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25 Highest Paying Jobs in America - Plenty of openings

Cigar

Cigar

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https://www.glassdoor.com/List/High...ighest_paying_jobs_us17&utm_campaign=mar17_us

1 Physician
2 Pharmacy Manager
3 Patent Attorney
4 Medical Science Liaison
5 Pharmacist
6 Enterprise Architect
7 Physician Assistant
8 Applications Development Manager
9 R&D Manager
10 Corporate Controller
11 Software Engineering Manager
12 IT Architect
13 Software Architect
14 Nurse Practitioner
15 Solutions Architect
16 Data Architect
17 Actuary
18 IT Program Manager
19 UX Manager
20 Systems Architect
21 Plant Manager
22 Scrum Master
23 Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
24 Nuclear Engineer
25 Attorney


Sorry ... no Coal Mining Jobs
 
Cigar said:
https://www.glassdoor.com/List/High...ighest_paying_jobs_us17&utm_campaign=mar17_us

1 Physician
2 Pharmacy Manager
3 Patent Attorney
4 Medical Science Liaison
5 Pharmacist
6 Enterprise Architect
7 Physician Assistant
8 Applications Development Manager
9 R&D Manager
10 Corporate Controller
11 Software Engineering Manager
12 IT Architect
13 Software Architect
14 Nurse Practitioner
15 Solutions Architect
16 Data Architect
17 Actuary
18 IT Program Manager
19 UX Manager
20 Systems Architect
21 Plant Manager
22 Scrum Master
23 Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
24 Nuclear Engineer
25 Attorney


Sorry ... no Coal Mining Jobs
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No floor sweeper or filer in the physicians office either.

All this proves is that the harder and smarter you work, after you get the best education you can, the higher you will advance.
 
Cigar said:
https://www.glassdoor.com/List/High...ighest_paying_jobs_us17&utm_campaign=mar17_us

1 Physician
2 Pharmacy Manager
3 Patent Attorney
4 Medical Science Liaison
5 Pharmacist
6 Enterprise Architect
7 Physician Assistant
8 Applications Development Manager
9 R&D Manager
10 Corporate Controller
11 Software Engineering Manager
12 IT Architect
13 Software Architect
14 Nurse Practitioner
15 Solutions Architect
16 Data Architect
17 Actuary
18 IT Program Manager
19 UX Manager
20 Systems Architect
21 Plant Manager
22 Scrum Master
23 Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
24 Nuclear Engineer
25 Attorney


Sorry ... no Coal Mining Jobs
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BTW, I'd question at least 3 on the list. 5, 7, and 14.
 
jimbo said:
No floor sweeper or filer in the physicians office either.

All this proves is that the harder and smarter you work, after you get the best education you can, the higher you will advance.
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Good Point - you can either spend 8 years bitching and complaining or you could have had a degree in that same about of time.

No investment is free ... but bitching and complaining can sure coast you a lot of time and money.
 
jimbo said:
BTW, I'd question at least 3 on the list. 5, 7, and 14.
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Probably depends on where you live.

Some times you have to do something drastic ... like change your address.
 
Cigar said:
https://www.glassdoor.com/List/High...ighest_paying_jobs_us17&utm_campaign=mar17_us

1 Physician
2 Pharmacy Manager
3 Patent Attorney
4 Medical Science Liaison
5 Pharmacist
6 Enterprise Architect
7 Physician Assistant
8 Applications Development Manager
9 R&D Manager
10 Corporate Controller
11 Software Engineering Manager
12 IT Architect
13 Software Architect
14 Nurse Practitioner
15 Solutions Architect
16 Data Architect
17 Actuary
18 IT Program Manager
19 UX Manager
20 Systems Architect
21 Plant Manager
22 Scrum Master
23 Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
24 Nuclear Engineer
25 Attorney


Sorry ... no Coal Mining Jobs
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There is nothing wrong with having respect for the top 25

But there is something very wrong with looking down your nose at people who are not in the top 25
 
Cigar said:
Probably depends on where you live.

