Bring out your inner child by working as a professional mermaid at aquariums for $250 an hour! Don’t kid yourself – this job is not as easy as you think it is; professional mermaids can hold their breath for up to five minutes (“Life as a Professional Mermaid”)! But wait – there’s more! If you don’t find working as a mermaid interesting enough, why not be an ice cream tester or a seat filler at award shows? I know, sounds too good to be true, but trust me – these jobs actually exist, including many more that pay well. An ice cream tester has an annual salary of $60,000.

Check out these other oddball jobs that pay salaries as high as an ice cream tester (Cooljobs.com).

There are similar jobs in relation to an ice cream tester. There are chocolate testers also, and they make about $54,000 annually (Cooljobs.com).  Next, there is a pet food tester that is paid $40,000 annually. Yes, this job is safe and dog food should strictly be “fit for human consumption”(“Connecting Minds to Jobs”). The higher salary jobs like a White Hat (Ethical) Hacker can make up to $99,000 annually. This specific job seems like it would be illegal but it isn’t. This profession requires someone to try hack into a company’s software to see if the software is strong enough to avoid hackers from home or “illegal hackers”(“Infosec Resources”). A sommelier can make up to $150,000 annually. For those who don’t know what a sommelier is, it is a trained professional in the finer restaurants who specializes in all aspects of wine service (Smith). Finally, a paranormal investigator can make up to $47,000 annually; the show “Ghost Adventures” is an example of a paranormal investigator (Collins).

Sources:

Collins, Colleen. “The Salary of a Paranormal Investigator.” Bizfluent. (26 September 2017) Retrieved from https://bizfluent.com/info-8429069-salary-paranormal-investigator.html.

“Connecting Minds to Jobs.” Menttes.com (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.menttes.com/jobs/petfoodtaster.

“Cooljobs.” Cooljobs.com. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://cooljobs.com/.

“Infosec Resources.” Infosec Institute. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/certified-ethical-hacker-salary/#gref.

“Life as a Professional Mermaid.” Priceonomics.com. 20 May 2015. Retrieved from   https://priceonomics.com/life-as-a-professional-mermaid/.

Smith, Jacquelyn. “There are only 229 Master Sommeliers in the world — here’s how one 27-year-old worked his way into this exclusive club.” Business Insider.com (25 June 2015). Retrieved from http://www.businessinsider.com/what-it-takes-to-become-a-master-sommelier-2015-6.