List of Homer's jobs

This is a list of jobs held by the fictional character Homer Simpson from the animated television series The Simpsons. Jobs which may not be considered canon (such as jobs in Treehouse of Horror episodes) are indicated in green . As of now, Homer has had 119 jobs, 112 excluding the non-canon.

One main source for these jobs is in the episode "Papa's Got a Brand New Badge." 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." According to an interview with Matt Groening, Homer has held 188 jobs.

Default Job

 * Nuclear Safety Inspector
 * His day job and main source of income.


 * Unnamed job in nuclear power plant, sector 7-G
 * His job in the first season, before promotion to safety inspector. It was unclear to everyone (including his employer and Homer himself). In "Lisa's First Word" it's mentioned that he is a "nucleared technician", and in "Homer's Odyssey" he calls himself a "technical supervisor". He was hired as part of "Project Bootstrap," a (fictional) government program to bring in unskilled workers implemented by the Ford administration.  In the episode 'Much Apu About Nothing,' it is revealed that Homer makes $6.5945 an hour. Considering inflation since 1989 that would bring his pre-promotion income to $21,680 2006 dollars ($10.81 per hour).

A

 * Activist - Marijuana legalization ("Weekend at Burnsie's") and for the preservation of the Springfield Isotopes Baseball Club ("Hungry, Hungry Homer")
 * Actor (5 times)
 * In the play Rent II: Condo Fever ("Behind the Laughter")
 * Non-canon
 * In a commercial for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant ("D'oh-in in the Wind")
 * In a commercial for Viagro-gain The topical rub for bald, impotent men ("Barting Over")
 * In a commercial for Mr. Plow, his own one-man snow-plow business ("Mr. Plow")
 * In a commercial for Springshield ("Papa's Got a Brand New Badge")


 * Agent (3 times)
 * Lurleen Lumpkin ("Colonel Homer")
 * Suds McDuff ("Old Yeller Belly")
 * Lisa and Cameron, Aka Johnny Rainbow ("A Star Is Torn")


 * Ambulance driver ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")
 * Amateur-Division Professional Arm Wrestler ("Marge's Son Poisoning")
 * Astronaut for NASA ("Deep Space Homer")
 * Attack-dog trainer for the Pitiless Pup Attack Dog School ("I Married Marge")

B

 * Baby Proofer for his own baby proofing company "Wee Care" ("Bye Bye Nerdie")
 * Bartender for Moe's Tavern and Homer's Hunting Club ("Homer the Moe")
 * Bear Hunter after he is attacked by a bear and labeled a coward ("The Fat and the Furriest")
 * Blackjack dealer of Monty's Casino ("$pringfield")
 * Bodyguard of Mayor Joe Quimby ("Mayored to the Mob")
 * Bootlegger
 * Of beer as the "Beer Baron" ("Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment")


 * Bowling alley employee, or "Pin Monkey", of Barney's Bowl-o-rama ("And Maggie Makes Three")
 * His dream job, but held only briefly.


 * Boxer ("The Homer They Fall")
 * Part of the Association of Springfield Semi-Pro Boxers


 * Broadway Actor (see Actor)
 * Butler ("The Frying Game")

C

 * Candle maker of Ye Olde Candlemaker, Olde Springfield Towne ("I Married Marge")
 * Car designer for Powell Motors ("Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?")
 * Caretaker for Mr. Burns' lodge ("Treehouse of Horror V"):Non-canon.
 * Carny ("Bart Carny")
 * Celebrity Assistant (see personal assistant)
 * CEO of nuclear power plant ("C.E. D'oh")
 * Chauffeur for Classy Joe's ("Homer vs. Patty & Selma")
 * Springfield Chief of Police ("Papa's Got a Brand New Badge")
 * Child Caretaker of 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 (see Krusty impersonator)
 * Coach for Bart's Little League American football team ("Bart Star")
 * Cook at a diner when fleeing from a Florida sheriff ("Kill the Alligator and Run")
 * Con artist/Grifter with son Bart ("The Great Money Caper")
 * Conceptual artist ("Mom and Pop Art")
 * Consultant on the remake of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ("Beyond Blunderdome")
 * Convenience store night-clerk for the Kwik-E-Mart ("Lisa's Pony")
 * Curator of "The museum of Hollywood Jerks" ("When You Dish upon a Star")

D

 * Death ("Treehouse of Horror XIV")
 * Non-canon.


