While Aussies who have left everything behind to chase the coin in the mining industry have been raving about the experience, the idea of using heavy machinery and being in some risky situations won’t appeal to everyone.

Plenty of tradies and mine workers have been sharing their impressive earnings and have called on others to join them, saying it’s better than working in an office.

However, if that type of fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) work doesn’t appeal but you’d like to be earning comparable money - especially in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis - there are loads of hospitality and utility jobs offering excellent salaries - and you won't have to set foot in a mine.

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You can work as a cleaner, chef, bartender, driver, kitchen hand, or barista and you need little to no experience as a prerequisite for some roles. One woman who took a housekeeping FIFO job in Western Australia revealed that utilities was the only sector she could get into but it had paid off massively.

“The money is definitely worth it and you make some good friends up here. Why not get some more money?” she said in her TikTok clip.

She said she cleaned roughly two-dozen rooms per day and, while it could be isolating when out on the mine sites, it was setting her up for her future.

Job sites are advertising some roles with salaries of up to $90,000 a year, which is the same amount given to paralegals and accountants in some Australian regions.

According to SEEK and Talent, the average salary for a cleaner in Australia is between $50,000 and $60,000, while the average bartender will pull in around $61,100 a year, but that depends on how many shifts are taken each week and whether penalty rates are involved.

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However, that’s not to say it’s easy money switching to FIFO.

These jobs usually require you to work 12-hour shifts and often follow a two-week-on, one-week-off roster. So, as long as you’re comfortable working back-to-back shifts that go from sunrise to sunset, you’ll be pulling in a lot more money than if you did these jobs back in a capital city.

Another woman who took a FIFO housekeeping role said: "Knowing I can save up so much money working FIFO in Australia to live my best life in Asia and build my dream house makes it so much better."