Posted on 07/15/2013 2:18:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
According to the BLS, embalmers earn $43,680 a year. The top 10% bring in $62,230, on average. Embalming is one of the oldest-known professions, and entails getting bodies ready for interment based on legal requirements.
Elsewhere in the industry, funeral service managers make $79,930 a year, on average. Top earners in this line of work are paid $140,740 a year for planning, directing, or coordinating the services or resources of funeral homes.
Another unusual job that pays fairly well: Genetic counselors. According to BLS data, there are only 2,000 of these professionals in the U.S. right now. What do they do? They assess individual or family risk for a variety of inherited conditions, such as genetic disorders and birth defects. They also advise individuals and families to support informed decision-making and coping methods for those at risk. Genetic counselors make $55,820, on average—while the top 10% make about $85,790 a year.
Gehring found that you can also make $25 to $100 an hour as a live mannequin or human statue—and ice cream tasters, who are usually qualified food scientists with a degree in chemistry, make $56,000 a year.
“The jobs I describe in [the book] are meant to inspire people to come up with their own great ideas for making money,” Gehring says. “People are most likely to be successful if they match a perceived need with their own individual skill sets or passions. For example, maybe you love healthy cooking and notice that a lot of families in your neighborhood order pizza every night. That could be your cue to start a healthy meal catering and delivery service. I love hearing stories about people who found a way to make their passion meet a need, and wound up making a lot of money in the process.
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I can be a cunning linquist
If they show up in rumpled/cheap clothing and drive around in beaters, then I'm thinking they must have a hard time getting paying customers.
Funeral parlors HATE it when you take the cremation option. Then they get really angry when you spurn the urn and hand them a Mason jar to put it in.
SA76: I figure if they are prosperous, they must do a great job
S40:I’ve owned and run my business for over 30 years and have found just the opposite to be true.
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Agreed etc.... I have used both methods and it seemed I had better ‘luck’ looking prosperous but not wealthy.
I didn’t mean show up in rags and a clunker and making it seem like you were ‘giving’ work away, always went with a clean, well kept later model, dressed work/casual - slacks, clean shirt with pockets and pressed, also equipment used at your house was clean, well kept and running..NOTHING says ‘bad job’ more than trash equipment.
Being a ‘truck’ person, kept the BIG SUV and ‘Country Cadillac’ for the little ‘private’ time I had....
I currently drive a 2010 Ford 1-Ton Diesel truck. It's a brute when it comes to hauling but it's like a Cadillac in the cab. And it screams success. :-)
“Then why do they all seem to be wearing cheap suits.”
That’s a uniform.
I assume that is an employee of the business not an owner. More and more mortuaries are run by chains. I suspect the owners are making a killing. {rimshot}
That is probably also because of the terrible reputation the industry has for taking advantage of people.
Yes. She worked for several mom and pop outfits over the years, and when the big guys bought them out, not only did prices soar, but they were required to aggressively sell the most expensive options, rather than work within a family’s budget.
Why would you want to take up an occupation that involves preservation of the evidence?
I say become a cremator.
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