Families / Found

Service Business Founder

Builds a local business around a trade or service and hires into it. Ownership converts practised skill into an asset.

Pay band (est.)
$60k–$250k
Time to competence
6 years
Licence
None
Setting
mixed
Leverage
high
Place constraint
low
Physical demand
40/100
Hours burden
82/100

Factor percentiles

Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.

  • Play47th

    Absorbing rather than merely paid.

  • Specific knowledge73th

    A combination of skills that is hard to copy.

  • Leverage86th

    Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.

  • Demand48th

    Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.

  • Pay76th

    Mid-career floor and the range above it.

  • Body39th

    Inverse of physical demand and hours.

  • Autonomy78th

    Control of methods and time.

  • People fit36th

    Distance from your preferred people level.

  • Place flexibility79th

    Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.

  • Time to skill44th

    Inverse of years to competence.

  • Meaning load2th

    Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.

  • Downside tolerance56th

    Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.

Downside

Personal guarantees, payroll, and years before it pays properly.

Examine this against your weights

The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.

Source note: Small business survey patterns; editorial estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.