List of Homer's jobs

This is a list of jobs held by Homer Simpson.

One main source for these jobs is when he lists them to Marge. Right before he goes to bed Homer tells Marge, "I’ve had a lot of jobs in my life: boxer, mascot, astronaut, baby proofer, imitation Krusty, truck driver, hippie, plow driver, food critic, conceptual artist, grease salesman, carny, mayor, grifter, body guard for the mayor, country western manager, garbage commissioner, mountain climber, farmer, inventor, Smithers, Poochie, celebrity assistant, power plant worker, fortune cookie writer, beer baron, Kwik-E-Mart clerk, homophobe, and missionary, but protecting people, that gives me the best feeling of all." Also a source is the "Picture a Day..." spoof where the last few seconds show jobs and other types of Homer prior to the 400th episode. According to an interview with Matt Groening, Homer has held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.

Default Job

 * His day job and main source of income.


 * Nuclear Safety Inspector


 * His job in the first season, before promotion to safety inspector. It was unclear to everyone (including his employer and Homer himself). He called himself a "technical supervisor". He was hired as part of "Project Bootstrap," a government program to bring in unskilled workers implemented by the Ford administration.

In the episode "Much Apu About Nothing", Homer's paycheck is revealed to the world when he looks at the check and sees his pay is "drastically" short. It appears as an itemized check with the following:
 * Unnamed job in nuclear power plant, sector 7-G

Springfield Power Company Employee: Homer J Simpson Sector 7G 40HRS PAY.................................................................... Fed W/H........... $56.25 Bear Patrol Tax........$5.00 FICA..................$36.34 State W/H..........$10.45 Municipal Tax.....$9.37 Net Pay...........................................................................$362.19

When this is stretched over a year, it appears that Homer brings home $24,395.80 before deductions and $18,833.88 after deductions. It doesn't seem like he is getting what he deserves as a Nuclear Safety Inspector. Though given the plants less than stellar conditions this might be true for all other employees. However, in the episode "American History X-cellent", Carl exclaims to Homer, "Homer, that's a $60,000 bottle of wine!", which Homer, who is drinking the wine, replies "Woohoo! I'm drinking my salary!" which suggests that's his actual salary, or perhaps it has drastically improved.

A

 * Accounts man ("The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants")
 * Acrobat ("Goo Goo Gai Pan")
 * Actor
 * Everyman ("Homer the Whopper")
 * Homer Simpson in The Simpsons: The Musical (Simpsons the Musical)
 * Safety Salamander ("See Homer Run")


 * Advertiser
 * Walking billboard for blue pants ("My Fair Laddy")


 * Ambulance Driver ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")
 * Artist
 * Conceptual artist ("Mom and Pop Art")
 * Caricaturist of open coffins ("Springfield Up")


 * Astronaut ("Deep Space Homer")
 * Attorney
 * for Gil's Law Practice (To Kill a Mocking Bart)

B

 * Baby Proofer
 * for "Wee Care" ("Bye, Bye, Nerdie")


 * Bartender
 * of Homer's Hunting Club ("Homer the Moe")
 * of Moe's Tavern ("Homer the Moe" and The Beer Boys)
 * of O'Flanagan's Pub ("In the Name of the Grandfather")
 * of (The Beer Boys)


 * Beef Jerky manufacturer ("Smoke on the Daughter")
 * Beggar
 * ("Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore")
 * (Asphalt Bungle)


 * Blackjack dealer
 * for Monty Burns Casino ("$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)")


 * Bodyguard
 * of Mayor Joe Quimby ("Mayored to the Mob")


 * Bowling alley employee, or "Pin Monkey",
 * of Barney's Bowlarama("And Maggie Makes Three")


 * Bounty hunter ("Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes")
 * Boxer ("The Homer They Fall")
 * Butler ("The Frying Game")

C

 * Candle maker
 * for Ye Olde Candlemaker ("I Married Marge")


 * Carny ("Bart Carny")
 * Carpenter
 * rebuilds The Zoominator ("Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em")


 * Child career
 * for Uncle Homer's Daycare ("Children of a Lesser Clod")


 * Choreographer
 * for the Super Bowl Halftime Show ("Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass")


 * Chiropractor ("Pokey Mom")
 * Class president
 * Candidate, should have won. ("Take My Life, Please")


 * Clown
 * Krusty Impersonator ("Homie the Clown")


 * Coach
 * for Bart's Little League American football team ("Bart Star")


 * Cook
 * at a diner in Florida ("Kill the Alligator and Run")


 * Comedian
 * Cheech and Chunk ("A Midsummer's Nice Dreams")


 * Competitor
 * in a Lego (Blocko) competition ("Brick Like Me")


 * Con artist/Grifter ("The Great Money Caper")
 * Critic
 * Film critic ("A Star Is Burns")
 * Food critic for The Springfield Shopper ("Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?")


