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No Degree Required For These Good Paying Careers

These days people aren’t just looking for a new job, they’re looking for a new CAREER.  And a change like that could require some kind of degree or years of…

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These days people aren't just looking for a new job, they're looking for a new CAREER.  And a change like that could require some kind of degree or years of special training, but not always.

There's a new report out with a list of jobs that don't require any previous experience, and some of them even pay MORE than the current national median income of $42,000.

Here's the list, along with the average salaries:

1.  Recreation and fitness studies teachers . . . $66,000

2.  Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters . . . $56,000

3.  Insurance sales agents . . . $52,000

4.  Heating, cooling, and refrigeration mechanics and installers . . . $51,000

5.  Highway maintenance workers . . . $42,000

Others that pay just BELOW the national median include:  Exercise trainers, group fitness instructors, team assemblers, order clerks, packaging and filling machine operators, preschool teachers, and janitors.

 

Check out the full report right here.

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Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.