# Highest paying job for which one must wear a name tag **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 14, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844 "2018-02-14T20:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/1 "2018-02-14T20:27:52Z")
In the thread about unconventional advice, **Chefguy** contributed this: > [@](#): > > When my oldest son was considering not going to college, I pointed out the teeming masses of people working in jobs with their name stitched on the front (me included at the time) and asked him if that was what he wanted to do. He replied in the negative, so I told him ‘Well, if you stay uninformed, you’re likely to end up uniformed.’ He looked puzzled at first, then started to smile as he got the word play. Made me wonder what are the most high paying and / or prestigious jobs that still require wearing a name tag? Let’s not count IDs on lanyards and such, because these days it seems everyone from emotional support hamsters and up have to wear those. I’m thinking clip-on name plates or stitched names on shirts and jackets. My thoughts so far: - Doctor? Do they still wear name plates in hospitals? - High ranking military officers like generals and admirals. Name plates are part of the uniform, no? - Airline pilot. That’s usually, but not always, part of the uniform (my company issues them). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/2 "2018-02-14T20:34:34Z")
Astronauts? ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/3 "2018-02-14T20:37:17Z")
You said stitched, so by that defintioon it would have to be professional athletes. Their names are stitched on to their shirts…jerseys, whatever. Point is they have to wear a uniform, and it has their name on it. ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/4 "2018-02-14T20:37:18Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > My thoughts so far: > > - Doctor? Do they still wear name plates in hospitals? Yep. My name is embroidered on my white coat plus I wear a hospital ID card. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/5 "2018-02-14T21:34:02Z")
Probably not the highest, but managers of large department stores like Target and Walmart make quite a bit of money (six figures plus). ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/6 "2018-02-14T21:59:38Z")
Possible winner - real estate agents. Wearing your nametag AT ALL TIMES is a must for top producers, since it leads to questions from strangers and is a great way to passively prospect for clients. Income? Well, the average for all agents is about $40,000 a year, but if you’re wearing your name plate all the time, as all the top producers do, you’re looking at probably $150,000 - $300,000 year. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/7 "2018-02-14T22:32:10Z")
Any secure facility is going to require everyone to have badges at all times. I doubt that engineers and their managers at nuclear facilities are pulling down chump change. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/8 "2018-02-14T22:41:06Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Any secure facility is going to require everyone to have badges at all times. I doubt that engineers and their managers at nuclear facilities are pulling down chump change. Yes but a security badge serves a different purpose. A name sewn onto a uniform or worn as a plate is to identify the person to the public. A security badge serves as a way to distinguish between authorized and unauthorized occupants of a given area. Almost nobody uses them to learn the badgeholders name. Heck most security guards can hardly be bothered to look at the name on a badge. They’re usally looking for things like color and possibly the picture. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/9 "2018-02-14T23:01:58Z")
My first thought was the professional athletes, already mentioned. Growing up, my father was the General Manager for a nice beachside resort in North Miami Beach, Florida. He made well into the six figures, and he wore a nametag when he walked around the hotel. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/10 "2018-02-14T23:04:53Z")
On cruise ships, at least the ones I’ve been on, all crew members wear name tags at all times. That goes for everyone all the way up to the captain. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/11 "2018-02-14T23:09:17Z")
I’ve got two ideas. 1. How much does FLO make? (Annoying insurance commercial) she wears a name tag, right? 2 Do name tags at conventions count? Lotsa people who don’t wear a name tag everyday get stuck in meeting, conventions, seminars, training classes, fundraisers… Some times more than once a month. Hell I’ve seen a few guys , and wondered if their job title was “V.P. of never being in the office and sucking up all the free food and drink” And those conventions all have… HI, I’M \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. Name tags for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/12 "2018-02-14T23:35:41Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > Yes but a security badge serves a different purpose. I missed the line in the OP disqualifying lanyards. Sorry about that. I’d have to go with doctors being the highest paying profession available to the average-ish person that would expected to display a name. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/13 "2018-02-14T23:59:59Z")
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Assuming pro athletes don’t qualify ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/14 "2018-02-15T00:36:56Z")
I wear a lanyard to work every day. Most of our clients require everyone to wear a picture ID card which also serves as an access badge. I have a stack of them in my truck. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/15 "2018-02-15T03:30:54Z")
Not all pro athletes wear the name on kit. Tennis players. Track and field. Rugby Union. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/16 "2018-02-15T03:34:30Z")
I was also thinking of doctors. My wife wears scrubs with her name embroidered on them. They’re very nice scrubs, but still a uniform. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/17 "2018-02-15T04:53:41Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Astronauts? Astronauts are civil servants, their salary set by the [General Schedule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Schedule_(US_civil_service_pay_scale)). It’s not a very high-paying job compared to others mentioned in the thread. I believe the starting pay grade is GS-12, which is about $82k with locality adjustment for Houston. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/18 "2018-02-15T05:23:36Z")
When I act as Duty Counsel at the local courthouse (i.e. if you have a criminal matter before the Court, but do not have a retained lawyer, I as Duty Counsel, will be your “lawyer for the day” at no cost to you), I wear a nametag on the breast pocket of my suit jacket. It helps unrepresented accuseds identify me, if they want my services. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/19 "2018-02-15T13:23:50Z")
I used to do consultancy work for a major UK supermarket chain, with very swanky offices in central London (ok, it was [Sainsbury’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainsbury%27s) for the Brits amongst us). In a bid to improve head office and store relations, the new CEO made everyone in head office wear a name badge with just their first name, every day, so they understood what it felt like for store staff. He also wore one. So I’m naming [him](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_King_(businessman)), as he was the CEO of a Major Corp and earned millions. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844/20 "2018-02-15T14:30:43Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > Well, the average for all agents is about $40,000 a year \ Do you have a cite for that? I worked for [Realtor.com](https://www.realtor.com/realestateagents) fifteen years ago and the average then was quoted as $8,000 a year.\* There’s been a lot of real estate inflation since then (even with the bust of 2008) but I imagine there’s a lot more competition as well. \*Of course that was quoted by the company itself which was trying to inveigle Realtors into the then-new concept of having an online presence. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844.md?page=2)