{"id":1298,"date":"2007-11-19T13:33:35","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T19:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/dirty-jobs-compensation\/"},"modified":"2007-11-19T13:30:06","modified_gmt":"2007-11-19T19:30:06","slug":"dirty-jobs-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/dirty-jobs-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirty Jobs Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a week to be thankful for many things &#8211; especially if you don&#8217;t have a &#8220;Dirty Job.&#8221;\u00a0 No, not that type of dirty.\u00a0 Dirty as in the Mike Rowe series on Discovery Channel.\u00a0 MSN.com has a story today titled <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/msn.careerbuilder.com\/custom\/msn\/careeradvice\/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1177&amp;SiteId=cbmsnhp41177&amp;sc_extcmp=JS_1177_home1&amp;GT1=10563&amp;cbRecursionCnt=1&amp;cbsid=b310aebfd56e4a85bc49c23c41f5110d-248559873-TH-4\">They\u2019re Dirty Jobs, But They Gotta Get Done<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A sampling of the jobs and their average pay:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Butcher <\/strong><br \/>\nLeaving work in blood-stained clothes would be a serious HR issue in many offices, but the practice is nothing unusual for a <a href=\"http:\/\/msn.careerbuilder.com\/PLI\/QuickSrchV2.asp?QSKWD=butcher\">butcher<\/a>, whose grisly work involves cutting and washing the innards of slaughtered animals to create sides of beef, steaks, sausage and ribs in slaughterhouses and meat-packing establishments. This job is not for the faint of heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Average salary with benefits and bonuses: <strong>$25,961\/year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Farrier<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/msn.careerbuilder.com\/PLI\/QuickSrchV2.asp?QSKWD=farrier\">Farriers<\/a> inspect horse hooves for defects, trim and shape them and remove worn or defective shoes.\u00a0 Aside from the strain of shaping shoes with hammers and bending or squatting for long periods of time, farriers must also deal with unpleasant odors emanating from the horses and risk stepping in any number of \u201csurprises\u201d the horses leave behind.<\/p>\n<p>Average salary with benefits and bonuses: <strong>$31,604\/year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Proctologist<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/msn.careerbuilder.com\/PLI\/QuickSrchV2.asp?QSKWD=proctologist\">Proctologists<\/a> diagnose and treat diseases and disorders related to the anus, rectum and colon, a labor of love that involves getting up close and personal in order to inspect these areas frequently and even performing hands-on work to repair or remove the affected body parts.<\/p>\n<p>Average salary with benefits and bonuses: <strong>$388,734\/year<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ok, I threw the last one in there for some counterbalance.\u00a0 There&#8217;s more dirty jobs if\u00a0 you <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/msn.careerbuilder.com\/custom\/msn\/careeradvice\/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1177&amp;SiteId=cbmsnhp41177&amp;sc_extcmp=JS_1177_home1&amp;GT1=10563&amp;cbRecursionCnt=1&amp;cbsid=b310aebfd56e4a85bc49c23c41f5110d-248559873-TH-4\">follow the link<\/a> to the article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a week to be thankful for many things &#8211; especially if you don&#8217;t have a &#8220;Dirty Job.&#8221;\u00a0 No, not that type of dirty.\u00a0 Dirty as in the Mike Rowe series on Discovery Channel.\u00a0 MSN.com has a story today titled They\u2019re Dirty Jobs, But They Gotta Get Done. A sampling of the jobs and their average pay: Butcher Leaving work in blood-stained clothes would be a serious HR issue in many offices, but the practice is nothing unusual for a butcher, whose grisly work involves cutting and washing the innards of slaughtered animals to create sides of beef, steaks, sausage and ribs in slaughterhouses and meat-packing establishments. This job&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/dirty-jobs-compensation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,20],"tags":[1764,68,69],"class_list":["post-1298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotes","category-compensation","tag-compensation","tag-dirty-jobs","tag-pay"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-kW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1104,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/dirty-jobs-and-common-sense\/","url_meta":{"origin":1298,"position":0},"title":"Dirty Jobs And Common Sense","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm a big fan of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel and have the Tivo set to record it every week. 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