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America’s Highest-Paying White-Collar Jobs

People in senior management are making less now than a year ago — unsurprising, given the state of the economy. The average base pay for their jobs this year is $97,500, which is 1.2% — roughly $1,200 — less than in 2008. These numbers were just r

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America’s Deadliest Jobs

You may have read news reports saying that America’s Main Streeters want revenge on Wall Street for the financial meltdown and recession and mortgage foreclosures and lost life savings. That hardly makes fields like finance and insurance hazardous to

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America’s Deadliest Jobs

You may have read news reports saying that America’s Main Streeters want revenge on Wall Street for the financial meltdown and recession and mortgage foreclosures and lost life savings. That hardly makes fields like finance and insurance hazardous to

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America’s Best-Paying Blue-Collar Jobs

It’s a hard time for almost everyone right now, but it’s especially hard for workers who don’t have a college education. In 2008 the unemployment rate was 9% for people with less than a high school diploma, 5.7% for high school graduates, 2.8% for co

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America’s Most Surprising Six-Figure Jobs

You probably wouldn’t expect it, but the best-paid boat captains in the U.S. are in Tennessee. According to data from the Department of Labor, water vessel captains, mates, and pilots make more there than in any other state. In fact, the average in T

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America’s Best- and Worst-Paying Jobs

It’s still better to be a doctor than a dicer. Food preparation and serving remains the nation’s lowest-paid line of work, while the medical field still offers the nine best-paid jobs in the U.S.According to the U.S. government’s newly released Occup

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America’s Best- and Worst-Paying Jobs

It’s still better to be a doctor than a dicer. Food preparation and serving remains the nation’s lowest-paid line of work, while the medical field still offers the nine best-paid jobs in the U.S.According to the U.S. government’s newly released Occup

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Six-Figure Jobs You Don’t Need a College Degree For

Maybe you don’t want to spend all that time taking classes in obscure subjects while hoping to find your calling and piling up student loan debt. Maybe you don’t really care so much about college. You just want to work and make money.You can do it, b

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Six-Figure Jobs You Don’t Need a College Degree For

Maybe you don’t want to spend all that time taking classes in obscure subjects while hoping to find your calling and piling up student loan debt. Maybe you don’t really care so much about college. You just want to work and make money.You can do it, b

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Six-Figure Jobs You Don’t Need a College Degree For

Maybe you don’t want to spend all that time taking classes in obscure subjects while hoping to find your calling and piling up student loan debt. Maybe you don’t really care so much about college. You just want to work and make money.You can do it, b

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