15 jobs you thought paid well, but don’t..

14. Fashion Designer – Average Salary: $70,000

Many dream of becoming the next Michael Kors or Marc Jacobs, but you have better odds making it as a professional athlete. The Fashion Designer job market is really saturated and each opening brings hundreds or even thousands of applicants. Because there are so many applicants, fashion companies don’t have to pay their associates very much. A Fashion Designer (associate level) can expect to make around $70K which sounds pretty good except when you consider where most of these jobs are located. Living in New York City on a salary of $70K is like earning $50K in Chicago or $35K in Indianapolis. Oh, and the job is no cake walk, the hours are long and your co-workers are often high on drama.