Health care, technology professions lead way in highest paying jobs in nation

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Health care and technology professions make up a majority of the 25 highest paying jobs in the country, according to Glassdoor, an online recruiting and job search site.

Health care and technology professions make up a majority of the 25 highest paying jobs in the country.

This is according to Glassdoor, an online recruiting and job search site, and its 25 Highest Paying Jobs in America for 2018 report released Aug. 15. Many of the top-paying jobs in Indiana are in the medical field, according to a search on the state-operated job website Indianacareerready.com

Based on salary reports shared by employees with these jobs on Glassdoor during the past year, these jobs had the highest median salaries in the country:

  1. Physician; median base salary, $195,842
  2. Pharmacy Manager; median base salary, $146,412
  3. Pharmacist, median base salary, $127,120
  4. Enterprise Architect; median base salary, $115,944
  5. Corporate Counsel; median base salary, $115,580
  6. Software Development Manager; Median base salary, $108,879
  7. Physician Assistant; median base salary, $108,761
  8. Software Engineering Manager; median base salary, $107,479
  9. Nurse Practitioner; median base salary, $106,962
  10. Software Architect; median base salary, $105,329
  11. Engineering Manager; median base salary, $105,260
  12. Applications Development Manager; median base salary, $104,048
  13. Plant Manager; median base salary, $103,892
  14. IT Program Manager; median base salary, $102,969
  15. Solutions Architect; median base salary, $102,160
  16. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager; median base salary, $102,155
  17. Data Architect; median base salary, $101,900
  18. Strategy Manager; median base salary, $101,754
  19. Systems Architect; median base salary, $100,984   
  20. Scrum Master; median base salary, $98,239
  21. Consulting Manager; median base salary, $97,154
  22. Attorney; median base salary, $96,678
  23. Cloud Engineer; median base salary, $96,449
  24. Tax Manager; median base salary, $96,175
  25. Data Scientist; median base salary, $96,116

Thirteen of Glassdoor's 25 highest paying jobs in America for 2018 are tech jobs, more than any other profession and up from 11 in 2017. There were five health care jobs on the list, down from six in 2017.

“The fact that employers are paying top dollar for many tech and health care jobs reinforces how demand for these valuable skillsets continues to outpace the supply of talent with these expertises,” said Amanda Stansell, an economic research analyst for Glassdoor. “We know that salary matters a lot to job seekers when determining where to work, but it should not be the only factor to consider.”

Glassdoor said employees believe company culture and values, career opportunities and trust in senior leadership matter most when it comes to keeping workers satisfied in their jobs long-term.

 

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