 * Detective ("King-Size Homer" not shown, but mentioned by Marge)
 * Dishwasher At camp See-A-Tree ("The Way We Weren't")
 * Drug Smuggler when Burns cancelled the prescription drug program ("Midnight Rx")
 * Door-to-door knife salesman for Slash-Co. ("I Married Marge")
 * Door-to-door sugar salesman ("Lisa's Rival")
 * Door-to-door spring salesman ("The Old Man and the "C" Student")

E

 * Employee at Gulp 'n' Blow Drive-through ("I Married Marge")
 * Executive of Globex Corp., Cypress Creek ("You Only Move Twice")
 * Executive Vice President of Power Plant (while smoking medicinal marijuana) ("Weekend at Burnsie's")

F

 * Farmer ("E-I-E-I-D'oh")
 * Film critic ("A Star Is Burns")
 * Judge in the Springfield Film Festival


 * Film producer ("Beyond Blunderdome")
 * Mr. Smith Goes to Washington remake


 * Fireman (volunteer) ("Crook and Ladder")
 * Fish gutter ("Thirty Minutes over Tokyo")
 * Fisherman
 * Food critic for the Springfield Shopper ("Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?")
 * Landed the job after wandering away from a tour of the newspaper.


 * 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

 * Game Show Contestant ("Helter Shelter")
 * Garbage Commissioner (see Sanitation Commissioner)
 * Gravedigger ("Treehouse of Horror II")
 * Non-canon.


 * Grease collector ("Lard of the Dance")
 * Grifter (see Con-Artist)
 * Guard of Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility ("The Wandering Juvie")

H

 * Hippie ("D'oh-in in the Wind")
 * Homophobe ("Homer's Phobia")
 * Not an actual job, but Homer includes this when he recites a list of jobs he's held in the past in the episode "Papa's Got a Brand New Badge".


 * Horse trainer of Furious D ("Saddlesore Galactica")

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 Viagrogaine ("Barting Over")
 * Informant for the F.B.I. ("The Trouble with Trillions")
 * Infomercial Question asker
 * Internet service provider ("Das Bus"):Sets up his own small business, "compuglobalhypermeganet" in which he gives himself the title "Junior Vice President."
 * Inventor ("The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace, Flaming Moe's, The Old Man and the "C" Student")
 * 6-legged chair, automatic hammer, lazy-bowl, everything's O.K. alarm, and make-up gun, the "Flaming Moe" (originally the "Flaming Homer"), Springy (Springfield's Official Mascot of failed Olympics bid)

K

 * Kidnapper ("Burns, Baby Burns"): Homer 'kidnaps' the son of Mr. Burns in an attempt to make Mr. Burns love his son again.
 * Krusty Impersonator ("Homie the Clown")
 * Kwik-E-Mart Employee (see Convenience store clerk)

M

 * Mall Santa Claus ("Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire")
 * Manager of Country Music performer Lurleen Lumpkin (See Agent)
 * Marriage Counselor ("Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play")
 * For second baseman Buck Mitchell and recording artist Tabitha Vixx


 * Mascot, known as "Dancing Homer" ("Dancin' Homer")
 * Working for the Springfield Isotopes, before a brief stint in Capital City.


 * Mattress Salesman ("The Boys of Bummer")
 * 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 ("The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer")
 * Monorail conductor ("Marge vs. the Monorail")
 * Mountain climber ("King of the Hill")
 * Muscle For Hire
 * The job was never actually portrayed by Homer but he references it in the "Lard of the Dance" episode when he says "Oh, I can't believe those goons muscled me out of my grease business. I've been muscled out of everything I've ever done.  Including my muscle-for-hire business."


 * Musician
 * Member/Songwriter/Frontman of the Be Sharps, winning a Grammy Award ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet")
 * Composer of "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" single with David Byrne ("Dude, Where's My Ranch?")
 * Composed songs for Lisa Simpson's music career ("A Star Is Torn")


 * Manure Salesman

N

 * Night school teacher (See Teacher)
 * Nuclear Power Plant manager ("Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore")
 * When Mr. Burns outsources the plant to India. He also gains control of the plant by showing uncharacteristic smartness and tricking Mr. Burns into giving him ownership of the plant.

O

 * Oil-rig worker ("Half-Decent Proposal")
 * One Man Band ("Bart Gets Famous")
 * Opera singer ("The Homer of Seville.")


 * Homer's first after-school job (he begins a cover of Archie Bell & the Drells' "Tighten Up" before being attacked by a monkey).


 * Ordained Minister ("There's Something About Marrying")
 * In order to perform same-sex marriages to make profit. After the long and spiritual journey (that lasted about four seconds) he printed his white collar.  Based in the LIL' Chaple.


 * Outsider Artist ("Mom and Pop Art")
 * Homer is discovered by an art gallery owner who believes Homer's attempt in building a barbecue pit is outsider art, thus launching his art career.


 * Owner
 * ZiffCorp ("The Ziff Who Came to Dinner") Majority Stock Holder
 * SpringShield ("Papa's Got a Brand New Badge")
 * the Denver Broncos ("You Only Move Twice")
 * CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet - Internet based company - ("Das Bus")
 * the Springfield Power Plant ("C.E. D'oh")
 * Mr. Plow ("Mr. Plow")

P

 * Panhandler ("Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore")
 * To make extra money to buy Marge diamond earrings.


