What do jack-of-all-trades end up doing for a living?

Whatever they can find. Contractors that do small house repairs actually are in great demand.

My hubby is a General Contractor.

It really depends, but personally, I am a CNC Machinist.

Whatever it takes to pay the bills.

That’s a good question, I’d like to know, what does a jack-of-all trades “artist edition” do for a living. But I think what @zenvelo said. My old apartment manager did that, and “odd” jobs all around San Diego, CA. New season, new fairs opened up, stuff like that. Jack of all trades tend to have no shame and high confidence and learn fast on the job I’m sure.

Some teach.

Great answers, thank you :)

Fix small appliances. In this age of “throw it away and get a new one,” a person who can actually repair is a gem!!! Advertise in a local paper. I just paid over $100 to have a rotary grinding tool repaired, and really all it needed was a directional switch which no one in this country stocks so the guy just went around it. Now it just goes on and off which is fine with me.

You don’t necessarily have to be into construction to be a JOAT though, right? I mean, one can be good at a lot of other things as well. What about those people?

Building maintenance man, for a small to medium-sized apartment.

In my town there’s a man who calls himself ” The handyman, No job too small”. He’s wonderful and fixes everything down to cleaning off the roof when we get an ice dam. I wonder about health insurance and other benefits for people in his position.

To me, the term “jack of all trades” does imply a mastery of mainly mechanical or practical skills so I would think handyman, construction worker or maintenance. I do not think of a general practice doctor or a free-lance writer as a jack of all trades.

Teaching?

Almost whatever they want to.

The ones without really good mechanical skills do the sort of things I did: US Army officer, Personnel Manager, Mediator, Arbitrator, etc. : )

This question is right up my alley. I would say either contractors (except for specialty ones) and maintenance personel. From my personal experience you will almost always sacrifice knowledge in one skill to try to learn another. I have worked with both mechanics and electricians and while it was expected that you could perform the minimal skill levels in certain trades you always had your mechanical or electrical guys.

It is usually not a great idea to try to turn into ‘superman’ because most employers will utilize this to their advantage, and they will rarely pay you for multitasking ability but you will work harder for that lower pay.

Whatever they can do that pays the best. Or in this day and age, whatever they can find.

Actually these type of people do something for a living, to earn a stable income. They masquerade as technician, executive, engineer, repairman, and other normal occupations. You will know one when you get to know them.

@CaptainHarley Those, and teach. Or act, maybe.