Many jobs with four year degree will bring you $30/hour or more but here are a few jobs without four years college degree that can bring you the same income:

1. Sales director

Sales directors oversee sales staff to help meet objectives, plan and implement sales programs, and work to maintain budgets, among many other duties. While formal training is not a requirement for this position, sales experience and an outgoing personality are vital.

Salary: $91,900/ $44 per hour

2. Security administrators, computer network

Security administrators work to prevent, troubleshoot, and repair security breaches while educating network users on cyber safety. Certification or relevant experience is essential to entry to this field, especially in absence of a four-year degree.

Salary: $72,000/ $35 per hour

3. Elevator installer/repairer

Elevator assembly, installation and maintenance are the main responsibilities of this position. Participating in an apprenticeship program coupled with paid on-the-job training is the standard, and workers must pass a licensing exam. Union membership is typically required by employers.

Salary: $67,100/ $32 per hour

4. Real estate broker

Usually commission-based, real estate brokers' salaries are sensitive to shifts in the economy. Despite the current real estate market. Brokers are tasked with understanding real estate markets, performing transactions, and advising buyers on their financing options. Additionally, real estate brokers must pass a written exam and maintain a license.

Salary: $65,400/ $31 per hour

5. Nuclear medicine technologist
 

Nuclear medicine technologists administer a type of drug called radiopharmaceuticals to patients and create diagnostic images that ultimately determine the presence of a disease. With an increasingly large middle-aged and elderly population and advances in technology, job growth for nuclear medicine technologists is likely to remain steady. A certificate or an associate's degree is needed, and a license is a requirement for many employers and states.

Salary: $64,100/ $31 per hour

6. Radiation therapist

Administering radiation treatment to cancer patients is the main role of a radiation therapist. There is also room for personal advancement in this field, with opportunities that include teaching and research. Training through an associate's degree or certification program is necessary, and a license is required in many states.

Salary: $63,500 / $31 per hour

7. Construction manager
 

Construction managers oversee the construction of structures, facilities, and systems, and are often on call around the clock. On-the-job construction experience and/or completing a construction management certification program provide entry to this position.

Salary: $63,400/ $30 per hour

8. Air traffic controller

An air traffic controller's job is to keep the skies safe and it is a very demanding and rewarding occupation. Providing an essential role in aviation, air traffic controllers ensure that planes maintain a safe distance between each other and help to coordinate efficient scheduling. With most positions employed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), air traffic controllers must complete a FAA-approved education program and pass a pre-employment test.

Salary: $63,000/ $30 per hour

9. Video game designer

Video game designers create the storyline and structure of a video game and determine the rules of play. They typically need to possess an understanding of software design and computer programming, and a degree or certification from a technical school can provide an advantage. Although currently at a point of high popularity, video games tend to go through phases of increased and decreased popularity.

Salary: $62,300/ $30 per hour

10. MRI technologist

MRI technologists train in programs available through hospitals, colleges and universities to earn a certificate or associate's degree. With more doctors' offices and clinics providing diagnostic services, demand is higher than ever.

Salary: $61,000/ $29 per hour

Unemployment rocketed above 10 percent in October, the first double-digit rate since the recession in the early 1980s. But experts warned that the current job-market malaise won’t be cured as easily this time around. And at least one forecaster said Friday’s report means next year will be even worse than previously thought. Jobs remain hard not only to find but also to keep.
October’s unemployment rate was the first in double-digits since June 1983. The Labor Department also said payrolls shrank by 190,000 during the month. Both numbers were higher than forecasters had guessed.
The unemployment rate doesn’t include people without jobs who have stopped looking, or those who settled for part-time jobs. Counting those people, the unemployment rate would be 17.5 percent.
Concerns about double-digit unemployment reflect doubts that this economy will be able to regenerate the kinds of jobs many of America’s 15.7 million unemployed have lost.
It was easier for the 1983 economy to do that because unemployment reached double digits then mostly because economic activity had slowed. The economy was much more industrially based then, and layoffs meant temporary idleness. Factories geared back up once the economy began to grow again. Today’s job market, by contrast, has been racked by structural changes that mean many lost jobs won’t be coming back.
According to Friday’s report, unemployment among construction and extraction occupations hit 19.1 percent in October. Production workers’ joblessness reached 14.5 percent. Sales and office workers fare a bit better than the 10.2 percent average. Management and professional unemployment remained relatively scant at about half the overall average.
America’s return to double-digit unemployment for the second time since World War II bumps up against other dramatic differences in the economy from the first go-around.

Instead of improving the economy to generate more jobs, President Obama is hurting it, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tells Newsmax. Although Obama's efforts have been well intentioned, they have been “horrible,” Huckabee says.

“It’s just a lack of understanding of how the economy and the private sector work,” Huckabee says. “I think he believes he’s helping a lot, but any time when you even raise the threat of raising taxes and the cost of doing business and perhaps unionizing the employees of a business, nobody wants to hire.”

At this point, “Businesses are not hiring, they’re not spending, and they really can’t afford to, because they don’t know if their costs are going to go up dramatically with healthcare, tax increases, cap and trade, unionization of employees,” Huckabee says. “You put all those things out in front of them and tell them that’s what they may be facing, and they know they can’t exist now under the current employee load they have. So they certainly aren’t going to be adding new employees if they can avoid it.”

In the meantime, asked what Republicans should avoid, Huckabee says, “They have to avoid being part of a policy agenda that defies Republican principles. That’s one thing that hurt them before: big government, major spending, deficit spending.” Republicans also need to avoid “being narrowly partisan and just opposing everything just because they didn’t come up with it,” Huckabee says. “They should vigorously oppose things like the healthcare policy and cap and trade.” At the same time, Republicans “need to not only come up with an alternative, but they need to find things that they can compliment.”

October was another dark month for the American worker, as the unemployment rate rose from 9.8% to 10.2%, the highest level since April 1983. More than 15 million Americans are now out of work, and they remain unemployed for an average of 28 weeks.

Not surprisingly, the construction sector has suffered the most, and developers are continuing to wait on the sidelines as the real estate market crawls toward recovery. Manufacturing has also been hit hard; manufacturing companies eliminated 61,000 jobs in October alone.

Forbes has tracked 625,806 layoffs since Nov. 1, 2008, at America's 500 largest companies, including recent cuts at Sprint Nextel, the videogame developer Electronic Arts, and Applied Materials, a semiconductor equipment company. On Nov. 19 AOL announced that it would cut 2,500 jobs, or one-third of its workforce, as it prepares to separate from Time Warner.

Top 5 Recession-Proof Jobs Today

1. Registered nurse

2. Retail (including store manager, assistant store manager and retail sales associate)

Job description: Run stores and help shoppers through every aspect of the retail purchase process.
Salary: Sales associates earn $15,000 to $30,000, while store managers can bring home as much as $80,000.

3. UPS driver helper (seasonal)

4. Financial advisor

Job description: Financial advisors help businesses and individuals make investment decisions.
Salary: Compensation varies according to the client base. Private bankers, who work with wealthy clients, can earn seven figures.

5. Occupational therapist

Job description: Occupational therapists help patients improve their ability to perform tasks related to all parts of their life, from dressing and eating to typing on a computer. Therapists also help patients use adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs. Some therapists work with infants who show signs of developmental delay.
Salary: $50,000 to $75,000.