The median pay for elementary-school teachers outside special education was $61,690 in 2022, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is above the national median for all jobs, $46,310.

Traditionally, a college degree has been considered the golden ticket to a well-paying job. There are fields that can be lucrative without a degree - like the construction trades, or working in a ...

Here are 10 jobs that are fun and pay well in 2025. ... per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The job growth outlook is faster than average, and the median yearly income is above $130,000. ...

Here are the 10 jobs with the hottest wage growth in 2023 compared with the prior year, along with median pay. The analysis is based on responses from more than 3,500 workers across 15 job titles ...

Oil Jobs: Big Pay And Cloudy Future. ... He started as a roughneck, doing hard physical labor on drilling sites, and easily pulled in double what he could have earned back home in California.