18 Prestigious Jobs With Surprisingly Low Pay

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Optometrist

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Optometrists make less than you might think.

One of the main reasons people go to college and graduate school is to find a high-paying job when they're done.

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But a college education and a prestigious job doesn't necessarily mean you'll be raking in the cash.

Some of these gigs, like being an architect or an optometrist, pay well below what you might expect.

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Using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on the mean salary of full-time civilian workers, we've picked out some of the most prestigious jobs that have surprisingly low earnings.