9. Food scientist (ice cream taster)
Annual salary – $66,031
I bet that your first thought was how mouthwatering job this is! Imagine a job where somebody pays you to try a sample of ice cream, and then write your impressions and ideas how to improve the taste. Even though that sounds great, the job we are describing here is not that easy and delicious. The food scientist, that’s at number 9 on our list of odd jobs that pay the most without a degree, has to recognize every component of ice cream, their characteristics and how they match together, estimate the correct amount and how it effects the taste of ice cream. When all of these steps are done, they have to try literally every version of ice cream while the tongue turns red.