09 Aug
Posted by Alex as Business, Money and Finance, Work and Career

Now here’s an interesting bit. AskMen.com features the top ten highest paying jobs in the US according to the Department of Labor. Take note that in the actual list, eight out of the top ten are actually careers in the medical field. To narrow things down, they’ve taken the liberty to diversify the fields in the top 10, consolidating the medical field into just one spot.
10 – Natural Sciences Manager
Highest salary: $97,560
Training time: 6 years
9 – Marketing Manager
Highest salary: $100,020
Training time: 4 to 6 years
8 – Computer and Information Systems Manager
Highest salary: $100,110
Training time: 4 to 8 years
7 – Air Traffic Controller
Highest salary: $100,430
Training time: 9 years
6 – Lawyer
Highest salary: $110,590
Training time: 7 years
5 – Dentist
Highest salary: $132,660
Training time: 8 years
4 – Airline Pilot
Highest salary: $134,090
Training time: 5 to 10 years
3 – Engineering Manager
Highest salary: $140,210
Training time: 6 to 7 years
2 – Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Highest salary: $140,880
Training time: Varies
1 – Surgeon
Highest salary: $181,850
Training time: 10 to 15 years
So what does this tell you? There’s no future for those in the humanities to get rich (no, Law is not humane!). Haha. If you plan to get rich quick and earn at least a million before you retire, your best bet is to enter the medical field with many doctors earning around $150k a year.
11 Responses
Scotcia
January 24th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
1Ummm… not to burst your bubble… but, there’s some offshore oil workers, surveyors, drillers, etc. & ad infinum that make median levels / take home pay of US$ 150.000.00 to $225,000.00 / annum zero tax. Go figure…
mario
January 24th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
2thank you scotcia there are plenty of jobs that pay excess of 100,000.
saaka olugbenga
January 31st, 2008 at 10:08 am
3find me a teaching job
sherabiskutbaby
February 7th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
4true..there are plenty of jobs that pay more than the list..find and state ‘em
xkagex
August 5th, 2008 at 9:44 am
5The salaries are horribly off. Average salary for surgeons in the US is around $282k.
Michaela
January 7th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
6Anesthesiologist gets $321,686 a year. and that is only the median. so the medical field gets the highest paying career.
ryan
January 19th, 2009 at 5:23 am
7i must say even tho i am young i know ceo’s and people in the medical field are gettin paid more than the salaries you have up there… i mean shit real estate agents were makin more than that workin part time when the market was doin good….. come on guys better stats plz
John
February 5th, 2009 at 11:39 am
8Just beacuse you know a surgeon maybe in Beverly Hills or in a big city who makes 280k per yr that doesnt make it average… 45% make under 200k – 10% make over $275k – this article is pretty right on.
And yes, I am a surgeon.
John
Sean Patrcik Isels-Soles
May 4th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
9Yeah, sure you are a Surgeon John, and these salaries ARE off, by like 100K.
Julie
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:05 pm
10Well actually I know people that make way more then that so I don’t these people telling us this is 100% correct. Infact my husband is on e of them, he is a coin dealer and made a little over 350,000 last year.
Julie
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 pm
11Also my mother is a agent and is extremely loaded at the age of 50….She has always done good as long as I can remember!!!
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