Band "Manager." Salary: $15,000 

You're "managing" a band. Too bad it's a middle school band of pimply trombone players and whiny flutists. This wasn't what you had in mind, eh?

Helping Out Some Friends. Salary: $22,000 

You scored your band (which is really just your music-playing friends) their first gig, and now they're playing small clubs all over the city. It's not much money, but it might actually be the start of something good.

The Real Deal. Salary: $64,000 

The band is headed on tour, hitting all the finest steakhouses and seediest clubs along the way. Watch out, southeastern United States.

Management from Afar. Salary: $87,000 

With the band starting the European leg of their world tour, you decide to stay home on the sidelines for a bit. You're in talks with iTunes for ridiculously large sums of money—like way-better-than-a-trip-to-Prague-type money.

Manager Extraordinaire. Salary: $233,000 

Six platinum records for the band, sixty platinum watches for you. Your pals Beyoncé and Jay-Z are coming over for dinner tonight. You're planning to order sushi and discuss an upcoming collaboration with the superstars.