9 Boring But High Paying Remote Jobs (Always Hiring in 2025)

Summary

In this video, Shane Hummus highlights 9 high-paying but often overlooked remote jobs that are in demand and expected to grow in 2025. These jobs might not be the most exciting but offer financial security and flexibility. Positions include Funeral Sales Specialist, User Manual Writer, Statistics Validator, WordPress Support Technician, Documentation Writer, Database Administrator, Actuarial Analyst, Lead Management Coordinator, and Data Taxonomy Specialist. Each role is explained, detailing salary expectations, skill requirements, and pros and cons, emphasizing how many people have successfully entered these fields with minimal experience but a willingness to learn.

Highlights

• Discover remote jobs with high pay and low competition in 2025. 🏠
• Funeral Sales Specialist role is recession-proof with high commission potential. 💼
• User Manual Writers have a unique career translating tech to humans. 🌐
• Statistics Validators have low client interaction, perfect for math enthusiasts. ➗
• WordPress Support Techs work flexible hours and can lead to business ownership. 🌟
• Documentation Writers enjoy high salaries by streamlining corporate processes. 💼
• Database Admins manage essential data, earning up to $121k annually. 💾
• Actuarial Analysts have a high salary potential by assessing risk for insurers. 📉
• Lead Managers are crucial for handling sales efficiently, starting at $54k. 🚀
• Data Taxonomy Specialists earn well by organizing essential company info. 🔍

Key Takeaways

• Remote jobs that seem boring are often high-paying and in high demand for 2025! 🤑
• Funeral Sales Specialist offers stable income in a recession-proof industry. ⚰️
• User Manual Writers turn complex information into simple instructions. 📝
• Statistics Validators ensure data accuracy, acting like detectives for numbers. 🔍
• WordPress Support Technicians troubleshoot websites, making them IT superheroes. 💻
• Documentation Writers organize internal processes, like Marie Kondo for companies. 📚
• Database Administrators guard valuable data like a bank vault manager does cash. 🏦
• Actuarial Analysts use math to predict financial risks, like financial fortune tellers. 📊
• Lead Management Coordinators manage sales leads, ensuring no opportunity is missed. 📈
• Data Taxonomy Specialists organize digital information, akin to digital librarians. 🔡

Overview

Shane Hummus takes you on a journey through some of the most financially rewarding yet often overlooked remote jobs destined to be popular in 2025. He elaborates on each role, detailing the salary ranges and skills required, while also highlighting the lack of competition due to the perceived monotony of these jobs. This lack of allure among the general public turns out to be a blessing in disguise – offering great opportunities for those willing to venture into these fields.

Some standout roles discussed include the Funeral Sales Specialist, which leverages emotional skills for lucrative gains, and the User Manual Writer, whose job it is to communicate complex technical concepts in plain language. The video emphasizes that these positions are not only financially rewarding but also offer flexible working conditions, allowing for a desirable work-life balance.

