I’m a hot traffic controller, people are stunned when they discover how much I earn and they all want my job
A TRAFFIC controller has stunned her followers by revealing how much cash she earns in just one week.
Paris Taylor, 21, shared a TikTok video showing the impressive daily breakdown of her earnings before tax.
She claimed she made an eye-watering $3,400 in one week – based on working 47.5 hours for five days at a construction site.
“What I make a week as a traffic controller,” Paris said in the video.
She said the course for the role took her one day to complete and she was able to “get a job easily”.
“My site needs traffic controllers every day so at the moment I’m going to work every day,” she explained.
In another clip, she said being a woman in a male-dominated work environment comes with its challenges.
She said she gets asked if she has a boyfriend and some tell her: “You’re too pretty to be doing this.”
But Paris, from Queensland, Australia, said her job pays an impressive daily rate, according to 7News.
For a 9.5-hour shift, she made $680.
And for 8.5-hour shifts from Tuesday to Friday, she took home $580 per day.
The 21-year-old said her wages were higher than usual due to an agreement between her employer and union.
“Normal (construction) sites only pay half of this,” she said.
Despite her high weekly earnings, Paris claimed she gets taxed more than $1,000.
But her TikTok followers were still amazed by her wages.
One said: “I definitely need a career change.”
Another joked: “I’m in the wrong job.”
A third commented: “Damn… I’m an electrician and girl did I make a mistake. I’m in the wrong business.”
Others said the role offers great pay – but “the work looks incredibly strenuous”.
Another added: “Good money but honestly no one should be aspiring to this.”