There are dream jobs, where you get to watch TV all day, eat avocados every day for six months, and drink gin and travel with a friend, and then there are these. That being said, the site 24/7 Wall St. sifted through various information to come up with a list of the strangest professions in each state.
In terms of how the research was done, the site spelled things out, reporting, “24/7 Wall St. reviewed job listing sites, online databases, and occupation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to identify the weirdest job or job opening in every state.”
Check out the “weirdest” professions in each state
Here’s the site’s full list:
1) Alabama: Bounty hunter
2) Alaska: Commercial diver
3) Arizona: Bingo manager
4) Arkansas: Log grader
5) California: Dog surfing instructor
6) Colorado: Hangover helpers party cleaner
7) Connecticut: Telephone operator
8) Delaware: Materials scientist
9) Florida: Scuba diving pizza delivery man
10) Georgia: Chicken sexer
11) Hawaii: Golf ball diver
12) Idaho: Agricultural engineer
13) Illinois: Flavorist
14) Indiana: Airplane repo-man
15) Iowa: Wind turbine service technician
16) Kansas: Dog food taster
17) Kentucky: Mine shuttle car operator
18) Louisiana: Bridge and lock tender
19) Maine: Shoe machine operator
20) Maryland: Crime scene cleaner
21) Massachusetts: Industrial-organizational psychologist
22) Michigan: Furniture tester
23) Minnesota: Professional sleeper
24) Mississippi: Forest fire inspector/prevention specialist
25) Missouri: Dice quality inspector
26) Montana: Explosives worker
27) Nebraska: Dredge operator
28) Nevada: Gaming service worker
29) New Hampshire: Ash artist
30) New Jersey: Gum buster
31) New Mexico: Ayurveda healer
32) New York: Fortune cookie writer
33) North Carolina: Face feeler
34) North Dakota: Gas compressor operator
35) Ohio: Odor judge
36) Oklahoma: Rock splitter
37) Oregon: Professional snuggler
38) Pennsylvania: Chocolate taster
39) Rhode Island: Etchers and engraver
40) South Carolina: Nuclear power reactor operator
41) South Dakota: Correspondence clerk
42) Tennessee: Duck master
43) Texas: Marketing unicorn
44) Utah: Historian
45) Vermont: Solar photovoltaic installer
46) Virginia: Beer taster
47) Washington: Horticultural therapist
48) West Virginia: Mining roof bolter
49) Wisconsin: Floor sander
50) Wyoming: Roof-snow clearer
Have you ever done any of these jobs?