11 high-paying jobs you should avoid via CNBCMakeIt
It's easy to get blinded by the dollar signs when considering a job, but just because a gig pays well today doesn't mean it always will.
To help you avoid a disappearing occupation, we've identified the 11 highest-paying roles that are also expected to lose at least 2 percent of their workforce in the next couple years:Advances in smart grid technology and modernized control rooms in power plants mean some tasks distributors and dispatches previously performed are now automated, such as rerouting power during an outage, meaning fewer of such workers are needed.
Operators who went back to school for an associate's degree could pursue a nuclear technician's job, which pays about the same, $80,370 a year, and is in a related field.These federal workers handle the operational and administrative services of a post office. A combination of automated sorting systems, cluster mailboxes and tight budgets will drastically reduce the number of all postal workers working by 2026, according to the BLS.
A similar occupation such supervisors could move into? Probation officers and correctional treatments specialists, which pays $51,410 a year and will grow by 6 percent.In the next couple of years, more than three-quarters of the people who hold this title will be fired or laid off. Firers monitor tracks and train instruments checking for dragging equipment, obstacles on the tracks, and other potential safety problems.
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