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


 * Personal assistant
 * Briefly becomes the assistant and friend of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. ("When You Dish upon a Star")
 * Briefly taking Smithers' place as Mr. Burns' right-hand man. ("Homer the Smithers")


 * Pig Judge ("Simple Simpson")
 * Judges pigs at a fair after winning silver ticket in a contest


 * Pilot ("He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's")
 * Never officially hired, however after a pilot faints from heroine, Homer attempts to pilot the plane and save his and Marge's life.


 * Pilot for Crazy Clown Airlines (impostor) ("Fear of Flying")
 * Never actually hired. He put on a pilot's uniform, intending to drink in the private 'pilot's bar', but was forced into a cockpit as the least drunk pilot present. Unfamiliar with the plane's controls, he promptly retracted the stationary plane's landing gear, damaging it.


 * Plus-size butt model ("Mommie Beerest")
 * Shown on a business card he hands to Marge.


 * Police officer/Police Chief ("Papa's Got a Brand New Badge")
 * Poochie (See Voice Actor)
 * Prank monkey for Mr. Burns ("Homer vs. Dignity")
 * Pretzel Inspector ("The Twisted World of Marge Simpson")
 * Priest (see ordained minister)
 * Prison snitch ("The Seven-Beer Snitch")
 * Public speaker ("HOMR")

R

 * Roadie ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation")
 * Homer was a roadie for a benefits concert starring Mick Jagger, Elvis Costello, Keith Richards, Brian Setzer, Tom Petty and Lenny Kravitz.


 * Roadside corn salesman ("Fraudcast News")
 * Apparently the destruction of Geezer Rock could spoil Homer selling corn to tourists


 * Railroad Engineer (implied) ("Maximum Homerdrive")
 * Rastaman ("Weekend at Burnsie's")
 * Robot (imposter) ("I, D'oh-Bot")
 * As 'Robot Rumble' warrior 'Chief KnockaHomer'.


 * Rollercoaster Rebuilder ("Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em...")
 * Homer rebuilds historic Springfield rollercoaster

S

 * Safety inspector Homer's main job.
 * Safety protester ("Homer's Odyssey")
 * Safety Salamander ("See Homer Run")
 * Sailor in the Naval Reserve ("Simpson Tide")
 * Took command of a nuclear submarine, causing an international incident.


 * Salesman (see Used Car salesman and Matress salesman)
 * Sanitation Commissioner ("Trash of the Titans")
 * Security Officer ("Papa's Got a Brand New Badge")
 * Silhouette Model ("Midnight Towboy")
 * Singer ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet")
 * Smithers (see personal assistant)
 * Smuggler
 * of beer ("Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment")
 * of prescription drugs ("Midnight Rx")
 * of vegetables ("Itchy & Scratchy Land")
 * of Sugar ("Sweets and Sour Marge")


 * Snitch (see Prison Snitch)
 * Snowplow proprietor and driver ("Mr. Plow")
 * Soccer referee ("Marge Gamer")
 * Soldier ("G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)")
 * Homer was OPFOR after being rejected from frontline infantry.

Songwriter ("A Star Is Torn")
 * Softball Player ("Homer at the Bat")
 * Street musician ("Bart Gets Famous")
 * first after-school job, as a teenager.


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


 * Spokesperson/Walking Billboard, ("My Fair Laddy")
 * Originally for a blue pants company. Then for several other companies.


 * Sprawl-Mart greeter ("On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister")

T

 * Talk Show Host ("Today I Am a Clown")
 * Teacher ("Secrets of a Successful Marriage")
 * Television Producer
 * The Simpsons ("Behind the Laughter")
 * Non-canon


 * Tennis Player ("Tennis the Menace")
 * Telemarketer ("Lisa's Date with Density")
 * Tomacco Creator/Farmer/Salesman (see Farmer) ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)")
 * Tow Truck Driver ("Midnight Towboy")
 * Town crier ("Lisa the Iconoclast")
 * In the Springfield Bicentennial celebrations.


 * Traveling salesman of Simpson & Son, Revitalizing Tonic ("Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy")
 * Trucker ("Maximum Homerdrive")

U

 * Unemployed
 * on various occasions (Start of "Mother Simpson", "Fat Man and Little Boy", "Homer's Odyssey", and several other occasions)


 * Union leader ("Last Exit to Springfield")
 * Spontaneously appointed after complaining about the power plant's worker dental plan.


 * Used Car salesman ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")

V

 * Village Oaf ("Treehouse of Horror XI")
 * Homer also tried being the Village Dunce but his paper hat caught on fire.
 *  Non-canon.


 * Voice actor ("The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show")
 * Playing "Poochie the Dog"

W

 * Webmaster ("The Computer Wore Menace Shoes")
 * Created "Homer's Page" which infringed on many copyrights and later created another website under the name "Mr. X" (webpage can be visited at www.mrxswebpage.com)


 * Wrestler - (see Mexican wrestler)
 * Writer
 * Wrote an autobiography titled "Homer, I Hardly Knew Me" ("Treehouse of Horror VII")
 *  Non-canon.