High Paying Jobs that Lets You Travel the World

A job that pays you well and also allows you to travel extensively is a career everyone dreams about. Well, it need not be aspirational because there are jobs out there where you can do both. Here are top jobs that let you take a vacation while you are at work:

Photographers

Average income: $41,940 Average paid time off: 14.8 days

In this job you can travel the world with a camera in hand taking breathtaking pictures. Your photos will be sought by every company’s marketing and communication department. Other than having a full-time job, you can earn your money by selling stock photos or prints.

Translator

Average income: $51,790 Average paid time off: 17.3 days

As a translator you can work with businesses with international operations or as an interpreter. If you want to make a career here spruce up your language skills by doing a course for a certification.

Private Detectives and Investigators

Average income: $55,080 Average paid time off: 10.9 days

As a private detective or investigator, you can be hired by individuals or attorneys for civil or criminal disputes, you can travel to any part of the world.

Millwrights

Average income: $55,290 Average paid time off: 11.4 days

Millwrights — better known as industrial mechanics install, dismantle, repair and assemble machinery for factories, power plants and construction sites, you can find work where machinery is required.

Locomotive Engineer

Average income: $65,980 Average paid time off: 11.4 days

As a locomotive engineer you will not have a typical 40-hour work week, so this profession might be a good option. But it’s not a lifestyle for everyone as you’re expected to be on call much like a pilot.

Zoologist/Wildlife Biologists

Average income: $66,250 Average paid time off: 14 days

In this profession you will have to travel observing habitats and doing your field research.

Travel Writer

Average income: $70,760 Average paid time off: 14.8 days

A travel writer can be a full-time contributor to a website, magazine or newspaper or work as a freelance writer.

Market Research Analyst

Average income: $71,450 Average paid time off: 9.8 days

In this job you can work from anywhere and will be in demand during product launches.