Also called: Pawn Shop Manager
Lends money using people's valuables (jewelry, tools, guitars) as collateral, and sells unclaimed items.
A man brings in a gold chain, so you test the gold, weigh it, offer a $300 loan and store the chain until he repays. Then you price a guitar for the sales floor.
Shop owners can earn much more than employees.
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; state pawnbroker licenses; learned on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Steady niche.
Low risk for 10 years. AI price lookups help appraise items, but sizing up customers, spotting fakes and haggling over a guitar stay human.
Classes: Business CTE class, Personal finance, Jewelry or metals art class, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-2031.
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