19 prestigious jobs with surprisingly low pay

It's probably safe to say that one of the main reasons people go to college is to find a fancy, high-paying job when they're done.

But, as it turns out, a college education and a prestigious job title do not necessarily mean you'll be raking in the cash.

Some gigs, like architect or optometrist, actually pay well below what you might expect.

Using data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on the mean salary of full-time civilian workers, we've picked out some of the most prestigious jobs that have surprisingly low earnings. Here are 19 of them:

Max Nisen and Aaron Taube contributed to earlier versions of this article.