First Polygraph. Salary: $35,000 or less

Your first polygraph for a bank to find out if anyone's embezzling, and you accidentally blow a fuse in your equipment. That's a bummer. What's even worse, it allows a bank robber to break in the bank and steal everything out of the vault. At least you got paid up front.

Contract Polygrapher. Salary: $50,000

You have a moderately successful business selling your skills to anyone who will pay. There are occasional court cases that really intrigue you, and that's great...but usually you're working with angry rich couples who want to blame each other for staining the antique furs. Oh well, it's a living.

CIA Polygrapher. Salary: $75,000

You're the resident polygrapher for the CIA and you conduct polygraphs on all the employees day in and day out. You never see any excitement, and in the two years of doing this, you've never caught anyone doing anything that would get them fired. It's a steady job but painfully boring. You keep hoping someone will do something mischievous just to keep you from falling asleep at your desk.

Polygrapher for the Prosecution. Salary: $100,000

You have a reputation as a very reliable and thorough polygraph examiner. You're never lacking for work and the D.A. and police department have you on speed dial. You've helped crack more than a few high-profile cases, putting lots of bad guys behind bars.

Big Time Host. Salary $250,000

ABC decides to have a new night-time game show, Truth or False, featuring a polygraph machine and they make you the host. To everyone's surprise, even your own, you're extremely witty and vivacious on camera. You're a sparkling host. The show is a hit, the offers come flying in.