Also called: Snow Plowing Contractor, Commercial Snow Management Owner
Owns a company with trucks and plows that clears snow and salts parking lots for stores, hospitals and apartments in cold states.
At 2 a.m. the storm starts, and you send out eight trucks and a skid steer to 40 parking lots that must be clear before stores open. You stay up for 30 hours, fixing a broken plow blade in a blizzard. In summer many owners switch to landscaping or sell next winter's contracts.
Income depends on how much it snows and on contracts signed.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; equipment and business experience.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration, Landscape Management.
Growing about average. Steady in snowbelt states; mild winters hurt.
Low risk for 10 years. Weather apps and GPS help plan routes; plowing and salting lots through a night storm stays human.
Classes: Small engine repair, Business class, Earth science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 37-1012.
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