Are These Jobs Worth Their Salaries?

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

Ramsey Network

Business

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Money isn’t everything, but it’s something to consider when choosing your career path. In this episode, George and Rachel talk about the salaries (and cost of education) for some of the top jobs in America. They share what industries they would work in if they could do any job in the world, then talk about celebrity salaries and the amazing thing Taylor Swift did for her truck drivers. In this episode: The salaries people make in America’s most popular jobs What George would do if he worked for big brands Which career Rachel thinks should make more money Helpful Resources: · Booking a flight with Going is the best and simplest way to pay less and travel more. Sign up for free today at going.com/smartmoney. · Get your finances organized, make a plan, build your confidence, and kick money stress out of your life for good with the EveryDollar budgeting app. Go to www.everydollar.com/smartmoney to get a free two-week trial and $15 off your premium membership to EveryDollar. · Do you have a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George? Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. · Learn more about your ad choices: https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices · Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy: https://www.ramseysolutions.com/compa... This Week’s Happy Hour Special: Strawberry Basil Mocktail Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries 4–5 fresh basil leaves 12 ounces seltzer 1 lime (half juiced, half sliced) Instructions: Roughly chop the strawberries and cut the lime in half. Muddle the strawberries, basil and the juice from half the lime. Fill two tall glasses with crushed ice and divide the berry mixture between them. Top with seltzer and garnish with a slice of lime and fresh basil.

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0:00.5	This episode is brought to you by the budgeting app every dollar.
0:10.0	Hey guys, I'm Rachel Cruz. I'm George Campbell. And this is smart money. Happy hour.
0:15.9	Here's George. Cheers.
0:19.9	Very refreshing. So great. Yeah. Well, this is the podcast for two friends who happened to be
0:26.4	money experts talk about what you're talking about. So everything from pop culture, current events,
0:31.0	and money. And today we are talking about something controversial, salaries. Yes. Dun dun dun.
0:38.6	The tell all from pro athletes to Oscar winning actors to your kids English teacher and pediatrician.
0:44.6	We are covering it all in this episode. No one is safe. No one is safe. How much do people get paid?
0:50.4	Because people don't talk about the subject. You're not like most people aren't casual. Well,
0:54.2	they talk about it in the sense of like equality and equal pay and it's not fair. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
0:59.5	So we're going to cover all of that average household income, salary, trends, all the hot topics.
1:04.4	We're going to cover it from the everyday people's jobs to out of touch people's jobs, you know.
1:10.8	You know, everyone has a moment where we're like, oh, it's just good to know. It's good to know what
1:15.3	people make. So we're going to chat about it, you guys. That's exciting. But before we crunch the
1:20.4	numbers, Rachel, let's share what we're sipping on today. Yeah. This is a strawberry basil mocktail from
1:26.4	our mocktail girlies out there. And it's always like, y'all got to do mocktail because I don't. That's
1:31.5	hey, this is for you. And this is a good one. Do they say that George? I can't. They say it with
1:35.6	that accent. I don't know why. But the people appreciate it. I've seen in the reviews. They're like,
1:40.4	thank you for doing the mocktails. It's so fun to have a fun drink. I bought some in a can
1:45.0	yesterday from Costco. About what in a can? Kirkland King was at Costco on a Sunday, Rachel. Yeah,
1:50.4	that's dedication. But what did you buy in a can? You said, we, I bought it. What is it?
1:55.0	Moctails in a can. Oh, for Whitney. Yes. Sweet. Yes. So I'm excited to try them. There's a key lime
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