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The spookiest jobs and what they pay

  • Median annual salary: $62,300. You'll determine things like cause and time of death, check out crime scenes, and be a witness in murder trials. Your work will help crack cases. You need a bachelor's degree in forensics. (Getty)
    1/6

    Coroner

    Median annual salary: $62,300. You'll determine things like cause and time of death, check out crime scenes, and be a witness in murder trials. Your work will help crack cases. You need a bachelor's degree in forensics. (Getty)
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  • Median annual salary: $60,300. Here's a way to get your fill of bodily fluids and nerd out over fingerprints and fiber details. Like a coroner, you'll help solve cases. A bachelor's degree is typically required. (Getty)
    2/6

    Forensic scientist

    Median annual salary: $60,300. Here's a way to get your fill of bodily fluids and nerd out over fingerprints and fiber details. Like a coroner, you'll help solve cases. A bachelor's degree is typically required. (Getty)
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  • Median annual salary: $38,200. You might need to get rid of asbestos one day and radioactive or nuclear waste the next. All you need is a high school diploma or GED, and be okay with spending your days with toxic waste. (Getty)
    3/6

    Hazardous materials removal worker

    Median annual salary: $38,200. You might need to get rid of asbestos one day and radioactive or nuclear waste the next. All you need is a high school diploma or GED, and be okay with spending your days with toxic waste. (Getty)
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  • Median annual salary: $36,200. Yes, there are lots of dead bodies involved, but consoling grieving family members is also a big part of the job description. A healthy dose of kindness and empathy, plus a degree in mortuary sciences is all you need to get started. (Getty)
    4/6

    Mortician

    Median annual salary: $36,200. Yes, there are lots of dead bodies involved, but consoling grieving family members is also a big part of the job description. A healthy dose of kindness and empathy, plus a degree in mortuary sciences is all you need to get started. (Getty)
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  • Median Annual Salary: $31,600. Sure, brides sobbing over how their makeup turned out is super scary, but there is also a possible zombies and demons angle. You could work for a theatre company or production studio to make your scary visions come to life. You'll need training, but a lack of post-secondary education isn't likely to stand in the way. (Getty)
    5/6

    Makeup artist

    Median Annual Salary: $31,600. Sure, brides sobbing over how their makeup turned out is super scary, but there is also a possible zombies and demons angle. You could work for a theatre company or production studio to make your scary visions come to life. You'll need training, but a lack of post-secondary education isn't likely to stand in the way. (Getty)
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  • Median Annual Salary: $27,900. You might think that delicious burger just magically appeared on your plate. But in reality, someone had to kill a cow, clean the carcass, and pack it up for shipping. Training is mostly on the job, so no degree requirements here. Being able to stomach dead animals is about all you really need. (Getty)
    6/6

    Slaughterer or meat packer

    Median Annual Salary: $27,900. You might think that delicious burger just magically appeared on your plate. But in reality, someone had to kill a cow, clean the carcass, and pack it up for shipping. Training is mostly on the job, so no degree requirements here. Being able to stomach dead animals is about all you really need. (Getty)
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Median annual salary: $62,300. You'll determine things like cause and time of death, check out crime scenes, and be a witness in murder trials. Your work will help crack cases. You need a bachelor's degree in forensics. (Getty)
Median annual salary: $60,300. Here's a way to get your fill of bodily fluids and nerd out over fingerprints and fiber details. Like a coroner, you'll help solve cases. A bachelor's degree is typically required. (Getty)
Median annual salary: $38,200. You might need to get rid of asbestos one day and radioactive or nuclear waste the next. All you need is a high school diploma or GED, and be okay with spending your days with toxic waste. (Getty)
Median annual salary: $36,200. Yes, there are lots of dead bodies involved, but consoling grieving family members is also a big part of the job description. A healthy dose of kindness and empathy, plus a degree in mortuary sciences is all you need to get started. (Getty)
Median Annual Salary: $31,600. Sure, brides sobbing over how their makeup turned out is super scary, but there is also a possible zombies and demons angle. You could work for a theatre company or production studio to make your scary visions come to life. You'll need training, but a lack of post-secondary education isn't likely to stand in the way. (Getty)
Median Annual Salary: $27,900. You might think that delicious burger just magically appeared on your plate. But in reality, someone had to kill a cow, clean the carcass, and pack it up for shipping. Training is mostly on the job, so no degree requirements here. Being able to stomach dead animals is about all you really need. (Getty)
Jessy Bains

You might think your job is scary—maybe you’ve used words like bloodbath to describe staffing cuts. Or perhaps you work in a toxic environment. Well, some people literally have to deal with these things to make a living. So, in the spirt of Halloween, we bring you six downright spooky jobs and what they pay, along with what you’ll need to get your foot in the door. The data was compiled, purely coincidentally, by job search site Monster.ca.

Jessy Bains is a senior reporter at Yahoo Finance Canada. Follow him on Twitter @jessysbains.

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