50 Highest Paying Jobs
Posted on December 7th, 2010
What are the highest paying jobs you can get today? The answer mostly depends on your industry. The health care, business, engineering, law and science industries all offer jobs that guarantee a comfortable life. If you can land a management position, even outside of these industries, all the better.
We’ve compiled the 50 highest paying jobs in America. All annual salaries are based on mean annual salaries as recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Health care Ten of the 20 fastest-growing occupations are in health care. Aging Baby Boomers and increased longevity deserve a lot of credit for this boom. Predictably enough, doctors and dentists are the highest paid practitioners.
10. Dentist Annual salary: $156,850
9. Pediatrician Annual salary: $161,410
8. Psychiatrist Annual salary: $163,660 7. Family and general practitioner Annual salary: $168,550
6. Internist Annual salary: $183,990
5. Obstetrician & gynecologist Annual salary: $204,470
4. Oral & maxillofacial surgeon Annual salary: $210,710 3. Anesthesiologist Annual salary: $211,750
2. Surgeon Annual salary: $219,770
1. Cardiologist Annual salary: $274,000
Business
Being a manager or executive in the business world pays handsome dividends. And unlike the medical field, it takes less than 10 years of schooling. Just nab that MBA (or a good set of connections), work your butt off, land that corner office, and collect, baby.
10. Purchasing manager Annual salary: $96,910 9. Actuary Annual salary: $97,450
8. Advertising and promotions manager Annual salary: $97,670 7. Public relations manager Annual salary: $101,850
6. Human resources manager Annual salary: $105,510
5. Operations manager Annual salary: $110,550
4. Sales manager Annual salary: $111,570 3. Financial manager Annual salary: $113,730
2. Marketing manager Annual salary: $120,070 1. Chief executive officer (CEO) Annual salary: $167,280 Engineering & Technology
Even in engineering, management is where you need to land in order to start raking in six figures. Specializing in fields like computers, oil, or nukes definitely doesn’t hurt.
10. Electronics engineer (except for computers) Annual salary: $91,540 59Chemical engineer Annual salary: $91,670 8. Aerospace engineer Annual salary: $96,270 7. Computer Software Engineer for systems software Annual salary: $96,620
6. Nuclear engineer Annual salary: $100,350
5. Computer hardware engineer Annual salary: $101,410 4. Computer or information scientist Annual salary: $105,370
3. Petroleum engineers Annual salary: $119,960 2. Computer or information systems manager Annual salary: $120,640 1. Engineering manager Annual salary: $122,810
Science
What is it with management? Even in the sciences, being a manager is the way to go if you want enough money for that vacation home in Breckenridge. Other appealing fields include physics, astronomy, and good ol’ math.
10. Medical scientist (except epidemiologist) Annual salary: $84,760 9. Atmospheric or space scientist Annual salary: $85,160 8. Biochemist or biophysicist Annual salary: $88,550
7. Chemical engineer Annual salary: $91,670
6. Geoscientist (but not hydrologist or geographer) Annual salary: $92,710
5. Mathematician Annual salary: $93,920 4. Physical scientist Annual salary: $94,880
3. Astronomer Annual salary: $102,740
2. Physicist Annual salary: $111,250 1. Natural sciences manager Annual salary: $127,000 Other
We couldn’t leave lawyers off this list–they make bank, as you probably know. Other types of jobs that rake it in represent a smorgasboard of industries, from financial services to aviation. See where else you can make the big bucks below.
10. Personal financial advisor Annual salary: $94,180
9. College or university education administrator Annual salary: $95,340
8. Economist Annual salary: $96,320 7. Political scientist Annual salary: $101,050
6. Industrial/organizational psychologist Annual salary: $102,570
5. Judge, magistrate judge, or magistrate Annual salary: $103,990
4. Air traffic controller Annual salary: $106,990
3. Law professor Annual salary: $109,150
2. Airline pilot Annual salary: $117,060
1. Lawyer Annual salary: $129,020
Additional sources: Payscale, CNBC, and Salary.com.
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