For the first time in three years, the software developer was not number 1.
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Can you have a job that also yields six figures with great satisfaction? Yes, if you choose wisely.
US News & World Report has come up with an answer for jobs that pay $ 100,000 a year or more. “No job is right for all of us, but many of the best have some commonality,” his annual “best jobs” ranking for 2021 said. Dentists were also pulled out of the top 5 this year, scoring No. 9 on the list.
Number 1 was a physician assistant (average salary of $ 112,260 per year; required education is a master’s degree); followed by software developer ($ 107,510 per year, which requires a bachelor’s degree); nurse practitioner ($ 110,700 per year, which requires a master’s degree); Medical and Health Services Manager ($ 100,980 per year, requiring a bachelor’s degree); and physician ($ 206,500 per year, which requires a doctorate).
The researchers looked at jobs with the greatest expected number and percentage of vacancies from 2019 to 2029, as determined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. They then looked at a range of other factors rated on a scale of 1 to 10, including stress levels, future career opportunities, unemployment rate, and an expected 10-year growth in the number of those jobs.
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A separate 2020 ranking by Glassdoor of “50 Best Jobs in America” listed front-end engineers (computer programmers who earn an average base salary of $ 105,240 per year) at No. 1 – pushing data scientists from third place to zero. four years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They were followed by Java Developer ($ 83,589), Data Scientist ($ 107,801), Product Manager ($ 117,713), and Devops Engineer ($ 107,310).
The Glassdoor score was determined by weighing three factors equally: earning potential (average annual base salary), overall job satisfaction rating, and the number of job openings. To be eligible for a job title, it must receive at least 100 salary reports and at least 100 job satisfaction ratings shared by US-based employees in one year. C-suite and internal-level jobs were excluded from the data.
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