The Top 50 Best Jobs In the United States
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | 7 Comments
In a CNN money article, the magazine lists out the top fifty jobs in the United States. The list was compiled by CNN Money and PayScale.com.
Here’s the list:
1 Systems Engineer
2 Physician Assistant
3 College Professor
4 Nurse Practitioner
5 Information Technology Project Manager
6 Certified Public Accountant
7 Physical Therapist
8 Computer/Network Security Consultant
9 Intelligence Analyst
10 Sales Director
11 Anesthesiologist
12 Software Developer
13 Pharmacist
14 Occupational Therapist
15 Nurse Anesthetist
16 Software Product Manager
17 Business Analyst, IT
18 Attorney/Lawyer
19 Physician/General Practice
20 Human Resources Manager
21 Senior Financial Analyst
22 Physician/Obstetrician/Gynecologist
23 Clinical Psychologist
24 Psychiatrist
25 Veterinarian
26 Marketing Manager
27 Speech-Language Pathologist
28 Technical Writer
29 Finance Director
30 Telecommunications Network Engineer
31 Director of Communications
32 Hotel General Manager
33 Securities Trader
34 Account Executive
35 Education/Training Consultant
36 Corporate Paralegal
37 Quality Control Engineer
38 Manufacturing Engineer
39 Computer Software Program Manager
40 Applications Systems Analyst
41 Senior Internal Auditor
42 Commercial Property Manager
43 Creative Director
44 Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative
45 Associate – Investment Banking
46 Training & Development Manager
47 Product Marketing Manager
48 Quality Assurance Manager
49 Financial Research Analyst
50 Outside Sales Representative
A lot of these jobs are all up the ladder from the blue collar jobs that most people start their careers at. However, there aren’t any real blue collar jobs on the list. There also aren’t any jobs on the list about working for yourself, these are all jobs that consist of a person working for someone else.
I would really like to see a list come out from these companies about best jobs to start out at. I think we all get the idea of where the money is later in life, but what about when someone is just starting out?
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Lulu | Wed, Oct 14 2009
Well with some of the jobs like Physical Therapist and Education Consultant you can start your own business so those would be more like working for yourself. Sadly my current job is not on the list. (teacher). Oh well.
Chris McClelland | Sat, Oct 17 2009
33 Securities Trader is about as close to anything that I do, but in another form. To bad webmaster isn’t on the list as well. Don’t worry Lulu the list is probably based on average annual salary then in a sliding order. Yeah, teaching is not a high paying job but it is a job, which is a good thing to have now a days.
ANSH from Short term rental new york | Fri, Oct 23 2009
Your post is really very important because in this recession, it’s very beneficial for those people who are really looking for jobs to make a living.
Josh from iD Tech Camps | Thu, Oct 29 2009
I’m curious what criteria is used to derive these… “best” is a pretty subjective term.
Steven Francis | Tue, Nov 10 2009
Another important job these days is SEO. Companies are dying for their websites to perform well in the search engine. So these SEO’s are earning a lot. They are one of the highest paid officials worldwide and there are some SEO agencies who are charging even $1000 for 1 hour !!!
Aestey from Business Software Guy | Wed, Nov 18 2009
I’ve always though being a software developer would be really fun. You get to be creative and there is always a hope of hitting the BIG payday.
Janice | Jobs in Abu Dhabi | Mon, Dec 07 2009
I agree there should also be a list of jobs to start out at. Because of this, people can choose the best careers for them.