The video also sheds light on roles like WordPress Support Technicians and Database Administrators, which are becoming increasingly critical with the ongoing digital transformation of businesses. As Shane explains, leveraging new skills and certifications in these areas can lead to impressive earnings, often outpacing more traditional career paths. These insights provide viewers with valuable information on career opportunities that promise growth and stability.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 02:30: Introduction & Job #1: Funeral Sales Specialist The chapter introduces the concept of profitable remote jobs that are often overlooked because they seem boring. The focus is on 'funeral sales specialist' as the first example. The narrator emphasizes that these jobs, including the funeral sales specialist, are frequently hiring as they aren't widely known, suggesting a potential opportunity for financial gain despite the mundane nature of the work.
• 02:30 - 04:00: Job #2: User Manual Writer The chapter discusses the role of a User Manual Writer focusing on creating content for funeral packages and services. It highlights the recession-proof nature of the job due to the inevitability of death, comparing it to taxes as unavoidable aspects of life. On a daily basis, the role involves selling funeral packages and services remotely, typically to funeral homes, but also assisting families in pre-planning arrangements and managing costs.
• 04:00 - 05:30: Job #3: Statistics Validator The chapter titled "Job #3: Statistics Validator" discusses a specialized job that can be performed remotely, often compared to wedding planning, though it is distinct. It highlights the salary range for this occupation, stating that base pay starts at $54,000, with potential earnings up to $86,000 annually through commissions. Despite the importance of the industry, the job is described as uncomfortable, resulting in low competition and minimal educational requirements to enter the profession.
• 05:30 - 07:00: Job #4: WordPress Support Technician This chapter discusses the role of a WordPress Support Technician as Job #4, emphasizing the potential for a lucrative career without requiring a degree or previous experience. It references a Reddit post by a funeral sales specialist who made over $120,000 in their first year by being compassionate and not pushy. The chapter highlights the importance of empathy, tough skin, and good sales skills, suggesting that significant earning potential exists even in the first year.
• 07:00 - 08:30: Job #5: Documentation Writer The chapter titled 'Job #5: Documentation Writer' discusses the pros and cons of pursuing a career as a documentation writer. It highlights that while you're not required to be a pushy salesperson or a 'sketchy used car salesman', having strong communication skills is crucial. The advantages include high commission potential, stability, and the opportunity to work in a growing field due to the aging population. However, the job is emotionally challenging, mentally draining, and requires a thick skin. Despite these challenges, the job holds an opportunity score of 8.5 out of 10, citing massive demand and minimal competition as key reasons.
• 08:30 - 10:00: Job #6: Database Administrator In this chapter titled 'Job #6: Database Administrator', the focus is on finding value in unique job opportunities, using the metaphorical encouragement to 'gently tap that like button.' The text introduces the role of a user manual writer, who is responsible for creating documentation for various products, software, and services. The job involves translating complex technical information into user-friendly instructions, serving as a bridge between technical experts and general users. This role offers the flexibility of working from home and implies a decent salary, although specific figures aren't provided.
• 10:00 - 11:30: Job #7: Actuarial Analyst The chapter discusses the job of an Actuarial Analyst, noting that entry-level positions have salaries starting at $47,000 and can rise to $76,000 annually. It emphasizes necessary skills such as clear writing ability, attention to detail, basic technical knowledge, and a significant amount of patience. The chapter also shares an inspiring story about a subscriber who secured this position without prior experience after taking a technical writing course and creating a portfolio, now earning $65,000 annually while working 25 hours a week. The benefits of being an Actuarial Analyst include a steady workflow, quiet and independent work environment, and the fact that it is a growing field.
• 11:30 - 13:00: Job #8: Lead Management Coordinator This chapter discusses the role of a Lead Management Coordinator in the tech industry. The role can be repetitive, requires keen attention to detail, and involves tight deadlines. However, it is highly demanded in the tech sector and has relatively low competition. The opportunity score for this job is rated as 7.5 out of 10, primarily due to its high demand and low competition. The text also references a promotional offer for a technical writing certificate available on Coursera, encouraging readers to take advantage of a discount.
• 13:00 - 15:00: Job #9: Data Taxonomy Specialist The role of a Data Taxonomy Specialist involves validating statistical data seen in various media, such as claims like '9 out of 10 dentists recommend XYZ.' The job requires analyzing data for accuracy and validity by checking research methodologies to ensure companies aren't making false claims. The role is akin to being a detective but focused on solving mathematical problems rather than crimes. Salaries range from $40,000 to $64,000 annually.
• 15:00 - 16:30: Conclusion & Additional Resources The conclusion chapter emphasizes the key skills required for certain job roles, highlighting the importance of analytical skills, statistical knowledge, attention to detail, and basic programming. These skills are critical as errors, particularly in statistics, can lead to costly consequences such as legal issues over advertising campaigns. The chapter outlines the pros and cons of such roles: they are well-suited for individuals who excel in mathematics, offer stable work hours, and have minimal client interaction. However, these roles can become monotonous, require sustained focus, and come with deadline pressures. Despite these challenges, the chapter assigns an opportunity score of 8 out of 10, underscoring the value and demand for such expertise in the job market.

