If you are looking for work, changing careers, or looking to increase your salary, Glassdoor has assembled a list of the top trending positions on its online job listings that offer the highest pay.
By the looks of the list, you're in luck if your skills lean toward the health-care and technical fields. As for financial professionals, the pickings are a bit slimmer.
The job title "financial planning and analysis manager," for example, was listed as the No. 16 top-paying job, with a median base salary of $102,155. Tax managers were No. 24, with a base salary of $96,175.
To assemble the list, a sample of 100 salary reports submitted to Glassdoor from U.S.-based employees from July 2017 to June 2018 were weighted to reflect all types of industries, both small and large businesses, across the country.
These are the highest paying jobs, in ascending order, ranked by Glassdoor (the number of job openings per job title represents active job listings on Glassdoor as of July 19) :
10. Software Architect
Median base salary: $105,329
Job openings: 1,130
Trending cities hiring: San Jose, Calif.; Boston; Chicago; San Diego; New York.
9. Nurse Practitioner
Median base salary: $106, 962
Job openings: 14,931
Trending cities hiring: Los Angeles; Portland, Ore.; Baltimore;
Columbus, Ohio; Phoenix.
8. Software Engineering Manager
Median base salary: $107,479
Job openings: 1,105
Trending cities hiring: Atlanta; San Francisco; Seattle; Austin, Texas; McLean, Va.
7. Physician Assistant
Median base salary: $108, 761
Job openings: 8,616
Trending cities hiring: New York; Baltimore; Boston; Washington, D.C.; Raleigh, N.C.
6. Software Development Manager
Median base salary: $108,879
Job openings: 1,064
Trending cities hiring: Seattle; Sunnyvale, Calif.; Bellevue, Wash.; Austin, Texas; Redwood City, Calif.
5. Corporate Counsel
Median base salary: $115, 580
Job openings: 693
Trending cities hiring: San Francisco; Atlanta; Seattle; Los Angeles; Newark, N.J.
4. Enterprise Architect
Median base salary: $115, 580
Job openings: 1,097
Trending cities hiring: Arlington, Va.; Austin, Tex.; New York; Chicago; Boston.
3. Pharmacist
Median base salary: $127,120
Job openings: 2,534
Trending cities hiring: New York; Bakersfield, Calif.; Dallas; Atlanta; Philadelphia.
2. Pharmacy Manager
Median base salary: $146,412
Job openings: 2,009
Trending cities hiring: Washington D.C.; Boston; Baltimore; Los Angeles; San Francisco.
1. Physician
Median base salary: $195, 842
Job openings: 3, 038
Trending cities hiring: Houston; New York; Las Vegas; Memphis, Tenn.; Tampa, Fla.
The full report can be viewed here.