 * Curler
 * for Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics ("Boy Meets Curl")

D

 * Death ("Treehouse of Horror XIV")
 * Designer
 * Car designer for Powell Motors ("Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?")


 * Detective ("King-Size Homer" (mentioned))
 * Driver
 * Ambulance driver ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")
 * Chauffeur for Classy Joe's ("Homer vs. Patty and Selma")
 * of an ice cream van ("Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)")
 * of a ("Mr. Plow")
 * of a Tow truck ("Midnight Towboy")


 * (The Duffman Cometh!, "Waiting for Duffman")

E

 * Engineer
 * Railroad engineer ("Maximum Homerdrive" (implied))


 * Executive
 * Executive of Globex Corp. ("You Only Move Twice")

F

 * Farmer ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)")
 * Fast food chain worker
 * for Gulp 'n' Blow ("I Married Marge")


 * Film producer ("Beyond Blunderdome")
 * Fireman
 * Volunteer fireman ("Crook and Ladder")


 * Fish gutter ("Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo")
 * Fisherman ("The Wife Aquatic")

G

 * Garbage commissioner ("Trash of the Titans")
 * Grease collector ("Lard of the Dance")
 * Greeter
 * for Sprawl-Mart("On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister")

H

 * Hitman ("Treehouse of Horror XVIII")
 * Hairdresser ("Homer Scissorhands")

I

 * Informant
 * for the F.B.I. ("The Trouble with Trillions" and "Donnie Fatso")


 * Internet Service Provider
 * Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net ("Das Bus")


 * Inventor
 * of the Flaming Homer ("Flaming Moe's")
 * of the all-purpose electric hammer, the Everything's OK alarm, the Lazy Man Toilet Seat, the make-up gun and the six-legged chair. ("The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace")
 * of Springy ("The Old Man and the "C" Student")
 * of Tomacco ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)")

M

 * Mall Santa ("Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire")
 * Manager
 * of Nuclear Power Plant ("Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore")
 * in charge of 's, 's and 's multi-million dollar computer company (The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth)


 * Manager (of musicians)
 * 5 From 'Field (Faking the Band)
 * Cameron, aka Johnny Rainbow ("A Star Is Torn")
 * Lisa ("A Star Is Torn")
 * Lurleen Lumpkin ("Colonel Homer")


 * Marriage counsellor ("Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play")
 * Mascot
 * Dancin' Homer ("Dancin' Homer")


 * Mayor
 * of New Springfield ("A Tale of Two Springfields")
 * Mayoral candidate ("See Homer Run" and "Mayor Me a Little")


 * Mexican wrestler ("Jazzy and the Pussycats")
 * Mini-golf assistant for Sir Putts-A-Lot ("I Married Marge")
 * Missionary ("Missionary: Impossible")
 * Mob Boss
 * of Springfield Mafia ("The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer")


 * Model
 * Silhouette model ("Midnight Towboy")


 * Monorail conductor ("Marge vs. the Monorail")
 * Mountain climber ("King of the Hill")
 * Musician
 * Member of the Be-Sharps ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet")
 * Composed songs for Lisa's music career ("A Star Is Torn")
 * Composer of "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" ("Dude, Where's My Ranch?")
 * One-man band ("Bart Gets Famous")
 * Opera singer ("The Homer of Seville")
 * Member of the grunge band Sadgasm ("That '90s Show")