9 Boring But High Paying Remote Jobs (Always Hiring in 2025) Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 the most profitable remote jobs are often the most boring ones and you might not want to hear it but it's the truth and many of these jobs are pretty much always hiring because most people don't even know they exist so let me show you nine remote jobs that might put you to sleep but will definitely wake up your bank account and the best part these positions literally can't hire people fast enough so let's dive in before someone else takes your spot first on the list is going to be a funeral sales specialist and listen I know what you're thinking it sounds very boring and ALS
• 00:30 - 01:00 Al pretty morbid but the truth is somebody's got to do it and this job is literally Recession Proof why because well people are always going to be dying right just like they say death and taxes are the only two things that you'll never be able to avoid and in terms of what you'll be doing on a day-to-day basis in this job you'll be selling funeral packages and services remotely and a quick explanation of this job is you'll basically be selling funeral packages and services remotely and typically you will be selling these products and services to a funeral home but you also might be helping families pre-plan arrangements and manage cost
• 01:00 - 01:30 cost and the best thing is you can do all of it from the comfort of your home and you can think of it like being a wedding planner but okay no it's it's not like being a wedding planner it's a totally different type of ceremony now base pay here starts at 54,000 and commissions put it up to $86,000 a year annually and typically there's not a lot of people who want to be in this position for obvious reasons it's just a very uncomfortable industry in general to be in although it is a very important industry and so there's not a lot of competition to get into these jobs and in many cases you don't need a college
• 01:30 - 02:00 degree or previous experience you just need to be willing to work in the industry and you can make pretty good money right off the bat now I found this fascinating Reddit post from a funeral sales specialist they mentioned making over 120,000 in their first year just by being compassionate and not pushy with families so those numbers that I gave earlier of 50 to 880,000 sometimes you can make a lot more even in your first year now some of the skills needed for this are going to be empathy lots of it you also have to have really tough skin you're going to need to be relatively good at sales but actually it's it's not
• 02:00 - 02:30 a very pushy type of sales you know you're not some kind of sketchy used car salesman and you also need to have strong communication skills so the pros of this one are there is high commission potential it's a stable industry and you're going to be in a growing field with aging population the cons are it's emotionally challenging and it can be mentally draining and it requires thick skin but overall I'm going to give this one an opportunity score of 8.5 out of 10 why because there's massive demand an aging population and most people won't consider this field so you basically have zero competition now if you're
• 02:30 - 03:00 finding value in these unique opportunities gently tap that like button because it really helps more people discover these hidden gemms next is going to be a user manual writer and if you've ever wondered who writes those instruction manuals that nobody actually reads well you're in luck because we're about to talk about it and a quick explanation here is you create documentation for products software and services you break down complex information into simple steps and you do it all while working in your pajamas so you can think of it like being a translator between Tech nerds and normal human beings and the salary here even at
• 03:00 - 03:30 entry level is about 47 and can go up to $76,000 a year and the skills needed are going to be clear writing ability attention to detail basic technical knowledge and patience lots of it and an anecdote here is one of my subscribers landed this job with zero experience just by taking a technical writing course and building a portfolio and they now make $65,000 a year working about 25 hours a week now some of the pros here are a steady workflow it's quiet independent work and it is an growing
• 03:30 - 04:00 field with tech expansion some of the cons are it can be repetitive it does require extreme attention to detail and deadlines can be tight but overall opportunity score I'm going to give it a 7.5 out of 10 why well high demand in Tech sector and relatively low competition because let's be honest it's like watching paint dry at least for most people speaking of technical writing if you want to boost your skills corsera is offering their technical writing certificate at a massive discount this week so check the link in the description to save up to 50% off your first month and I'll keep that link up for as as long as I can just click it
