgage brokers, systems analyists, and other fancy job titles then.. hell the trash man is now a Sanitation Engineer!! This recession is OUR fault! Perhaps if a person cant afford college, they shouldnt be there. Perhaps if a person isnt making enough money in a given position, they should look for another one instead of demanding the employeer pay more. Everyone wonders why jobs go overseas.. besides the horrible taxes business have to pay, the cost of employement of an american worker is through the roof.

I agree with Lisa Nowc's statement. I am a "dislocated" librarian and am getting discouraged with my search for a new job. I know that I'm suffering age discrimination - there have been a few jobs in Phila. but younger candidates without experience are the ones hired. I even had one employer mention in the interview that they preferred "new blood" in their candidate pool, and if that isn't a code word for age discrimination, I don't know what is!
I saw that my alma mater, Drexel's iSchool, was having an open house today. I hope that anyone considering librarianship is given the real truth about this fading profession - if you take it up, you'll probably be out of luck in the job front. And the salaries for something that required a graduate degree are pitiful.

I know how discouraging it is out there but as a recruiter I'm seeing the best candidates getting jobs and even multiple offers. These are people who understand that they probably won't get the inflated salary they had before. As a county, there is no one person or entity to blame. We've all done this to ourselves and it will take all of us to make it change. The best thing we can do to help ourselves is start with a positive attitude. Positivity breeds positivity and can implement change. People with positive attitudes get hired.

It says AVERAGE INCOME learn to read people. If your looking to start at 50k try nursing. Starting pay is about 50-60k depending where you live in the US. My wife is a nurse of three years and pulls in 70k+ and Im a nursing student and we are both in our mid 20's.

the thing today is network marketing. I got tired of the same thing. now in networking and it is awesome. can make 50,000 a month if you are serious.

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This article is the best version of "how to lie with statistics" I've seen in years. IF there were more than a handful of these jobs available in America today, they might pay $50,000, but in most places NOT. Editor? Seriously? For one of the many newspapers going out of business? Court reporter? They're being laid off nationwide and replaced by machines. Librarian? Just like retail positions, almost all new hires are part-time. Real estate assessor? Ha ha ha. Aircraft mechanic? You mean like my unemployed neighbor? Public relations specialist? I was one of those for 18 years for a Fortune 100 company ... before it went belly-up. Gimme a break.

This article may be true but ONLY IF you are at the top of your field. It touts itself as a tool to assist in selecting a Job paying $50K or more. If you want to change jobs you will be lucky if you can find any of these with a starting salary near half that. If you have a family to support, home to maintain then you will get maybe four hours sleep a night trying to juggle those responsibilities AND take classes in your new chosen field.

Article such as this are like statistics, they can be made to "prove" whatever the writer/statistician wants them to say.

I think a lot of people are upset about the present day economy and lack of jobs. People have worked and done the right thing for their families just to get their jobs and homes ripped away from them. I think Career Builder is trying to work with what they have. I live in NC and our state has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, and our governor cut our teacher's pay to balance the state budget ! What I wish people would do is start putting the blame on the politicians that helped send our jobs away from the USA. How about they loose their jobs and homes and try to find a job on Career Builder !!!!!!!!!!!

I agree Lisa,
It isn't just Librarians, but most of the jobs on this list do not pay even $40,000. The people who write this nonsense are not living in the real world.

Like much on Career Builder it promises far more than it delivers. It found 68 pages of jobs. Career Builder has far less than that when searching on all jobs. It comes up with jobs that pertain to ocean harbors and I specified a place 100's of miles from the ocean.
Algorithm is way too generic.

Food service manager: More like 28K-35K here.

Teachers annual average salaray over $50k... maybe if you count the teachers who've been there for 30 years with guaranteed annual raises... My wife's been teaching 6 years and makes $35k.
You going to post an article on Carreer Builder, post a "50 ENTRY LEVEL JOBS that earn $50k"

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at 47,500 it is almost impossible to keep current with bills. Family of 5 with a daughter in College and a mortgage, 3 cars, it is next to impossible to make ends meet. I often thought about finding a new job but at 45
its hard. No benefits, no pension, no nothing.
I have 14 years in and nothing to show for it when I move on. God I hope I die before I have to live on social security because I can not keep my house on that income. What if I get sick. I think you get the point.
I would leave if I had a place to grow with those benifits that used to be regularlly avail. Those jobs are few and far between.

it took me 7 years as an elementary teacher and a district switch in order to come close to $50,000, but it is possible for it to happen sooner if you keep going back and getting master's degrees

50k may sound like a lot to most of the country, but in the northeast and west coast cities, 50k is just about good for a single person. With average housing at around 1500/month, you really need like 80k to think about supporting a family.

What I'd like to see are jobs that START at 50k.

Too generic, with a predilection for teaching positons--and those don't apply either to the markets I examined. A flawed tool--fix the algorithm please.

Learn to get out of debt and 50g's a year is a nice lifestyle.

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use it.

Librarians are a fading profession. Those who are making 50 grand a year are at the top of the profession and ready to retire.

Once they retire, they are replaced by part timers in order to save money on benefits.

This article is false and should have better research. I AM A LIBRARIAN AND CAN NOT FIND FULL TIME WORK BECAUSE THERE IS NONE. I AM CURRENTLY MAKING HALF OF WHAT YOU SAY LIBRARIANS MAKE. WHAT A CROCK OF BULL.