Some times you have to do something drastic ... like change your address.
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Undoubtedly. I know that my niece, who is a head nurse (not NP) in a city near Portland, Ore, came out here to Richmond, Va with the intent of relocating, couldn't afford the cut in pay.
 
Mac77 said:
There is nothing wrong with having respect for the top 25

But there is something very wrong with looking down your nose at people who are not in the top 25
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I agree ... this isn't a list of the most important or popular Jobs
 
jimbo said:
BTW, I'd question at least 3 on the list. 5, 7, and 14.
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I thought the same as I read it. I also think that you might find financial engineers further up the ladder.
 
jimbo said:
Undoubtedly. I know that my niece, who is a head nurse (not NP) in a city near Portland, Ore, came out here to Richmond, Va with the intent of relocating, couldn't afford the cut in pay.
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Same think with my niece, she moved for Fort Wayne to Indianapolis ... not really a drastic move is it's for a carer move.
 
Cigar said:
I agree ... this isn't a list of the most important or popular Jobs
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I got the impression you were sneering at coal miners

Maybe because they voted for trump instead of hillary and the obama legacy of failure
 
joG said:
I thought the same as I read it. I also think that you might find financial engineers further up the ladder.
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I'm sure this list based on placement organizations and not a poll of people in the field.
 
My job is number 11 on the list - software engineering manager. It does pay well but I'm certainly not making doctor money. Though maybe doctors aren't making doctor money either any more.
 
jimbo said:
No floor sweeper or filer in the physicians office either.

All this proves is that the harder and smarter you work, after you get the best education you can, the higher you will advance.
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No public school teachers either

I wonder if they at least make more than the coal miners?
 
Mac77 said:
I got the impression you were sneering at coal miners

Maybe because they voted for trump instead of hillary and the obama legacy of failure
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No ... but after awhile you can't feel sorry for people like Gas Station Attendants who specialize in Pumping Gas, Washing Windshields and Filling Radiators.

Maybe it's time to actually start smelling the Coffee ... rather than just drink it.
 
Cigar said:
https://www.glassdoor.com/List/High...ighest_paying_jobs_us17&utm_campaign=mar17_us

1 Physician
2 Pharmacy Manager
3 Patent Attorney
4 Medical Science Liaison
5 Pharmacist
6 Enterprise Architect
7 Physician Assistant
8 Applications Development Manager
9 R&D Manager
10 Corporate Controller
11 Software Engineering Manager
12 IT Architect
13 Software Architect
14 Nurse Practitioner
15 Solutions Architect
16 Data Architect
17 Actuary
18 IT Program Manager
19 UX Manager
20 Systems Architect
21 Plant Manager
22 Scrum Master
23 Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
24 Nuclear Engineer
25 Attorney


Sorry ... no Coal Mining Jobs
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In a modern day large scale coal mining operation 13 of the 25 job titles in the OP are directly involved, indirectly all of them.

Lets not forget the local and regional companies that support this mine with mechanical maintenance, the manufacturing jobs making the parts for equipment, the housing market and tax base that fuels the schools, fire and police departments. Lets not forget the single Mom working as a waitress part time at a dinner to support her kids or the landscaper cutting lawns.

Wait, these folks don’t count, they didn’t install a wind turbine farm that kills endangered bird species at alarming rates, they didn’t install a solar panel made in China that took away an American jobs. They are not a Brewista working a service job at Starbucks making designer coffee blends and lattes.
 
woodsman said:
In a modern day large scale coal mining operation 13 of the 25 job titles in the OP are directly involved, indirectly all of them.

Lets not forget the local and regional companies that support this mine with mechanical maintenance, the manufacturing jobs making the parts for equipment, the housing market and tax base that fuels the schools, fire and police departments. Lets not forget the single Mom working as a waitress part time at a dinner to support her kids or the landscaper cutting lawns.

