Stocking Stuffer. Salary: $19,000 or less 

You never went to toy-making college and now you work in a year-round Christmas store in Jersey stuffing stock onto the shelves. (Though, mostly the low shelves.) Your parents won't even return your phone calls.

Toy-Making Teacher. Salary: $31,000 

You got your BE from Toyola University but you were never quite able to snag a job in the 'Shop. Still, you now have a secure gig teaching toy-making at your alma mater, so things could be worse.

Workshop Worker. Salary: $35,000 

Welcome to The Show. You may be low elf on the tinsel pole for now, but everyone has to start somewhere. Most of your work involves polishing toys that other, more trusted elves have made, but hey—no kid wants a scuffed up rocking horse.

Senior Sander. Salary: $62,000 

You've been a toy-maker for 220 years, and most of the other elves look up to you. Mostly it's due to your Pole-renowned wood sanding skills, but it doesn't hurt that you're also a towering three-and-a-half feet tall.

Top-Shelf Elf. Salary: $75,000 

You're the most tenured elf in Santa's Workshop, and considering the ludicrously long lifespan of your species, that's saying something. You hold the record for having been named Elf-of-the-Month more times than anyone else, and even the Big Jolly himself comes to you for advice now and then. Using Rudolf's nose during the fog? Yeah, you may have had a say in that.