Depending on your personality and lifestyle, free rounds of golf or trips around the globe might mean more than cash in your paycheck. Check out these 10 jobs with great perks.
Flight Attendant
Perk: Travel
Annual median salary: $40,473
Not only do they travel the world for a living, but many
flight attendants also enjoy free or discounted travel for themselves and their
family and friends.
Job description: Provide personal services to ensure the
safety and comfort of airline passengers during flight. Greet passengers,
verify tickets, explain use of safety equipment, and serve food or beverages.
General Manager, Golf Course
Perk: Free or discounted golf
Annual median salary: $55,370
It's an expensive sport, but if you work on the golf
course, you'll likely play for free or with a deep discount as long as there's
availability.
Job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate the
operations of private or public golf course. Duties and responsibilities
include formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use
of materials and human resources. The duties are too diverse and general in
nature to be classified in any one functional area of management or
administration, such as personnel, purchasing, or administrative services.
Retail Service Clerk
Perk: Discounts
Annual median salary: $20,363
Though discounts vary depending on the store, retail
clerks are bound to save some cash on the store's goods, ranging from 10 to 50
percent off regularly priced items.
Job description: Sell merchandise, such as furniture,
motor vehicles, appliances, or apparel in a retail establishment.
High School Teacher
Perk: Summers off
Annual median salary: $43,589
Not all teachers get summers off, but even those who
teach at year-round schools get multiple weeks off throughout the year.
Job Description: Instruct students in secondary public or
private schools in one or more subjects at the secondary level, such as
English, mathematics, or social studies. May be designated according to subject
matter specialty, such as typing instructors, commercial teachers, or English
teachers.
Hairstylist
Perk: Free or discounted cuts and color
Annual median salary: $31,160
At $50 to $100 or more a pop, a dye job is not cheap,
but, if you work as a hairstylist, you'll likely be privy to discounted
materials and subject to coworker experimentation, which means an often-updated
do for little to no dough.
Job description: Provide beauty services, such as
shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating
scalp. May also apply makeup, dress wigs, perform hair removal, and provide
nail and skin care services.
Talent Agent
Perk: Wining and dining
Annual median salary: $53,721
Whether they're wooing music executives, Hollywood
bigwigs, or prospective clients, talent agents often enjoy expensed food and
drink as part of the job.
Job description: Represent and promote artists,
performers, and athletes to prospective employers. May handle contract
negotiation and other business matters for clients.
Academic Advisor, University
Perks: Free education
Annual median salary: $38,666
Though the programs and benefits vary from university to
university, many college employees enjoy free or discounted tuition for
themselves and their children.
Job description: Counsel individuals and provide group
educational and vocational guidance services.
Barista
Perk: Free caffeine
Annual median salary: $18,761
That daily latte can really add up, but, if you work as a
barista, a certain amount of coffee is often on the house or discounted.
Job Description: Perform a variety of food preparation
duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing
meat, and brewing coffee or tea.
Hotel, General Manager
Perk: Discounted or free lodging
Annual median salary: $43,914
Though perks vary, many hotel employees enjoy
complimentary or greatly discounted rooms, making it easier to plan an
inexpensive getaway.
Job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate activities
of an organization or department that provides lodging and other
accommodations.
Traveling Nurse
Perk: Travel
Annual median salary: $52,876
Traveling nurses usually receive a salary plus free or
subsidized housing on location.
Job description: Assess patient health problems and
needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records.
Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients.
May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide
case management.
*Median salary figures from PayScale.com are for people
with 5-9 years experience.
Shanon Lyon is a freelance writer and editor with more
than 8 years of experience in a variety of media and industries.
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