• 04:00 - 04:30 down in the description and the pin comment below next is going to be a statistics validator and you know those weird stats that you see everywhere like 9 out of 10 dentists recommend XYZ well someone has to actually verify those numbers and in order to do this you'll need to analyze data for accuracy and validity check research methodologies and make sure companies aren't making false claims so think of it like being a detective but instead of solving crimes you're solving math problems and the salary here starts at 40,000 and can reach up to 64 4,000 annually plus
• 04:30 - 05:00 bonuses for project completion now some skills that you need here are strong analytical skills statistical knowledge attention to detail and some basic programming can be helpful and companies are desperate for these roles because one wrong statistic in an ad campaign could cost them millions in lawsuits so the pros of this one are it's perfect for math nerds there's stable work hours and there's pretty much no client interaction the cons here are it can be monotonous it does require constant focus and there is deadline pressure but overall I'm going to give this one an opportunity score of 8 out of 10 why
• 05:00 - 05:30 because there's growing demand due to datadriven marketing and strict advertising laws now by the way drop a comment below with which of these jobs interest you the most I read every comment and I might make a detailed video about the most requested ones next is going to be a WordPress support technition and if you ever wondered who fixes websites when they break at 3:00 a.m. this is that position so you'll help people fix their WordPress websites troubleshoot plug-in issues and themes and basically be like a website doctor and you can think of it being like an IT superhero saving small business businesses one crashed website at a time
• 05:30 - 06:00 and the salary here at the entry level starts off at 42,000 and it can reach $63,000 a year with experience now the skills needed here are going to be WordPress knowledge basic HTML and CSS problem solving skills and customer service mindset and the pros are it's always in demand it can lead to business ownership there's flexible hours and the cons are it can require odd hours in some situations you do need to stay updated with changes and it can be stressful during emergencies so over overall I'm going to give this one an
• 06:00 - 06:30 opportunity score of 9 out of 10 why well WordPress Powers 43% of all websites and that number keeps growing and if you know someone who's good with numbers or doesn't mind working a boring job go ahead and share this video with them they might thank you later now by the way I've seen a lot of people requesting videos and commenting on all of the work from home job scams that are out there and so I actually put together a complete guide on remote work red flags how to spot and avoid work from home scams and you can grab it completely free by clicking the link in the description and the pin comment below next is going to be a
• 06:30 - 07:00 documentation writer and this is different from manual writers these folks document internal processes for big companies and basically you create Internal Documentation for companies you write process guides and Sops and you basically turn chaos into order and you can think of it like being a corporate Marie condo but instead of organizing closets you organize information now you start here at about 69,000 you can get up to about $125,000 a year so it pays really well so if you're the type of person who loves organizing things this could be great for you and the skills need here
• 07:00 - 07:30 are clear writing ability organization skills interview skills and process mapping now a former pharmacy technician I knew switched to this career during covid-19 and now makes double her previous salary working from home so this is legit now the pros here are it's high paying there's regular hours it's a growing field the cons are it can be repetitive there's lots of meetings and there's multiple revisions and I'm going to go ahead and give this one an 8.5 out of 10 opportunity score because it's a little bit harder to get into than some of the other ones on the list but it also pays better too next is going to be to be a database administrator and you
• 07:30 - 08:00 know how everyone's talking about data being the new oil right well someone needs to manage all that oil and in this position you maintain and protect company databases you ensure data is secure and accessible and you basically are just a data Guardian so you can think of it like being a bank vault manager but instead of cash you're protecting valuable information an entry level position start at about $70,000 and you can reach up to $121,000 a year with experience oh and there's a lot of super high-paying jobs you can go into down the line that pay even more now some skills that you need
• 08:00 - 08:30 here are database management SQL knowledge security awareness and problem solving skills and companies are so desperate for dbas that one of my viewers got hired with just a certification and basic experience and they now make six figures working remotely check out the Google data analytics professional certificate if you want to get started with something like that that's what the viewer used I'll put it down in the description and the pin comment below now the pros here are high salary potential job security and regular hours the cons are on call ations High responsibility and constant
