20 Jobs That Pay Much More Than You’d Expect

Supporting yourself and your family these days doesn't necessarily mean holding down a nine-to-five.

Plenty of people all over the world find fantastically creative ways to use their unique talents to make their livings.

From riding waterslides all day long, to tasting different ice creams for hours on end, these jobs are definitely not the kinds of offerings you'd typically discover chatting up your college career counselor.

We've compiled a list of 20 different jobs you'd never believe pay as much as they do. Who knows, your next career choice could be on the list, just waiting to be chosen!

[H/T: Daily Inspire]

Want to make your living eating ice cream? Ice cream tasters typically make around $50,000 each year, tasting all sorts of new, developing flavors.

Want to spend the rest of your life in a water park and make $30,000 each year? Just become a waterslide tester!

If you read the future, you'll likely never go hungry. Psychic readers typically make around $40,000 each year.

Professional racehorses need to run around in between races to stay fit. Stables, thus, hire horse riders to keep each of their horses active. These riders typically make $50,000 each year.

Talented voice-over artists lend their voices to animated movies, TV shows, commercials, podcasts, and so on, raking in around $80,000 annually.

Don't be fooled. Hot dog vendors, like those lining New York City's streets, can make between $30,000 to upwards of $100,000 each year.

For around $40,000 each year, IMAX screen cleaners work graveyard shifts, readying these large theaters for full days of larger-than-life movie screenings.

Who keeps all those fashionistas we gawk over looking their best? Why fashion stylists, of course! These trendy mavens can make anywhere from $25,000 to $100,000 per year.

Guided by scientific studies, people will pay a lot to reap the health benefits of human touch. Professional cuddlers exist, and generally earn as much as $60 per hour.

Genetic counselors typically make around $60,000 each year, counseling patients about their genetic predispositions for certain conditions and diseases.

Food stylists keep the food we crave looking completely delicious. They typically get paid around $30,000 to $50,000 annually, keeping our mouths perpetually watering.

Want to make $30,000 a year just lying around? No problem. Just become a furniture tester!

Our pets can't just eat any old food. That's why pet food tasters get paid $40,000 each year to methodically sample every new pet food variety before they hit stores.

Are you the life of a party? Capitalize on your talents and become a bingo master. Bingo masters typically rake in around $56,000 each year.

Fortune cookie writers lend their talents to crafting all sorts of lovely forward-thinking learnings. Their salaries typically fall somewhere between $28,000 and $75,000 each year.

Paying $100,000 or more depending how high you rank as an armed forces officer, bomb disposal diving is certainly both the riskiest and generally most monetarily rewarded job on our list.

Retailers are certainly always finding interesting new ways to sell their products. Many clothing retailers now employ real-life mannequins — typically paid $100 per hour — to mill around stores decked out in merchandise.

Sommeliers train for years, developing their refined palettes. Once they've passed all necessary training requirements, these wine experts can make upwards of $70,000 a year.

Elevator mechanics typically make around $50,000 each year. As long as you don't suffer from claustrophobia or a fear of heights, this seems like a pretty sweet gig.

What happens to all those golf balls golfers launch into course ponds and lakes? Trained golf ball divers plummet down into ponds' and lakes' depths, rescuing those balls from extinction. Surprisingly, this job can pay well over $100,000 each year. Why? Diving into many of these waters requires braving harsh chemicals, snapping turtles, poisonous snakes, and the like.