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What about gym teachers, who don't have any assignments to grade, and don't come up with lesson plans? What about elementary school art and music teachers?
Gym teachers run Jump-a-thons, and other activities, during and after school. And they do grade, and have lesson plans.
Art and music teachers... the same.
--Dental hygienist
--Some low level medical jobs like lab techs and physician assistants (in a doctors office). Of course, with many of the medical jobs you might have to put in years of working non - 8-5 shifts gaining experience in hospitals before you can get into the coveted 8 - 5 doctors office jobs.
--Administrative and other non-teaching positions within schools and universities would likely be 8 - 5. I'm talking positions like counselors, librarians, etc. Of course, positions like counselors and librarians generally need lots of education and often need advanced degrees.
--Many research positions in a variety of fields but these types of positions typically require lots of education and advanced degrees.
--As others have mentioned, many government office jobs have 8 - 5 hours, but most of those jobs require a minimum of a BA/BS to get in the door.
OP, you haven't said if you're willing to go through potentially 5+ years of college in order to get one of these 8 - 5 careers. With no education beyond high school, 8 - 5 job options are pretty-much limited to administrative positions.
Yes I am willing to get a Bachelors Degree along with Certifications as well.
The problem with any government job is that your salary is at the whim of taxpayers who never think you are worth what you do. Expect to earn a good 30% less than private industry.
Though, having worked for the VA, if I had to pick a government job, it would definitely be a federal level position. Lots more stability at that level.
Personally, as long as it's stable and pays decent, I'm okay if it just pays decent really does not need to be that insanely high. Mostly the work schedule M-F is a must thou
I was hoping to live off something making like 40k to 50k a year or 20 dollars to 25 dollars an hour. I make 19 an hour now but will be expecting raise a long time from now.
I don't expect to make 50k a year right off the bat I know I have to pay my dues and earn higher education and experience. I just hope i'm realistic in my expectation since I live in a high cost of living area.
--Dental hygienist
--Some low level medical jobs like lab techs and physician assistants (in a doctors office). Of course, with many of the medical jobs you might have to put in years of working non - 8-5 shifts gaining experience in hospitals before you can get into the coveted 8 - 5 doctors office jobs.
--Administrative and other non-teaching positions within schools and universities would likely be 8 - 5. I'm talking positions like counselors, librarians, etc. Of course, positions like counselors and librarians generally need lots of education and often need advanced degrees.
--Many research positions in a variety of fields but these types of positions typically require lots of education and advanced degrees.
--As others have mentioned, many government office jobs have 8 - 5 hours, but most of those jobs require a minimum of a BA/BS to get in the door.
OP, you haven't said if you're willing to go through potentially 5+ years of college in order to get one of these 8 - 5 careers. With no education beyond high school, 8 - 5 job options are pretty-much limited to administrative positions.
School and University Librarians have to work when college libraries are open-which includes late nights and the weekends. As the new librarian on the job, she would probably be scheduled to work nights/weekends. Some school counseling departments might have a skeletal staff to handle emergencies at nights or on the weekends.
Any type of assistant job usually has regular hours- but you might have to do an occasional late night if your boss is working on a project.
Medical. I've worked as an ophthalmic technician for 12 years. It's 8-5 M-F with holidays and weekends off. When you're off, you're off. There's no on-call for techs. I also like the fact that it involves alternating sitting, standing, and walking, so I don't develop the fatigue and skeletal problems that comes from sitting at a desk or standing all day. It's not excessively physical either. Plus the medical benefits are amazing and I get good vacation and sick time benefits. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention. The medical field is more recession and depression proof than other professions. People will always get sick and need to see the doctor, and that's good for our business. As for the boredom/repetition factor, that's largely based on your attitude, and no job can hand you happiness on a silver platter. Eyeballs are my passion, and I'll be happy doing this the rest of my life.
That's a good suggestion. And glad to hear from someone who likes their job!
In any case, most of the K-12 teachers that I had were just recycling old lesson plans from decades ago, and many of them gave Scan-tron tests that were scored by a machine. They very clearly spent little or no time working outside of the school day.
I am glad that you understand that there is a huge quality of life difference between a job that requires a very occasional late night, weekend, or holiday for an emergency, versus a job that requires long hours including nights, weekends, and holidays as a lifestyle. That is something that most posters, especially the "you get paid to do a job" crowd don't seem to understand. Also, under-hiring and then expecting extreme hours to meet routine deadlines should not be considered an emergency, contrary to what people on this forum think.
I have posted this many times but nobody agrees with me: I very firmly believe that every field should have at least 2 tracks: a climb the corporate ladder track, and a work-life balance track. Yes, the climb the corporate ladder track should pay more. But the work-life balance track should pay at least a minimal living wage for a family, should only expect employees to work weekends and holidays for extreme emergencies, and should offer job security unless an employee is truly incompetent and unwilling or unable to improve. Too bad nobody here agrees with me.
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Most of Europe probably agrees with you too Some (but not all) of this issue is a bigger problem in the US than elsewhere.....
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Some (but not all) of this issue is a bigger problem in the US than elsewhere..... 