• 08:30 - 09:00 learning is required now I'm going to give this one an opportunity score of 9.5 out of 10 because I've actually seen people land this job with very little experience it's also a critical role there's High pay and there's growing demand and by the way don't miss out on more hidden job opportunities like this hit that subscribe buttton and notification Bell to stay updated now by the way last year young people were surveyed and they said that the number one career that they want to go into is becoming a YouTuber and I would have to agree it's pretty awesome so if you want to know how to become a YouTuber I made
• 09:00 - 09:30 a completely free guide called from Zero to Hero the low tech guide to YouTube success and you can check that out in the description and the pin comment below all right next is Actuarial analyst and if you ever wondered who calculates the odds of bad things happening well this is that person and in this position you'll analyze risk and probability for insurance companies and you'll also create Financial models and basically be a fortune teller with a calculator and you can think of it like being a weather forecaster but instead of predicting rain you're going to predict Financial storms so it's kind of like a much more boring version of The
• 09:30 - 10:00 Big Short and the salary starts at $95,000 a year and can reach up to 152,000 plus bonuses based on certifications so the pay is really really good and according to Investopedia actuaries spend most of their day building Financial models and spreadsheets making them one of the few people in the world who actually use what they learned in math class so the skills you need here are of course strong mathematical ability statistical analysis Excel Mastery and very strong problem Sol in skills the pros here are
• 10:00 - 10:30 high salary potential a stable career path and you get to work in a respected profession now the cons are it is a difficult certification process it can be repetitive and there's a heavy mental workload and the opportunity score I'm going to give it a 9 out of 10 why high demand High pay and low competition due to math requirements next is a lead management coordinator and you know all those sales leads companies get well someone has to make sure that they don't get lost and that's exactly what you'll be doing in this position you'll track and manage incoming sales leads you'll
• 10:30 - 11:00 ensure proper followup and basically be a traffic controller for potential customers now the base pay starts at about 54,000 and you can reach up to 83,000 with experience plus commission opportunities and again it's one that's relatively easy to get into you basically don't have to have any experience or if you do have to have experience you can very easily generate it in you know just like I talk about in other videos by freelancing or doing some free gigs on the side now some skills needed here are organization skills CRM experience commun ation abilities and basic sales knowledge and
• 11:00 - 11:30 the pros here are it's a growing field it's remote work friendly there's a clear career path and the cons are that it can be stressful it does require multitasking and there is sales pressure and the opportunity score is 7.5 out of 10 why high demand but moderate competition next is going to be a data taxonomy specialist yes this is a job title that makes everyone say what the heck is that and basically in this position you organize and classify data for large companies you create systems for categorizing information and you're
• 11:30 - 12:00 basically like a librarian for the digital age now entry level starts around 77,000 and you can reach up to $139,000 a year with experience and this is one of the dozens of different datar related jobs out there that are relatively easy to get into and you can make really big money now one 19-year-old on Reddit landed this job with no degree just by showing initiative and Technical aptitude and they now make six figures just organizing data so you absolutely can land these types of job jobs without
• 12:00 - 12:30 having a college degree or previous experience and the skills needed are organization skills attention to detail database knowledge and analytical thinking and the pros here are it does have a super high salary potential not only in the role itself but also other roles that you can go into later on it's also a growing field and there's relatively low stress the cons are it can be monotonous it does require constant learning and there's limited advancement and I know quite a few data analysts and data scientists or people just involved in data out there and it is relatively boring a lot of them do
• 12:30 - 13:00 get bored with their work and then they end up starting YouTube channels or something like that and honestly that's a very quality problem to have and overall I'm going to give this one an opportunity score of 9 out of 10 because there's high demand low competition and companies desperately need data related Talent now if you're interested in the best way to get educated very quickly without having to spend $100,000 on a college degree or buy A10 to $30,000 boot camp I did make a video on the best certificates that are available out there that are most likely to land you a job and you can check that out by
• 13:00 - 13:30 clicking right here