Job vs. Hobby: How much can you make?

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Job vs. Hobby: How much can you make?
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About This Quiz

We've all had those days when we feel like a cube monkey and think, "there must be a better way to make money!" Well, there might be a hobby that not only makes you money, but makes you more money than your current job. Test your knowledge and see what hobbies might pay your bills in our quiz.
Would you make more money photographing a wedding or in two weeks of answering phones in a call center?
Photographing wedding
Call center associate
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

While the average call center associate takes home $1,000 every two weeks, a freelance wedding photographer can average $2,700 a night.

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True or False: A gardening hobby could be more lucrative than working as a paralegal.
TRUE
FALSE
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Unless you're an award-winning gardener and landscaper, you have a better chance making a living as a paralegal.

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Which of the following professions would likely make you more money than online gambling ?
Registered nurse
Executive vice president of marketing
Fitness trainer
All of the above
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Although some people can make a killing at online gambling, the majority lose money so you'd be more likely to make money at most any job.

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Designing just one Web site could pay more than the monthly salary of what occupation?
Teacher
Lab technician
Florist
None of the above
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Freelance Web design can pay well, but creating just one site probably won't pay more than the monthly salary of most full-time jobs.

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Would you make more money indulging your passion as a freelance writer or teaching writing to middle school students?
Freelance writer
Middle school writing teacher
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The income of a prosperous freelance writer can be higher than the salary of a middle school teacher. However, the stability of a salaried teaching job can be more attractive to some.

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Is it better for your wallet to bartend or play guitar for a night at a local bar?
Play guitar
Bartender
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The tips alone from bartending would most likely be more than what you'd make playing a music gig at a bar. Sorry budding-musicians.

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Would you most likely make more money as a part-time nurse or selling your knitted creations on sites like etsy.com?
Part-time nurse
Freelance crafter
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

A part-time nurse would most likely make more than someone who sells crafts online. A part-time nurse also has the stability of regular income.

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If you turn your love of baking into your full-time job, you could make more than which of the following jobs?
Jewelry salesman
Taxi driver
Sports reporter
None of the above
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

A job as an entry-level full-time baker averages more than working as an entry-level sports reporter.

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Would your weekly salary be more if you started a dog walking business or continued working as a marketing coordinator?
Dog walker
Marketing coordinator
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Although the business of walking and caring for man's best friend can be quite profitable, you're still better off, on average, working as a marketing coordinator.

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If you're an iPhone fanatic, creating applications for smart phones could score you more than which of the following jobs?
Lawyer
Physicians assistant
Criminal scientist
None of the above
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The business of creating apps can be very lucrative, more so, in fact than working as a physician's assistant.

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Would you make more money indulging your cycling interests as a bike courier or as a college professor?
College professor
Bike courier
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

You'd be surprised how close these two salaries are, but college professor wins out.

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True or False: If you love cars, a job as a car salesman would make you more than a receptionist.
TRUE
FALSE
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Car salesmen average a great deal more a year than most corporate receptionists.

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True or False: If you love clothes, opening a retail store would make you more than a job as a pharmaceutical salesman.
TRUE
FALSE
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Aside from the clothing perks, owning your own store can be extremely difficult and doesn't pay very much on average.

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Working as a personal shopper would make you more money on average than which of the following?
Information technology specialist
Pool cleaner
Executive assistant
None of the above
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The only job in this list that pays less than a personal shopper is a pool cleaner.

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Would you make more money as a choreographer or a hotel concierge?
Choreographer
Hotel concierge
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

If you love to dance, you're in luck. Work as a successful, full-time choreographer can make you a fairly decent living.

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Would you make more as a retail sales associate or as a successful freelance photographer?
Retail sales associate
Freelance photographer
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The hobby wins out again. Photography can be more lucrative than your job a J Crew.

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True or False: Working as a nanny would not make you as much as your hobby of arranging flowers.
TRUE
FALSE
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Even though the average wages of a florist is only slightly more than most nannies, florists still do make more.

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