People when making career changes in the hopes of increasing their value often just change employers. But for those radical enough, maybe it's not just a change of office address that's needed but an out of the box shift from one type of profession to another.

In the latest issues of Maclean's, a Canadian magazine, it showed that a Cirque du Soleil acrobat, contortionist or trapeze artist can earn $40,000-$70,000 per year while a private investigator, about $60,000 to $100,000 per year.

But of course nothing beats if you can replicate Justin Bieber with or without his shirt on, who earned a net $55 million in 2012.

Maclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.

Plumbers earn a Canadian average of $69,160 per year; $55,407 for garbage collectors while housekeepers rake in $39,520.

While "it's a Canadian thing" not to talk about how much one is earning, still "everybody wants to know how they stack up to everybody else, and at a time when we just share so much about our lives, it's the last dirty secret what's in our paycheque, so it's just something people are naturally curious about," Jason Kirby, Maclean's senior editor, said.

This led them to come up with "The Last Dirty Secret: How Big (or Small) is Your Paycheque" story for their latest issue.

Calgary zoo keepers in Calgary earn $60,524 a year while Vancouver cab drivers at $25,332.

The list likewise compared the earning of professions by state or province.

"We look at police chiefs in Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg, and compare them to their counterparts in Chicago, Portland and Memphis, and it's almost two to three times the salaries chiefs up here get versus in the States," Mr Kirby said.

"If you really want to be a heart surgeon, the place to do it is in Saskatchewan because a heart surgeon in Saskatchewan earns about $800,000 compared to $500,000 in Toronto."

What's particularly interesting to note however is how much Canada values their government servants. The article discovered just how far Canada pay its senior public servants over than the U.S.

Stephen Poloz, Bank of Canada governor, earns $431,800 to $507,900 annually, way over U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke who receives a measly $199,700. Beverly McLachlin, Canada's Supreme Court Chief Justice, receives $379,900 compared to the $223,500 of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

Vancouver hosts the highest paid teachers who receive $98,800 per year. Its' real estate agents likewise earn $26,000 more a year compared to their Toronto counterparts.

Maclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.