Better paying jobs in DR?

Anastacio

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So my lass has decided to go back into education, I've thought it to be best to find out where the money is and then for her to consider what she fancies.
So, what are the better paying jobs in this country?
 

Chirimoya

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Shouldn't the starting point be her skills, or potential, and limitations? Just one example, simultaneous translators can charge handsomely.
 
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BermudaRum

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Airport immigration officers. Especially the ones that keep 100% of the fines paid by those that overstay their visa limit. Then again, you really don’t need a university degree to apply for this job, you just need to be a Dominican.
 

bienamor

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Airport immigration officers. Especially the ones that keep 100% of the fines paid by those that overstay their visa limit. Then again, you really don?t need a university degree to apply for this job, you just need to be a Dominican.

If your paying the ones in the little booth your paying the wrong one!!!
 

PICHARDO

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As Cobra said, the best (paying) jobs in the DR belong to those that either operate their own biz or are introduced to them via a well connected party within the biz itself.

By "best" I mean that are jobs were work qualifications don't necessarily go hand in hand with what you make, but how easy you get your cheque.

There a tons of good paid jobs in the DR, just not the run in the mill that many paradise seeking foreigners think they'll find in the DR...

To give you just one example: One of my nephews working in the DR (Santo Domingo), works as an assistant to a private bank's top executive. For his job he makes some US$3,600 a month in wages, without the added benefits like health insurance, paid vacations, gas allowances, car, bonuses, etc...

His qualifications? Just a degree in BA and being able to handled Spanish, English and French as good as each could be his native language. No prior BA experience or a DR job when he got that one.

I know plenty of middle class people with salaries beyond that and on that level as well in Santiago alone!

In the DR you get what you pay for! If you really think companies like Leon Jimenez and other private employers pay the state enforced wage levels, you are making a serious mistake!
 

dv8

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miesposo's tia is a plastic surgeon. makes maybe one million a year. dollars.
a friends is a computer/telephone/server specialist and has worked for ladronel fernandez himself, makes about 150.000 pesos a month. sometimes more.
 
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DipreSantana

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miesposo's tia is a plastic surgeon. makes maybe one million a year. dollars.
a friends is a computer/telephone/server specialist and has worked for ladronel fernandez himself, makes about 150.000 pesos a month. sometimes more.

A million dollars a year here in DR? That's crazy.


And people need to stop generalizing, though I've had my neighbor ask me for money a few times, the first time I gave it to her, the next three times I told her I had none, and she never asked again.
 

dv8

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i know people who make more than that, they run their own companies. this is by far the best source of money on this island, i suppose. other than that doctors, as i mentioned, lawyers, computer specialists. and then again not all of them. you need skills plus experience plus some contacts in the area you want to work in. and you need some brains too to invest your money wisely and make money on making money :)
 
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RacerX

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Or high end auto repair. Aint no Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti specialists on this island even though there are many of them here. Especially on 85 octane leaded fuel. haha!
 

dv8

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actually car-related businesses do well here, gas stations are a prime example of a money making negocio. my favourite, however, has to be one of the car dealerships in santiago proudly displaying logos of cars on sale: maserati, lamborghini, ferrari, porsche, volvo :)
 

Adrian Bye

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you have to combine 3 things:

1. what you really like to do
2. what you are good at (ie top 5%)
3. what you will be well compensated for/is highly valued by the market

its worth spending a lot of time filtering ideas through these three points, then you find something to keep you happy for a long time.
 

RacerX

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actually car-related businesses do well here, gas stations are a prime example of a money making negocio. my favourite, however, has to be one of the car dealerships in santiago proudly displaying logos of cars on sale: maserati, lamborghini, ferrari, porsche, volvo :)

hahaha! do they actually SELL the car or just the logo?