Glassdoor's List Of 25 Highest Paying Jobs In US

Jobs in technology and healthcare sectors are among the top paying jobs in the US, finds a new survey released by the career website Glassdoor. As per the latest survey, physician and pharmacy manager are the two highest paying jobs with a median base salary of $187,876 and $149,064 respectively. Out of the highest 25 paying jobs, 11 are from the tech industry, the survey added. The Glassdoor survey conducted on job titles with more than 100 salary reports shared by the US-based employees over the past year starting February 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017. To ensure the most reliable median base salary for all job titles, Glassdoor also applies a proprietary statistical algorithm to estimate annual median base pay, which controls for factors such as location and seniority. This report takes into account job title normalisation that groups similar job titles. The survey also noted that the C-suite (chief) level jobs were excluded from it. Here are the highest paying jobs in the US as per the Glassdoor Survey: 1. Physician Median Base Salary: $187,876; Job Openings: 7,770 2. Pharmacy Manager Median Base Salary: $149,064; Job Openings: 2,370 3. Patent Attorney Median Base Salary: $139,272; Job Openings: 525 4. Medical Science Liaison Median Base Salary: $132,842; Job Openings: 391 5. Pharmacist Median Base Salary: $125,847; Job Openings: 5,496 6. Enterprise Architect Median Base Salary: $112,560; Job Openings: 1,320 7. Physician Assistant Median Base Salary: $112,529; Job Openings: 13,547 8. Applications Development Manager Median Base Salary: $112,045; Job Openings: 516 9. R&D Manager Median Base Salary: $111,905; Job Openings: 185 10. Corporate Controller Median Base Salary: $110,855; Job Openings: 259 11. Software Engineering Manager Median Base Salary: $109,350; Job Openings: 1,011 12. IT Architect Median Base Salary: $105,303; Job Openings: 250 13. Software Architect Median Base Salary: $104,754; Job Openings: 1,147 14. Nurse Practitioner Median Base Salary: $104,144; Job Openings: 12,566 15. Solutions Architect Median Base Salary: $102,678; Job Openings: 4,174 16. Data Architect Median Base Salary: $102,091; Job Openings: 1,438 17. Actuary Median Base Salary: $99,507; Job Openings: 463 18. IT Program Manager Median Base Salary: $98,883; Job Openings: 250 19. UX Manager Median Base Salary: $98,353; Job Openings: 263 20. Systems Architect Median Base Salary: $97,873; Job Openings: 1,167 21. Plant Manager Median Base Salary: $97,189; Job Openings: 1,286 22. Scrum Master Median Base Salary: $95,167; Job Openings: 2,072 23. Financial Planning & Analysis Manager Median Base Salary: $94,862; Job Openings: 501 24. Nuclear Engineer Median Base Salary: $94,852; Job Openings: 155 25. Attorney Median Base Salary: $94,695; Job Openings: 1,010

Glassdoor's List Of 25 Highest Paying Jobs In US

Physician and pharmacy manager are the two highest paying jobs Out of top 25 jobs, 11 are from tech industry, as per the survey Jobs in healthcare sector also among the top in the list

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