The 20 Best Paying Jobs in the US

[dquan97]

#3,000 - Gov't Employee.

Woohoo!!!

 

[KokomoGST]

The thought of getting paid to look at a woman's "junk" all day... they BETTER be paid well.

One of my friends is a resident and was trying to be a surgeon for a bit... he stopped that idea. My anesth friend is in her second year of residency right now. Docs don't seem to make quite as much as they used to now. Heck, even lawyers... still, it's not a ton of money but it's a comfortable living.

I bet some mechanics/shop owners are easily in six figures.

 

[tcsenter]

I don't think the Labor Department and other government labor sources try to keep salary information on investment bankers, venture capitalists, and corporate executives. For that, you'll have to consult Forbes or something.

But yeah, there could be 20 more careers in there at the $70K ~ $85K range. The last hospital I worked for was starting Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) at $82,000K and Physician Assisstants (PA) at $80,000K per year. More medical folks. I know a few CRNA's who make six figures.

 

[JRS4224]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: BornStar18

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
OB/GYN's can pay 100k or more per year for malpractice insurance.

Good point, I'd have a better chance of getting a fair trial as a black guy accused of murdering a white women in texas than as a male gynacologist accused of misconduct of a patient. At least the murder trial has reasonable doubt going for it.

Typically OB/GYNs get sued for complications when delivering a baby. If the parents don't get a perfectly healthy baby, they plame the OB even if they had nothing to do with it. Sometimes our society can be so stupid.

the worst part is that the patient has until 2 years AFTER discovery of the problem to sue the doctor. they could be 40 and sue their doctor for a medical condition.

And thats why you should chose #12

 

[JRS4224]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: BornStar18

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
OB/GYN's can pay 100k or more per year for malpractice insurance.

Good point, I'd have a better chance of getting a fair trial as a black guy accused of murdering a white women in texas than as a male gynacologist accused of misconduct of a patient. At least the murder trial has reasonable doubt going for it.

Typically OB/GYNs get sued for complications when delivering a baby. If the parents don't get a perfectly healthy baby, they plame the OB even if they had nothing to do with it. Sometimes our society can be so stupid.

the worst part is that the patient has until 2 years AFTER discovery of the problem to sue the doctor. they could be 40 and sue their doctor for a medical condition.

and thats why you should choose #12

 

[JRS4224]

my bad for double post

 

[imported_Tomato]

w00t psychiatrist... I'll be back to school within 2 years.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
No pharmacists?

Pharmacy takes quite a few years to make serious money.... That being said it does pay pretty damn well... My dad is making slightly over 100k/yr as a pharmasist....

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: rh71
Anyway... just the other day I found out one of the guys on my old hockey team was an anesthesiologist now... spent 3 additional years in med school after we graduated together... I kinda made the remark that he went through all those years of school just to put people to sleep with drugs (anesthesiologist)... I guess he's laughing his way to the bank now... that's a $#!Tload of cash!

Anybody can put you yo sleep with drugs. His main job is to make sure that you actually wake up afterwards.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: vi_edit
No pharmacists?

Pharmacy takes quite a few years to make serious money.... That being said it does pay pretty damn well... My dad is making slightly over 100k/yr as a pharmasist....

Quite a few years? Nah, not really. You can be out in 6 years easily which is short for many "advanced" medical programs and still make $75,000-$100,000 depending upon location & type of pharmacy (retail vs clinical) right out of school.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: vi_edit
No pharmacists?

Pharmacy takes quite a few years to make serious money.... That being said it does pay pretty damn well... My dad is making slightly over 100k/yr as a pharmasist....

Quite a few years? Nah, not really. You can be out in 6 years easily which is short for many "advanced" medical programs and still make $75,000-$100,000 depending upon location & type of pharmacy (retail vs clinical) right out of school.

Unfortunately not here in FL... I have a few friends (and some of my dad's collegues) who graduated from pharmacy school and have recently gotten jobs starting btwn 45-50k/yr.... Not bad at all for just coming out of school, but not nearly as much as those with experience...

Like you said though, prolly depends heavily on location as the cost of living in florida is quite low.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

<-- No. 12

 

[vi edit]

Unfortunately not here in FL... I have a few friends (and some of my dad's collegues) who graduated from pharmacy school and have recently gotten jobs starting btwn 45-50k/yr.... Not bad at all for just coming out of school, but not nearly as much as those with experience...

Gah. My wife is looking at residencies that pay that much :Q

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
<-- No. 12

I must have missed "Thong Wearing Cyclist" on that list.

 

[BornStar]

I can't believe that podiatrist is only number 11 on that list. They would have to pay me upwards of a million a year to play with somebody's feet. I hate feet.

 

[BornStar]

Bah, first double post ever.

 

[Cuda1447]

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
<-- No. 12

 

[upsciLLion]

Does anybody have any advice about how to get started in a career involving banking and/or finance? Those look like promising fields for someone who does well with math.

ups

 

[ViperMagic]

I would like to mention that just because these are the average highest-paying jobs, they arnt absoulte.

My dad is a toolmaker by trade, and for a few years he was making $100/hr (He worked four 10 hour days a week, friday, saturday, sunday, monday, and on sat/sun he would frequently be the only man in the shop, so he would run all the machines by himself. More machines meant more money. I think his record was 37 machines at once) That would put him squarely on the top.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Unfortunately not here in FL... I have a few friends (and some of my dad's collegues) who graduated from pharmacy school and have recently gotten jobs starting btwn 45-50k/yr.... Not bad at all for just coming out of school, but not nearly as much as those with experience...

Gah. My wife is looking at residencies that pay that much :Q

3 years for Pharmacy...I got accepted with just my AA....

I am willing to bet the cost of Pharmacy school is about 1/10 of the average MD's education. I was offered a $75k package for pharmacy with profit sharing at a Eckerd's when I graduated....I changed majors though....this was back around 1993 or 4 I think.

 

[vi edit]

3 years for Pharmacy...I got accepted with just my AA....

I am willing to bet the cost of Pharmacy school is about 1/10 of the average MD's education. I was offered a $75k package for pharmacy with profit sharing at a Eckerd's when I graduated....I changed majors though....this was back around 1993 or 4 I think.

My wife had three years of undergrad when she was accepted into her PharmD program. You can get apply in two, but it's pretty rough unless you are chem genious. So, figure about $10k-$12k a year for undergrad...so anywhere between 20k-36k for undergrad. Then her PharmD is a 3 year program that she pays for two years @ $12k, and a third year @ $18k(extra semester).

So, figure you can do it for anywhere between $62,000 & $78,000 depending on undergrad and PharmD tuition rates.

Not bad when you consider she's looking at $75'ish when she gets out.