America’s Best Paying Jobs
Per Forbes’ America’s Best and Worst Paying Jobs, the top ten (+1) are:
- Anesthesiologists: $192,780
- Surgeons: $191,410
- Orthodontists: $185,340
- Obstetricians and Gynecologists: $183,600
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons: $178,440
- Prosthodontists: $169,360
- Internists, General: $167,270
- Physicians & Surgeons, Other: $155,150
- Family & General Practitioners: $153,640
- Chief Executives: $151,370
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, Flight Engineers: $148,810
The lowest-paying 25 occupations employ 15.6 million people in America; the best-paying jobs employ 3 million.
But it seems they’ve missed one. Per Time Magazine’s Popchart, #1 should be Simpsons Voice Actors: $400,000 PER episode.
Hey Forbes: What about BigLaw? A first year associate (that’s freshly minted out of law school, never had a job before) at a national law firm earns $160,000.00 per year plus bonuses. I take exception to this doctor-centric list.
This list reminds me that when doctors start whining about how they don’t make enough money (which they inevitably do) you should tell them to cork it. Whatever nasty things you can say about lawyers (and I can come up with a few doozies) at least they don’t bitch about being undercompensated.
