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8 Jobs You'll Love That Pay $50,000 a Year

Jobs (and Paychecks) You Can Fall in Love With

1. If You Love Trains...

Locomotive Engineer
Median salary: $63,683 

The most lucrative job on our list is something every kid wants to do when they're young -- be a train conductor.

Locomotive engineers are responsible for transporting passengers and/or freight via trains. The necessary education and training (often supplied by the railroad company), combined with the couple of years experience learning the ropes, makes this a unique job with a starting salary north of $60,000 a year. The work is physically demanding, there’s no such thing as a 40-hour workweek, and being a locomotive engineer requires long stretches away from home. But in addition to the paycheck, it’s a good gig for free-spirited folks looking for more adventure than the typical office environment can provide.

 

  • Dawn Dugan

    Dawn Dugan specializes in writing books, articles, white papers, reports and special communications for the human resources industry. She is the co-author of Effective Executive Compensation, which was published by AMACOM in 2008. Read more...