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Old 02-22-2018, 12:14 PM
 
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Fresh graduate bachelor's of nursing 85-100k starting in top private hospital in major city
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Old 02-22-2018, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Saint John, IN
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Definitely sales. You can work your way up from a start in sales all the way to CEO (though you may need to tuck in an MBA at some point in the future).

Starting salary can be in the 40-60k territory but will quickly jump to six figures if you're good at it.

Depending on the business line, such as business to business supply sales, it doesn't matter what your degree is in.



Actually most sales positions require at least a bachelors just to step foot into the interview, but it doesn't matter what it is in.


Actually no! Maybe a license of some sort, but not a degree! Stock broker (trader), insurance sales, car sales, retail sales, I could go on. Most don't care about the degree, just the sate license!
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Old 02-22-2018, 06:26 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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For 180 instructional days that comes out to $18,000/year gross. In SoCal (although, to be honest, we don'w know whether "southern Cal." means San Diego or Calexico).

I don't think anyone would consider that "the best paying job you can get with any bachelor's degree".

Reading comprehension, folks!
Who are you telling, "reading comprehension"?

Actually, a regular teacher while it obviously doesn't pay the best, you can still be a teacher w/ a BA/BS in ANY field. The OP simply asked what's the best job can you get w/ an undergrad in ANY field, so they want to know what ONE job can you get w/ the degree in ANY field, just like it says. So, he/she's not asking what's the best job w/ a degree in mathematics & then the best other job w/ a degree in anthropology, etc. (Now if he/she meant that, he/she should have been more clear in their OP question.)

Just ONE job w/ ANY degree.

I don't know many jobs in which you can have a degree in ANYTHING. So for ex, let's say you have a degree in theatrical arts. You can still be a substitute &/or regular teacher w/ that, but you can't get a job as a...scientist, architect, speech-language pathologist, geologist, accountant, doctor, Egyptologist, lawyer, IT person, newscaster, financial planner, real estate agent, police officer, etc., etc., etc. w/ a theatrical arts degree. For each of those careers I listed, you need a more specialized degree/certification/license.
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:24 PM
 
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OK, then,


A quick list of jobs that almost certainly earn more than $18,000 and probably don't require a specific degree.


Fast food manager
Any tradesman
Car salesman
Real estate agent
Truck driver (I guess you could say this falls under "tradesman"?)
Fireman
Fork truck driver


I am sure there are dozens more that earn more than $9.00/hr and don't require a specific college degree.
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Old 02-23-2018, 08:00 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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^ Now you're listing jobs that (probably) don't require a degree AT ALL. The OP asked what's the best job one can do w/ ANY undergrad degree.

So let's say someone has a degree in geology. What ELSE can they do w/ that other than the obvious career of being a geologist? One can STILL be a teacher (or substitute teacher).

See, it's harder to come up w/ a list than one may think!
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Old 02-23-2018, 09:02 AM
 
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I am sorry, but a basic comprehension of English will tell you that substitute teaching at - best case - $18,000 per year (this is what was indicated as the pay rate) is NOT THE HIGHEST PAYING JOB YOU CAN GET WITH A GENERIC BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

Sheesh! Think about it. If you have a bachelor's degree, and you get a full time job that earns more than $9.00 an hour, you have disproven the claim that substitute teaching is the highest paying job you can get with a generic bachelor's degree.
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Old 02-23-2018, 09:30 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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I know it's not the highest-paying. I'm thinking more about the ONE job w/ ANY undergrad field degree aspect of it.

OK, let's move on to talk about something else. I'm not going to keep going back & forth about this, in fact, I might be done altogether w/ this thread.
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Old 03-01-2018, 02:08 AM
 
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BA in philosophy

Software requirements modeler.

Will pay around 250k in Silicon Valley with total compensation. After ten years of experience.
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