12 Hot Contract Jobs

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12 Hot Contract Jobs: Earn More than a Full-Timer
By Siri Anderson

Money, money, money - though these days it seems hard to come by, you might just need to think like a contractor to find it.

In an economic state like our current one, more employers offer contract jobs to save on benefits and other expenses involved in a full-time hire. But because they spend less in other areas, they're usually willing to pay better hourly rates to contractors.

The information technology industry is known for relying heavily on contractors and pays them particularly well. If that's not your field, there's still a wide variety of jobs where contractors are paid significantly better than a full-time employee. PayScale ran the numbers on 12 common contracting jobs to find out just how much of a raise you could score by accepting one.

Dec 14th 2009 1:52PM

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