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Firefighter
Ranked #1
It
turns out that making a lot of money doesn't necessarily make you
sexy. In a recent poll conducted by Salary.com, firefighter
hosed down the competition and won the title of "sexiest job" with
16% of the nearly 5,000 votes. These brave, uniformed public servants
lit it up over other high paying jobs like doctor, lawyer, and Chief
Executive Officer. Take it from the wife of a firefighter: "How
could you not find it sexy when a person is willing to risk his
life for another's; literally walk through fire? You can't put a
price tag on that. It is not just a job to them, but a way of life.
It is who they are." Flight
attendants also flew high, finishing second in the poll with
13% of the vote. We scoped these job titles to see exactly what
this year's most popular Valentines are making for salaries.
Click on a job title below to run a salary report:
CEO
Holds Strong
Money and power still matter, however, as Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) climbed the corporate ladder to third
in the poll, capturing 11% of the vote. Perhaps this is due to the
fact that the average CEO across all US metros earns a cool $610,000
per year. Other high paying jobs like doctor
and lawyer
did not fare quite as well, finishing ninth and tenth respectively.
The doctor may be feeling sick after only receiving 7% of the vote,
while the job title of lawyer obviously lost its sex appeal with
4%.
Popular
TV Character Jobs Also Sexy
Other hot jobs in the poll included reporter
and interior
designer, each receiving 10% of the vote. The recent "sexiness"
of these jobs may be fueled by the popularity of TV's Debra Messing,
who plays interior designer Grace Adler on "Will and Grace," Sarah
Jessica Parker, newspaper columnist Carrie Bradshaw on "Sex and
the City," and casts of such home improvement shows as "Trading
Spaces" and "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." These people may look
good on screen, but like the firefighter, they aren't making too
much dough.
Is
it the Milkman?
We
also found out, based on a large number of write-in votes; that
you don't necessarily have to be a firefighter to be driving around
all day putting out old flames. Some of the most popular write-in
votes included dental hygienist, pilot, marine, police officer,
physical therapist, chef, and high level executive jobs for women.
And if your job wasn't listed, don't give up yet! There are people
out there who mentioned these jobs as sexy: parcel
deliverers, CPAs, electrical line workers, radiological technologists...and
of course, the proverbial "milkman." E-mail poll@salary.com
to submit
what job you think is sexiest.
Also
check out:
Dream
Job: Firefighter
-By Dan Malachowski, Salary.com
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