What is the most profitable occupation/profession in the United States?
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professional athelete/actor/entertainer. Especially when you consider other perks of the job besides cash.  Fame, power, fans, etc
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Not too many..especially "academic" degrees.  Most money-making degrees are categorized as "professional" degrees such as doctor, dentist, and lawyer...all of which are doctoral-level degrees, roughly equivalent to Ph.D.
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I know a Unix system administrator who makes 85,000 right after school. Software testers are also in demand.  You can make more money and have a more secure job if you are good at managing people overseas in an outsourcing environment.\n\nIf you really like money, consider sales and be paid on commission. First, there's no limit on your potential income.  The harder you work, the more you make.  Second, you have more opportunities to be promoted to an executive position, making more than 200,000 per year plus lots of stock options.\n\nTo produce a good current income, pornography is a lucrative business, especially while you are still young and hot.  A reputable one in the US is\n\nhttp://www.hustler.com/beaverhunt/\n\nThen, use your earned cash to invest in your education towards your long-term ambitious career goals.
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Anything you do for a Profit is considered a profession.\n As oppossed to working for a company and excepting wages for your service. Your labor talent is of a skill that it's worth a set price per Job. Instead of a set price per hour.
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If you want to make money out of it go for one of the following:\n\nRussian\nChinese\nArabic\nJapanese\nPolish\nCroatian\nSwedish\nNorwegian\nDanish\n\nThey are all highly required on the market and not many have them active at a professional level
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Tour guide\nCustomer Service\nReceptionist\n\nI know you want me to say a tv comic or actress but those are just dream jobs and the market is very competitive.
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If you are going by salaries, doctors get paid the most. But Actors make the most money if they get work. Doctors make as little as $130,000 dollars a year.
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If you wouild like to work from home I can help you. It is the fastest growing business in American History and can work it any where you go, if interested look on this website. JJ:)\n http://www.usapowerline.mymagicwand.com
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yes. I used to sell At&T for an independant company and I made good money for... a part time job. Then I worked at Radio Shack which is a commision sales job. Selling cell phones and satelite dishes earned you the most commission.
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The most noble profession to me is a teacher. \nOne in this profession is making a difference, changing lives, building others foundation, perhaps even shaping the future of America.
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me persoally would say nursing.\nyou can make your own deal.  set your work schedule.\nyou have so many places you can get work.\nhostipal, dr. office, school, old folks homes, \nthere are emergency room nurses, etc...\n\nbut here is money magazine's list of the 50 best jobs:\nhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/top50/index.html\n\n1 Software engineer 46.07% $80,427 \n2 College professor 31.39% $81,491 \n3 Financial advisor 25.92% $122,462 \n4 Human resources manager 23.47% $73,731 \n5 Physician assistant 49.65% $75,117
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Hardly anything...jobs are hard to come by in that field...\n\nBut...you can always check out www.salary.com to find out what each profession is worth in different locations.
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i think the online business. if it is offline based on your fields and your interest !
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Consider network marketing. All the revenue is profit because you have no overhead and no employee expenses. I got into the health/wellness industry, the next trillion dollar industry, for less than $200 and my income blew through the roof when I found 3 friends who wanted to make the same kind of crazy income. I have business partners who make 5-6 figures per month, and are showing the rest of us how to do it too. www.TNI.com/1934177
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Billionaires have the best jobs.
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I agree with vamsy, however I do both so much it is hard to choose whick is best, however when you think of the profit range, I think Google.   because the stock market talks about it alot and it made alot of people that work for them very rich within the last year. ( those that invested in the stocks that is. ) Oh My, I can't believe I overlooked that one!!!! eewwwww!
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i think it would be an agricultural kind of tradesperson, since i used to deal with bio diesel business, especially dig for how to's, but i analysed and realized that if you haven't got 100 thousand sqmeter field its not profitable :)