Wait, these folks don’t count, they didn’t install a wind turbine farm that kills endangered bird species at alarming rates, they didn’t install a solar panel made in China that took away an American jobs. They are not a Brewista working a service job at Starbucks making designer coffee blends and lattes.
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Has ZERO to do with the subject
 
Gaius46 said:
My job is number 11 on the list - software engineering manager. It does pay well but I'm certainly not making doctor money. Though maybe doctors aren't making doctor money either any more.
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But doctors have a lot more expenses than you do. I have some doctor friends who pay tons and tons of money for malpractice insurance, even though they have never had a claim in their careers.
 
Cigar said:
Has ZERO to do with the subject
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How so? It was your linked list and comment about coal miners. Curious, if you can’t debate a topic why post said topic?
 
Cephus said:
But doctors have a lot more expenses than you do. I have some doctor friends who pay tons and tons of money for malpractice insurance, even though they have never had a claim in their careers.
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Agreed. And Ob/Gyns apparently have it the worst because it seems if the kid isn't perfect they get sued. Though an Ob/Gyn told me that so your mileage may vary. I also remember having a conversation about medical school with a guy who's a heart surgeon. He said medical school had cost him so much that he went years just barely making ends meet while paying off his loans.

In my case it was just college for 4 years, some grad school - I never finished - and then years of working in the field.
 
Gaius46 said:
Agreed. And Ob/Gyns apparently have it the worst because it seems if the kid isn't perfect they get sued. Though an Ob/Gyn told me that so your mileage may vary. I also remember having a conversation about medical school with a guy who's a heart surgeon. He said medical school had cost him so much that he went years just barely making ends meet while paying off his loans.

In my case it was just college for 4 years, some grad school - I never finished - and then years of working in the field.
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Same here, but I didn't have massive ongoing costs, just staying in business, like some careers do. So I don't begrudge doctors charging what they do. They get screwed six ways from Sunday most of the time.
 
Cigar said:
https://www.glassdoor.com/List/High...ighest_paying_jobs_us17&utm_campaign=mar17_us

1 Physician
2 Pharmacy Manager
3 Patent Attorney
4 Medical Science Liaison
5 Pharmacist
6 Enterprise Architect
7 Physician Assistant
8 Applications Development Manager
9 R&D Manager
10 Corporate Controller
11 Software Engineering Manager
12 IT Architect
13 Software Architect
14 Nurse Practitioner
15 Solutions Architect
16 Data Architect
17 Actuary
18 IT Program Manager
19 UX Manager
20 Systems Architect
21 Plant Manager
22 Scrum Master
23 Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
24 Nuclear Engineer
25 Attorney


Sorry ... no Coal Mining Jobs
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Curious, would you like to pick out one job title from your linked list and I will show you how its connected to said coal miners or coal mining that you obviously have an issue with? If I do so, you will need to concede you are wrong and just trolling.
 
Cigar said:
Good Point - you can either spend 8 years bitching and complaining or you could have had a degree in that same about of time.

No investment is free ... but bitching and complaining can sure coast you a lot of time and money.
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I don't think you fully understand the issue then.

Sure. Those jobs are well paid and have openings. Now. Who is putting in applications? Who is getting those degrees? Why don't you head on down to the local ghetto and see how many schools are preparing the kids for these jobs. Yea. You can work hard, but you also need to work correctly. Not everyone knows the system well enough to get through it.


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blackjack50 said:
I don't think you fully understand the issue then.

Sure. Those jobs are well paid and have openings. Now. Who is putting in applications? Who is getting those degrees? Why don't you head on down to the local ghetto and see how many schools are preparing the kids for these jobs. Yea. You can work hard, but you also need to work correctly. Not everyone knows the system well enough to get through it.
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Especially when you have the idiots of the left telling these kids in the ghetto that their failures are not their fault, just get your hand out there and expect whitey to give you a check.
 
Cigar said:
No ... but after awhile you can't feel sorry for people like Gas Station Attendants who specialize in Pumping Gas, Washing Windshields and Filling Radiators.

Maybe it's time to actually start smelling the Coffee ... rather than just drink it.
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Something tells me in 2017 there are fewer people pumping gas for a living than there are nuclear engineers. I think the last time I had someone pump my gas was 15 years ago when I passed through Oregon on a road trip. :)
 
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