If one quit high school in America, what occupations would they be qualified to do?

Question

Can American high school drop-outs get employment? If so, what specific occupations are reserved usually for these people?

Answer 1

Not many jobs are available other than menial labor--janitors, busboys, fast food, etc.

Answer 2

Is the employment opportunities much different from australia to america?? I'm in aus, and quit high school in year 10.. and am now a branch manager of a graphic design company and i am only 24.. and make $20 an hour.. where as It seems to be alot of people I know that leave school and get a job early have a better work ethic than people I know that go to uni.. alot of my friends that have completed university are still working retail and at petrol stations??

Answer 3

Well, they would include the kind of jobs that usually go to immigrants who don't speak much English. They tend to be very repetitive, and yes, they do often involve manual labor or particularly unpleasant work, like scrubbing toilets. Some of them are actually dangerous and low-paying.

US census figures show that high school graduates and those with some degree of college or university education can expect their incomes to rise over the course of their career. How steeply average incomes at each of those levels rise depends on the level of education. As a general rule, the more education you have, the more your income increases as you get older.

For those who have not completed high school, however, their average incomes rise very slightly through their twenties and thirties, then start to go down. In other words, while everyone else is making more money as they get older, high school dropouts are making less, perhaps because they can no longer lift as much weight as they used to.

I've linked to the data from the US census below. You can graph the data yourself to see how it stacks up.

You...do have computer skills...don't you?

You might beat the average and make a bunch of money as another answerer suggested. How much of your lifetime earnings are you willing to bet on it?

Answer 4

Usually menial jobs like janitorial work, fast food jobs, yard work or garbage collection. However, it is possible to get a GED and then continue on to higher education and training for a better job.

Answer 5

You can get work, but it doesn't pay well--it's mostly service sector stuff, which absolutely sucks. However, if you at least get your GED, many of those places will be willing to train you for management, which pays better. Otherwise, you'll be stuck in a dead end job for the rest of your life.

Answer 6

no longer many. If the objective is to make a super form of money, there are 2 conceivable routes: some a hundred% commisioned revenues gigs do no longer care what training you have. And, you could consistently initiate your person business enterprise.

Answer 7

I am one of "these people" of which you speak.

I have been with same company for several years working in both the customer service and technical departments. I also proofread and edit our newsletters and business templates.

By the way, you need to work on sentence agreement and syntax.

Answer 8

Nothing is especially reserved for them...but not too many people are goign to hire a high school dropout.

Even McDonald's isn't. They could get a job cleaning out kennels, or something like that.......

Answer 9

Good luck. That is a hard life. Get your GED and you can work in grocery chains, restaurants, but better to get your GED. Good luck.

Answer 10

Yard work, building maintenance, gardner, maid, house keeper, butler, work at the humane society. Not much, really.