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Daniel123

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Registered: 2007-05-23

Posts: 663

High paid jobs

Hello.

I am pretty bored and I'm wondering if anyone knows what the highest paid jobs in the world are? I've had a look on the internet, but different sites seem to contradict each other.

I remember hearing a story on the radio a while ago that said there was a job that paid several billion dollars a year, but I can't remember what job it was. All I remember is that it was a phyics-related job, and there was only about six people in the world that did it...

Any ideas?

MathsIsFun

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Registered: 2005-01-21

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Re: High paid jobs

CEO's get tens of millions, particularly if you consider stock options.

Athletes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_sports_contracts

Actors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-paid_actors

And then there are people who earn less than $10: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_single-digit_salary_earners

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Identity

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Registered: 2007-04-18

Posts: 934

Re: High paid jobs

Physicists probably wouldn't get paid that much, no matter what they were researching, but they sure get paid a lot.

Laterally Speaking

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Registered: 2007-05-21

Posts: 356

Re: High paid jobs

Bill has quite the paycheck, especially including stock.

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