If you want to earn the big bucks, it turns out that your mom was right, you should have been a doctor or a lawyer. Who would have thunk? Glassdoor released their list of the 25 highest paying jobs on Wednesday, and physicians were #1 on the list, by a wide margin. With an median base salary of $180,000, physicians earn more than $35,000 than the #2 job, lawyers. Research and development managers round out the top three careers.
The jobs and recruiting website used data that shared by the site’s users to find each field’s median base pay.
“High pay continues to be tied to in-demand skills, higher education, and working in jobs that are protected from competition or automation,” Andrew Chamberlain, Glassdoor’s chief economist, said in a press release. “This is why we see several jobs within the technology and healthcare industries.”
Oddly absent from the list was blogger. I may have to investigate how to be a pharmacy manager and get their $130,000 salary, I know a lot about prescription drugs.
- Physician – Median Base Salary: $180,000
- Lawyer – Median Base Salary: $144,500
- Research & Development Manager – Median Base Salary: $142,120
- Software Development Manager – Median Base Salary: $132,000
- Pharmacy Manager – Median Base Salary: $130,000
- Strategy Manager – Median Base Salary: $130,000
- Software Architect – Median Base Salary: $128,250
- Integrated Circuit Designer Engineer – Median Base Salary: $127,500
- IT Manager – Median Base Salary: $120,000
- Solutions Architect – Median Base Salary: $120,000
- Engagement Manager – Median Base Salary: $120,000
- Applications Development Manager – Median Base Salary: $120,000
- Pharmacist – Median Base Salary: $118,000
- Systems Architect – Median Base Salary: $116,920
- Finance Manager – Median Base Salary: $115,000
- Data Scientist – Median Base Salary: $115,000
- Risk Manager – Median Base Salary: $115,000
- Creative Director – Median Base Salary: $115,000
- Actuary – Median Base Salary: $115,000
- Data Architect – Median Base Salary: $113,000
- Tax Manager – Median Base Salary: $110,000
- Product Manager – Median Base Salary: $107,000
- Design Manager – Median Base Salary: $106,500
- Analytics Manager – Median Base Salary: $106,000
- Information Systems Manager – Median Base Salary: $106,000
Check out Glassdoor to see the number of job opening for the 25 highest paying jobs.