Decent paying jobs for people without a bachelors?

[The motor guy]

I don't really care to make 80 grand a year, but I would like to make a decent living like 40,000-45,000 a year. It's like every job I see only pays like $13-14/hr and it's some kind of industrial job where you're outside baking in the sun. I have an associates degree, but surely they have decent paying jobs for guys with associates degrees too? I would really like a normal desk job or at least one with ac. I'm just having thinking of the type of job I could do. There are thousands and thousands of jobs, not sure why I can't find something I would like. lol

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Costco

 

[crazyoildude]

Wow...
Here in northern New Jersey in some counties you could not afford to live making $80,000
Some families in some towns around here are paying around $50,000 lust for property taxes, Thousands a month for a decent health insurance policy and car insurance is way out there also. I don't blame all the lower income people suing for slip and falls and minor car accidents.

 

[DirkDiggler]

Governor of Wisconsin. Scott walker is doing well for not having a degree

 

[Michael_P]

You are not alone. There are people with masters degrees struggling. What are your interests?

 

[RedOakRanch]

The building supply industry has a lot of jobs like that. No one gets a degree to work in a lumber yard. You'll have to manage it or sell 500k a month to earn it.

 

[NMBurb02]

Originally Posted By: DirkDiggler
Governor of Wisconsin. Scott walker is doing well for not having a degree

Bill Gates hasn't let a lack of a degree get in his way either. Or Paul Allen. Or John Paul DeJoria (of Paul Mitchell). Or Phil Ruffin (Treasure Island Casinos). Or Sean Parker and Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook). So what you're saying is that drive and intelligence can get someone plenty far without formal education? Because that's what it sounded like to me.

For the OP: http://m.kiplinger.com/slideshow/busines...2015/index.html

 

[expat]

You have to be able to sell yourself!

If you can't wow them with a degree,what DO youhave to offer?

What are your intrests, passions, talents?

 

[camarokiller]

Id suggest coal miner, but our government doesnt like those guys

 

[Stelth]

You're probably going to have to be good at something. As mentioned above, there are inside sales jobs that pay that well, if you're willing to work hard, and even counter sales in some industries. UPS, of course, pays well, but then you're outdoors again without air conditioning. Not real easy to get a job there, but it can be done.

What is your Associates Degree in?

40-45k isn't aiming very high, but it will still take some work and possibly more learning (not talking degrees) to get there.

 

[turtlevette]

Male entertainer

 

[WiskyBadger]

Sell tools, those guys are thieves.

 

[KD0AXS]

I have zero college education and made $55K last year, but I had to work for it. No desk jobs here, and no bankers hours either. If you just want to sit on your butt at a desk all day, you'll be paid accordingly.

 

[Andy636]

Originally Posted By: NMBurb02
Originally Posted By: DirkDiggler
Governor of Wisconsin. Scott walker is doing well for not having a degree

Bill Gates hasn't let a lack of a degree get in his way either. Or Paul Allen. Or John Paul DeJoria (of Paul Mitchell). Or Phil Ruffin (Treasure Island Casinos). Or Sean Parker and Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook). So what you're saying is that drive and intelligence can get someone plenty far without formal education? Because that's what it sounded like to me.

For the OP: http://m.kiplinger.com/slideshow/busines...2015/index.html



Sure...the fact that he had loaded parents had nothing to do with it I bet. You kinda tend to think different when you have to pay for your own stuff and bills, more conservative, it's not like you can spread your wings and follow your dream knowing that if you fall on your a$$ mommy and daddy's fat bank accounts will be there to safety net your landing just so you can go up again and chase after wild goos.

 

[userfriendly]

You want to sit in an air conditioned office, day shift, Monday to Friday, weekends off, stat holidays off, sick days, medical, three weeks av, plus a thousand a week?
If I lived in Houston, I'd make $200K, on call 24/7 365 and be considered indispensable after a year.
That is, if I felt like it.

The job you are talking about can be done from India for $40.00 a week.

 

[bvance554]

Truck drivers are always in high demand, and can easily make the money you're looking for. Saying you want a desk job with a/c just makes you sound lazy. Find something that you can do well and offers the potential to learn, gain some experience and has some upward mobility. Find that job, do it well, and you may find yourself with a desk job. You can't walk into someone's office and say 'I have this associates degree, what desk jobs do you have for me?'

 

[Shannow]

Start reading and listening to James Altucher ...

 

[gathermewool]

Skilled tradesmen. If you can get (or already have) a clearance, even better!

Some places will train you and, after you put in your dues, you can make a good living. You can even work your way up to salary or earn your degree while working to make the transition more quickly.

 

[Pop_Rivit]

There are plenty of well paying jobs that do far better than $13-$14/hour. Since you didn't bother to give any information about your skills or abilities, then I'm not sure if you're actually looking for information or just hoping for sympathy.

 

[skyactiv]

My wife is a business systems analyst. Companies pay the firm she works at to have there business analyzed to see where corporate waste can be reduced.
She says a lot of large corps have unneeded employees doing things that aren't vital to the operation. The last business she analyzed was an insurer. The particular insurer had a team of 15 weathermen that cost over 2 million dollars a year to staff and manage. The weathermen didn't provide any information to the company that was vital.

The next big thing in the U.S. is to cut the redundant and over employment of white collar workers.