Posted on 01/11/2017 8:29:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind
When choosing a career, it's important to seek out jobs that are meaningful and challenging.
But a high salary doesn't hurt, either.
US News & World Report recently released its 2017 Best Jobs rankings, which determines the best occupations in the US based on median salary, employment rate, growth, job prospects, stress level, and work-life balance. You can read more about the methodology here.
The publication then ranked these coveted positions by pay, finding that, unsurprisingly, many of America's top jobs come with six-figure salaries. Positions in the healthcare sector dominated the list, with anesthesiologists claiming the top spot, followed by surgeons and oral and maxillofacial surgeons.
Read on to see the 20 best high-paying jobs in the US, with salary data and projected job growth included from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics:
20. Pharmacist
Average annual salary: $119,270
Projected growth (2014 to 2024): 3%
Imperative to the healthcare industry, pharmacists not only fill prescriptions, but also educate patients on the potential side effects of their medications, teach them how to handle side effects, and monitor which prescriptions each patient is taking to prevent mixing incompatible drugs.
19. Business Operations Manager
Average annual salary: $119,460
Projected growth (2014 to 2024): 7%
Business-operations managers take care of the details that are vital to keeping a business running, including hiring new talent, negotiating contracts, making strategy decisions, and building and leading effective teams. The highest-paying cities for this job are Bridgeport, Connecticut, New York City, and Trenton, New Jersey.
18. Sales Manager
Average annual salary: $130,400
Projected growth (2014 to 2024): 5%
Sales managers get their company's product into customers' hands. This requires managers to establish client relationships and sales territory, guide sales teams, develop training programs for new hires, outline team strategies, and set short- and long-term goals.
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I knew a guy that had 2 of the best high paying jobs. At the same time. In sales and in the medical field.
He was a medical equipment salesman. One imaging machine or a few lab equipment pieces and he made more in one day than most people do in a month.
Mighty good money to be made selling high tech medical stuff.
Ex marxist president. Billions.
Thats because selling medical or lab equipment is like selling Popcorn and soda at a sports event. Markup is about 800%
bump
Having worked in a hospital, if you buy one of those BIG pieces of equipment every three or four years you are doing well.
Some of those MRIs or DaVinci machines cost in the millions of dollars. They are not bought without a real deep analysis. One sale will take 18 months from start to finish.
THEN, he makes the big bucks, that day.
You have no idea what it takes to get FDA approval to sell any medical item nor the legal liability you will be exposed to after it goes to market.
Yes, a piece of plastic tubing at home depot cost $1/foot but, if that same piece of plastic is FDA approved, it costs logarithmically more and every lawyer will destroy you if somehow it should somehow kink.
If you’re younger, try robotics.
#9 Youtuber
Make millions unboxing products then reviewing them.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/22/14031288/ryan-toys-review-biggest-youngest-youtube-star-millions
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