O

 * Oil-rig worker ("Half-Decent Proposal")
 * Ordained minister ("There's Something About Marrying")
 * Owner
 * Founder and Junior Vice President Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net ("Das Bus")
 * of Denver Broncos ("You Only Move Twice")
 * of Gil's Law Practice (To Kill a Mocking Bart)
 * of ("Mr. Plow")
 * of O'Flanagan's Pub ("In the Name of the Grandfather")
 * CEO of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant ("C.E. D'oh")
 * Executive Vice President of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant ("Weekend at Burnsie's")
 * Head of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant (The Flunky!!)
 * of SpringShield ("Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge")
 * Majority stock holder of ZiffCorp ("The Ziff Who Came to Dinner")
 * Majority stock holder of Animotion ("HOMЯ")

P

 * Paparazzo ("Homerazzi").
 * Performance artist
 * getting hit with a cannonball ("Homerpalooza")


 * Personal assistant
 * to Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. ("When You Dish Upon a Star")
 * to Mr. Burns ("Homer the Smithers")
 * to Carl ("The Devil Wears Nada")


 * Police officer
 * Chief of police ("Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge")


 * Prank monkey
 * for Mr. Burns ("Homer vs. Dignity")


 * Principal
 * of Springfield Elementary School (The Principal of the Thing)


 * Prison Guard
 * for Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility ("The Wandering Juvie")


 * Public speaker ("HOMЯ")

Q

 * Questioner at products demonstration ("Springfield Up")
 * Quiz-master ("Kill the Alligator and Run")

R

 * Reality TV show contestant
 * 1895 Challenge ("Helter Shelter")
 * Escape From Emperor Burnsimoto's Castle (Tic Tac D'oh!)
 * Hard Up For A Date (Tic Tac D'oh!)
 * The Flunky! - winner (The Flunky!!)


 * Roadie ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation")

S

 * Salesman
 * Door-to-door knife salesman for Slash-Co. ("I Married Marge")
 * Manure salesman ("Springfield Up")
 * Mattress salesman ("The Boys of Bummer")
 * Tomacco salesman ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)")
 * Door-to-door spring salesman ("The Old Man and the "C" Student")
 * Door-to-door sugar salesman ("Lisa's Rival")
 * Traveling salesman for Simpson & Son, Revitalizing Tonic ("Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy")
 * Used car salesman ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")


 * Sailor
 * in the Naval Reserve ("Simpson Tide")


 * Sanitation commissioner ("Trash of the Titans")
 * Security officer
 * for SpringShield ("Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge")


 * Smuggler
 * of beer ("Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment")
 * of prescription drugs ("Midnight Rx")
 * of fruits and vegetables ("Itchy & Scratchy Land")
 * of sugar ("Sweets and Sour Marge")


 * Soccer referee ("Marge Gamer" and "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee")
 * Soldier
 * Homer's old military sergeant comes to dinner ("Two Dozen and One Greyhounds")
 * the enemy in a military drill. ("G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)")


 * Softball player ("Homer at the Bat")
 * Store worker
 * Foot Locker employee ("Marge Gamer")
 * Night-clerk for the Kwik-E-Mart ("Lisa's Pony")


 * Superhero
 * as Pie Man ("Simple Simpson")


 * Spokesperson
 * Impotency spokesman for Viag rogaine ("Barting Over")
 * Spokesperson for blue pants ("My Fair Laddy")


 * Swimmer
 * Swims across the Springfield Channel (In the Swim)

T

 * Talk show host
 * of Gut Check with Homer Simpson ("Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson")
 * of The Homer Simpson Show ("Today I Am a Clown")


 * Taste-tester
 * for local moonshine ("Rednecks and Broomsticks")


 * Teacher ("Secrets of a Successful Marriage")
 * Television producer
 * Telemarketer ("Lisa's Date with Density")
 * Town crier ("Lisa the Iconoclast")
 * Trainer
 * of attack-dogs for the Pitiless Pup Attack Dog School ("I Married Marge")


 * Trucker ("Maximum Homerdrive")

U

 * Union leader ("Last Exit to Springfield")

V

 * Voice actor
 * Angry Dad ("Angry Dad: The Movie")
 * Poochie ("The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show")

W

 * Webmaster ("The Computer Wore Menace Shoes")
 * Wrestler
 * Amateur-Division Professional Arm wrestler ("Marge's Son Poisoning")


 * Writer
 * Co-author of The Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy ("The Book Job")
 * Fortune cookie writer ("A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love")