New Clown on the Block. Salary: $23,000 or less 

Your first day out as a clown is with a low-budget traveling circus. The crowds are small and the pay is bad, but the worst part is your position in the clown car. There's a reason they stick the new guy behind Gonzorba the 350-Pound Clown. Nobody mentioned anything about hazing in Clown College.

Small Town Clown. Salary: $29,000 

Working as a self-employed clown in a small town isn't the best decision you've ever made. Gigs are few and far between, and when you do land one, it's usually a long drive to the venue. At your last birthday party, young Timmy happily told you that he wanted to be a clown when he grew up. For the first time that day, you tried to keep a straight face.

Clown. Salary: $38,000 

You have a thriving business performing clown magic at parties, county fairs, business openings, and social events. However, your best paying job comes once a year at the town haunted house where you get to chase people around with a maniacal laugh. You consider it payback against the people who made fun of you for your choice of career.

Wonder Clown. Salary: $45,000 

You got a job in a small traveling circus where the pay isn't terrific, but the experience is great. In your spare time, you do clown missions with the Gesundheit Institute. You bring joy to kids and their families all over the world. You're rich in all ways but money. D'awww.

Big Top Clown. Salary: $100,000 

You book a job with Ringling Brothers part of the year as their star clown character. The other half of the year you spend with Cirque Du Soleil as a featured performer. You've performed everywhere...even the White House. You make a six-figure salary, are loved by pretty much everyone who's ever seen you, and have been voted a national treasure by the World Clown Association. Pretty good for someone who wears shoes ten sizes too big.