Note to Klahn that none of these 6 figured jobs are unionized factory 
worker positions....

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http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/103141/Surprising-6-Figure-
Jobs

Surprising Jobs With Six-Figure Pay
by Steve McGookin
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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Teachers are near the head of the salary class.

It's always been true that if you want to earn more money, you should 
think about going back to school.

But how many people realize that so many teaching posts could carry six-
figure salaries?

According to the latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor 
showing average salaries for a range of occupations, six categories of 
teachers are included in the rankings showing jobs where the average of 
the top earners (the 90th percentile) is in excess of $100,000 annually.

They range from math teachers to those who impart knowledge about home 
economics. In math, for example, the official Labor Department 
definition of jobs done by those in that teaching category is "teach 
courses and/or pursue academic research pertaining to mathematical 
concepts, statistics and actuarial science and to the application of 
mathematics in solving specific problems and situations." So each 
teaching group specifically includes university and college lecturers at 
the postsecondary level, rather than high school teachers.

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The data also show, of course, that the true average wage for all the 
teachers included in the data set is between $55,000 and $65,000 a year. 
But the ranking measure--the average of the higher-earning individuals 
in each category--puts teachers of certain subjects into the six-figure 
range.

In order of their average salaries for top earners, the subjects most in 
demand are computer science, sociology, psychology, mathematics, 
history, languages and home economics. In terms of numbers as defined, 
there are 44,570 math teachers and 36,630 computer science teachers, but 
just 4,330 home economics teachers.

Some of the occupations on the list probably won't seem that much of a 
surprise. For example, commercial pilots come at the upper end of this 
particular ranking, with a high-end average of just over $115,000, 
roughly the same as insurance sales agents. Those are the only two of 
the listed categories to exceed that average figure.

Market research analysts (those who "research market conditions to 
determine potential sales of a product or service [and] may gather 
information on competitors, prices, sales, and methods of marketing and 
distribution") come next, followed closely by real estate agents.

While commission-based jobs are obviously subject to greater 
fluctuations in income levels than those that have a graded salary 
structure, it is certainly interesting--given the often cyclical nature 
of the home sales market--that loan officers (in addition to real estate 
sales agents) are highly placed. A loan officer's job is to "evaluate, 
authorize or recommend approval of commercial, real estate or credit 
loans [and] advise borrowers. [The category] includes mortgage loan 
officers and agents, collection analysts, loan servicing officers and 
loan underwriters."

In terms of the connection between commission and income, also in the 
ranking--albeit lower down the scale, with a high-end average of 
$101,030 is the general category of "sales representatives" (definition: 
"sell goods, for wholesalers or manufacturers, to businesses or groups 
of individuals"). Sales representatives also make up the biggest single 
category by number, with 1,488,990 so defined by the Labor Department.

Coming in at the bottom end of the ranking is the category that includes 
the 3,330 employees defined as "farm, ranch and other agricultural 
managers." The Labor Department defines them as employees who "manage 
farms, ranches, aquacultural operations, greenhouses, nurseries, timber 
tracts, cotton gins, packing houses or other agricultural establishments 
for employers." Their high-end average is $100,050, just less than 
double the true average for all employees in that category.

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