These Weird but High Paying Jobs Will Surprise You

  • You can make $49,202 each year as a master marijuana extractor.

Pick a weird and high paying job for your next gig, and enjoy it! Here are some ideas if you think you’d like a weird new job.

Clinical Ethicist

Have you ever heard of this profession? A clinical ethicist requires you to take an unbiased position regarding medical decisions. This helps doctors, patients, and families to make informed decisions. Subjects like cloning and stem cell research can bring out big feelings in people and as a clinical ethicist, you’d provide an unbiased examination of these issues. This will help all parties involved make a decision. The job requires a master’s degree or doctorate in medical ethics or a related field and the average national salary is $113,230.00 a year. Not bad for a weird but high paying job.

Master Marijuana Extractor

You can make $49,202 each year as a master marijuana extractor. You’ll process edibles, oils, concentrates, and other marijuana products. You need a degree in a related field but can get a job with this salary right out of college. 

Online Dating Ghostwriter

If you’ve ever wanted to be a freelance writer, an online dating ghostwriter prepares profiles for people dating online and it could be for you. If you have writing skills or at least witty banter, this could be perfect. As a freelancer, you can do this job from anywhere in the world. Look for clients yourself or reach out for a chance to work directly with popular dating websites. Another weird but high paying job with average salary of $54,205 a year. 

Voice-Over Artist

Also known as a specialist voice talent, a voice-over artist reads from a script to narrate a text for radio, television, film, theater, and other productions. The work is pre-recorded and is usually done in a studio. If you have a distinctive voice, that’s a great start. You should also practice reading things out loud and recording your voice as this will help you listen to yourself and improve your skills. Speak with your diaphragm and practice vocal exercises, or even take acting classes and voice lessons to get better! The salary for this career is $66,990 per year.

Toy Designer

If you’re a kid at heart and all you want to do is play with toys, than this weird but high paying job may be just perfect for you. Designing toys that are both entertaining and safe is the job of a toy maker. Also called product designers, you must have artistic and creative flair. Effective, durable and easy to maintain toys are important, so loving gadgets or having mechanical skills will also help you in this job. You need a degree in arts, like a degree in design but it’s good to have CAD knowledge and engineering skills as well. You can make $78,913 average salary in this position. 

Color Expert/Designer

Color experts use color psychology, trends, statistics, and theory to help with colors for homes, companies, brand logos and more. This job requires you to develop layouts, produce designs for brands, houses offices or entire buildings. You don’t need a degree for this position but you will need some training. Creative and innovative people are a great fit for this career and you can make $61,554 per year doing it. 

Flavorist Chemist

These are the people that create natural and artificial flavors. (Where don’t we see the phrase “natural and artificial flavors.”) Extensive knowledge of essential oils, botanical extracts, flavor aromas and essences to recreate flavors from nature is needed for this career. You’ll have to come up with irresistible new flavors people love. You’ll need a Ph.D. in chemistry or biochemistry. Also, as a flavorist, you’d need extensive experience as an apprentice for flavor companies. You can make an average yearly salary of $60,640 per year as a flavorist chemist. 

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