Whatever Wednesday: Cowboy money

I've seen some people commenting on the salaries of our president, congressmen, mayors etc. So why not look at some FUN occupations, ya know , things you said you wanted to be when you were 6. What would you be making if you followed your Kindergarten dreams?
I don't see dinosaur digger-upper on this list, so i'll choose cowboy cuz that sounds cooler.

http://career-advice.monster.com/salary-benefits/salary-information/cool-jobs-and-what-they-pay/article.aspx


1. Cowboy
You can expect to earn between $25,000 and $35,000,,, “A lot of times [benefits] will include other things like housing, a vehicle and even beef or chickens,”

2. Actor or Singer
About 50,000 Americans work as actors, earning a median income of $11.61 an hour... Singers and musicians do better, earning an average of $19.73, but in both fields, the work is so erratic that the BLS can’t calculate reliable annual earnings data.

3. Brewmaster
It’s every college guy’s dream ... The typical brewmaster salary ranges from $25,000 at a local brew pub to more than $100,000 at a larger national brewery...

4. Professional Golfer
 Average yearly winnings in the Ladies Professional Golf Association were $230,117 in 2010. With 161 ladies on the money list, top-ranked Na Yeon Choi earned more than $1.8 million, while 161st-ranked Jackie Gallagher-Smith earned just $1,786. If you want to stay in one place, work as a golf pro and earn a median salary of $57,141...

5. Cruise Director
Hospitality recruiter Renard International in Toronto says the average salary for a cruise director is $45,000 to $50,000.

6. Personal Trainer
The vast majority of the 235,000 personal trainers and fitness instructors aren’t selling their DVDs at Wal-Mart; they’re working in health clubs, where they earn an average of $35,340...

7. Academy Awards Ballot Counter
Inside Public Accounting says the average compensation for an accounting partner was $452,744 as of mid-2009. Since your odds of becoming one of the two partners handling the task are as remote as your odds of winning an Academy Award, consider an alternative: working as an accountant...

8. Broadcast Sports Reporter
What’s not to like about a job where you watch sports, talk sports and interview athletes?  The median salary for the approximately 9,300 US broadcast journalists is $51,570 while the 40,000 or so people working as print reporters earn a median salary of $39,120.

9. Firefighter
 The median salary for firefighters is $44,260. Make chief, and you could about double that salary.

10. Flight Attendant
Attendants’ salaries start at around $16,191 a year,... median salary for the 98,700 US flight attendants is $35,930, according to the BLS.