What do Sir Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Sir Alan Sugar have in common? Besides being multi-millionaires, none of them have a university degree.
What jobs can earn you the most money and require no degree? We reveal all!
UK
20. Journalists £31,256
Journalists are the 20th highest paid workers in the UK requiring no degree.
19. Garage Managers and proprietors £31,587
At number 19 are garage managers and proprietors.
18. Lines repairers and cable joiners: £31,902
Become a line repairer or cable joiner and you could earn yourself £31,902 per annum.
17. Office managers: £32,300
Office managers can earn up to £32,300.
16. Managers (recycling and refuse disposal): £32,597
Becoming a manager in recycling and refuse disposal pays well. You could earn £32,597.
15. Social services managers: £32,622
Social services managers can earn up to £32,622 per annum.
14. Energy plant operatives: £34,153
Energy plant operatives can earn £34,153 per annum. It’s a lot more complicated than Homer Simpson makes it look!
13. Insurance underwriters: £34,577
If you become an insurance underwriter you could be earning £34,577.
12. Dancers and choreographers: £36,284
If you like music and have got rhythm then become a dancer/choreographer. It’s hard work but you get paid well.
11. Coal miners: £36,433Coal
Miners can earn up to £36,433 a year.
10. Managers (customer care): £36,805
Customer care managers do nicely, earning £36,805.
9. Train drivers: £37,231
In at number 9 come train drivers. They earn £37,23.
8. Managers (property, housing and land): £40,810
Property managers earn £40,810.
7. Fire, ambulance and prison officers (senior): £43,810
Fire, ambulance and prison officers earn a respectable wage – you could be taking home £43,810 a year.
6. Local Government senior officers: £44,755
A job in local government as a senior officer pays very well. You could earn £44,755 per annum.
5. Personnel and industrial relations managers: £49,717
At number five for the highest-paying UK jobs are personnel and industrial relations managers earning £49,717.
4. Air traffic controllers: £51,911
Air traffic controllers can earn on average £51,911.
3. Managers (marketing and sales): £54.029
Marketing and sales managers can earn £54.029.
2. Police officers (inspector and above): £54,241
Police inspectors do very well for themselves, earning, on average £54,241.
1. Pilot: £60,000
Pilots certainly fly high in the salary stakes, taking the number one spot, earning on average £60,000 a year.
USA
In the America, four-year College is not the only path to well-paid work.
Here are 20 of the top-paying jobs that don’t require a degree according to Shatkin’s book:
Air traffic controller
Annual income: $102,030
Storage and distribution manager
Annual income: $66,600
Transportation manager
Annual income: $66,600
Police and detectives supervisor
Annual income: $64,430
Non-retail sales manager
Annual income: $59,300
Forest fire fighting and prevention supervisor
Annual income: $58,920
Municipal fire fighting and prevention supervisor
Annual income: $58,902
Real estate broker
Annual income: $58,720
Elevator installers and repairer
Annual income: $58,710
Sales representative
Annual income: $58,580
Dental hygienist
Annual income: $58,350
Radiation therapist
Annual income: $57,700
Nuclear medicine technologist
Annual income: $56,450
Child support, missing persons and unemployment insurance fraud investigator
Annual income: $53,900
Criminal investigators and special agent
Annual income: $53,990
Immigration and Customs inspector
Annual income: $53,990
Police detective
Annual Income: $53,990
Police identification and records officer
Annual income: $53,990
Commercial pilot
Annual income: $53,870
Talent director
Annual income: $52,840
Catherine Adenle
