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This is a list of jobs held by Homer Simpson.

One main source for these jobs is when he lists them to Marge^[1] 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.^[2]

Unnamed job in nuclear power plant, sector 7-G

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:

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.

A

Acrobat ("Goo Goo Gai Pan")

Actor

Everyman ("Homer the Whopper")

Safety Salamander ("See Homer Run")

Agent (3 times)

Lurleen Lumpkin ("Colonel Homer")

Lisa ("A Star is Torn")

Cameron, aka Johnny Rainbow ("A Star is Torn")

Ambulance driver ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")

Amateur-Division Professional Arm Wrestler ("Marge's Son Poisoning")

Artist

Conceptual artist ("Mom and Pop Art")

Astronaut ("Deep Space Homer")

Assassin ("Treehouse of Horror XVIII")

B

Baby Proofer

For his own baby proofing company "Wee Care" ("Bye Bye Nerdie")

Bartender (4 times)

Of Moe's Tavern ("Homer the Moe" and "The Beer Boys")

Of Homer's Hunting Club ("Homer the Moe")

Of The Beer Boys ("The Beer Boys")

Beef Jerky Manufacturer ("Smoke on the Daughter")

Blackjack dealer

For Monty Burns Casino ("$pringfield")

Bodyguard

Of Mayor Joe Quimby ("Mayored to the Mob")

Bowling alley employee, or "Pin Monkey",

of Barney's Bowl-o-rama("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")

Car designer

For Powell Motors ("Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?")

Caricaturist

Of open coffins ("Springfield Up")

Carny ("Bart Carny")

Carpenter

Rebuilds The Zoominator ("Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em...")

Chauffeur

For Classy Joe's ("Homer vs. Patty & Selma")

Child Caretaker

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")

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")

Con artist/Grifter with son Bart ("The Great Money Caper")

Conceptual artist ("Mom and Pop Art")

Convenience store night-clerk

For the Kwik-E-Mart ("Lisa's Pony")

Critic (2 times)

Film critic ("A Star Is Burns")

Food critic for The Springfield Shopper ("Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?")

D

Death ("Treehouse of Horror XIV")

Detective ("King-Size Homer" mentioned)

Door-to-door salesman (3 times; see also

Salesman)

Knife salesman for Slash-Co. ("I Married Marge")

Sugar salesman ("Lisa's Rival")

Spring salesman ("The Old Man and the "C" Student")

Duffman ("The Duffman Cometh!")

E

Engineer

Railroad engineer ("Maximum Homerdrive" (implied))

Executive (3 times)

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

Executive Vice President of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant ("Weekend at Burnsie's")

CEO of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant ("C.E. D'oh")

F

Farmer ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)")

Fast food chain worker

For Gulp 'n' Blow drive-through ("I Married Marge")

Film producer ("Beyond Blunderdome")

Fireman (volunteer) ("Crook and Ladder")

Fish gutter ("Thirty Minutes over Tokyo")

Fisherman ("The Wife Aquatic")

Foot Locker employee ("Marge Gamer")

Fortune cookie writer ("A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love")

Founder and Junior Vice President Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net ("Das Bus")

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")

Grim Reaper ("Treehouse of Horror XIV")

Guard of Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility ("The Wandering Juvie")

H

Hitman ("Treehouse of Horror XVIII")

Hairdresser ("Homer Scissorhands")

I

Ice Cream Truck Driver ("Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)")

He takes the Ice cream truck from an ice cream truck driver who dies.

Impotency Spokesman for Viag rogaine ("Barting Over")

Informant for the F.B.I. ("The Trouble with Trillions")

Internet Service Provider ("Das Bus")

Sets up his own small business, "compuglobalhypermeganet" in which he gives himself the title "Junior Vice President."

Inventor (4 times)

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

Homer as Dancin' Homer

Mall Santa ("Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire")

Manager

of Nuclear Power Plant ("Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore")

Marriage counsellor ("Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play")

Mascot

Dancing Homer ("Dancin' Homer")

Mayor

of New Springfield ("A Tale of Two Springfields")

Mayoral candidate ("See Homer Run")

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 90's Show")

O

Oil-rig worker ("Half-Decent Proposal")

Ordained minister ("There's Something About Marrying")

Owner

of Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net ("Das Bus")

of Denver Broncos ("You Only Move Twice")

of Mr. Plow ("Mr. Plow")

of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant ("C.E. D'oh")

of SpringShield ("Papa's Got a Brand New Badge")

Majority stock holder of ZiffCorp ("The Ziff Who Came to Dinner")

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")

Police officer

Chief of police ("Papa's Got a Brand New Badge")

Prank monkey

for Mr. Burns ("Homer vs. Dignity")

Public speaker ("HOMR")

Q

Questioner at products demonstration ("Springfield Up")

Quiz-master ("Kill the Alligator and Run")

R

Roadie ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation")

S

Salesman

Manure salesman ("Springfield Up")

Mattress salesman ("The Boys of Bummer")

Tomacco salesman ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)")

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 ("Papa'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")

Snowplow driver ("Mr. Plow")

Soccer referee ("Marge Gamer")

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")

Superhero

as Pie Man ("Simple Simpson")

Spokesperson/walking billboard ("My Fair Laddy")

T

Talk show host ("Today I Am a Clown")

Teacher ("Secrets of a Successful Marriage")

Television producer ^{Source needed}

Telemarketer ("Lisa's Date with Density")

Tow truck driver ("Midnight Towboy")

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")

References