10 Fun-Filled Professions That Pay Hefty Sums

By siliconindia  |   Thursday, 10 April 2014, 00:31 IST   |    1 Comments
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Pilot
Annual salary: $81,000

Being an airline pilot can be a stressful job, but it’s exciting. Why? You get to fly a plane. Who wouldn't want to fly a plane, travel the entire world for free and make good money? That is something which not many people can afford to do.



Pilots are the individuals who are responsible to oversee the flying of passengers or cargo on long and short-haul flights for leisure, business or commercial purposes. The job of a pilot comes with heavy responsibility and personal commitment. There are stringent training courses to get through and this is followed by intensified training every six months in order to maintain the relevant license required for the job.



Park ranger
Annual salary: $47,000



A park ranger or forest ranger is a person entrusted with protecting and preserving parklands on the basis of national, state, provincial, or local parks. These individuals are basically employed by the government and entitled to range through the countryside providing law and order, and most importantly act upon poaching and smuggling. This profession includes a number of disciplines and specializations, and park rangers are often required to be proficient in more than one.
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