Bell Curve

Bell Curve

1
5%

Oh Gee, Not Again! Salary: $25,000 or less

Strike one: Your nickname around the construction site is "Curly Stooge." Strike two: No one is laughing. Strike three: Hang your head in shame, because you're fired. Try not to fall into the deep fryer at Taco Duke, you klutz.

2
25%

Whoopsie McGee.
Salary: $31,000

You work at a shipyard moving shipping containers around. It's pretty awesome, but one day, three years into your career, you swing the hook a little too fast and topple a crate of luxury litter boxes. It's not a disaster, but for some reason, you don't move up a pay grade for another decade.

3
50%

Johnny Average.
Salary: $35,000

You forklift boxes all day around a warehouse. It doesn't matter what's in them, you love lifting them. You started at eighteen, and your coworkers are your best friends. The schedule is flexible, the salary takes care of everything you need, and life is good.

4
75%

Hey, You're Pretty Good At This.
Salary: $42,000

Ahh, the fresh air, the smell of freshly felled trees. You carry logs for a living in the Pacific Northwest using a super-swagadelic truck. What more is there to say? Life is dope.

5
95%

Boss Hog.
Salary: $51,000

It took a couple decades, about a million tons of cargo lifted and sorted, and a little bit of butt-kissing, but finally, all your friends in the workplace call you "boss." You're the floor supervisor, and you make sure everything runs smoothly in the warehouse. Total honesty? It's an easier job, but if something happens, you take the rap. Mo' money, mo' problems (source).