CareerCast.com has recently released a list documenting the best paying jobs of 2016. The study looked at each job from the context of work environment, income, hiring outlook, and stress.
The environment context looked at areas such as degree of competitiveness and stamina needed for the job. The income context looked at things such as growth potential. The hiring outlook used factors such as employment and income growth. The study looked at stress in the context of deadlines, meeting the public, and hazards encountered, to name a few.
Listed below are the top 20 jobs of 2016 with their income. You can find how each job measured up regarding the other contexts listed above here: http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/jobs-rated-report-2016-ranking-200-jobs
- Data Scientist
Income: $128,240.00
- Statistician
Income: $80, 295.00
- Information Security Analyst
Income: $89, 295.00
- Audiologist
Income: $73, 231.00
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Income: $68,200.00
- Mathematician
Income: $104, 285.00
- Software Engineer
Income: $93, 233.00
- Computer System Analyst
Income: $83,255.00
- Speech Pathologist
Income: $72, 247.00
- Actuary
Income: $97, 362.00
- Occupational Therapist
Income: $79, 213.00
- Human Resources Manager
Income: $103, 307.00
- Dental Hygienist
Income: $72, 198.00
- Biomedical Engineer
Income: $87, 262.00
- Dietitian
Income: $57, 299. 00
- Meteorologist
Income: $88, 258. 00
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator
Income: $76, 286.00
- Optometrist
Income: $101, 360. 00
- Physical Therapist
Income: $82, 204.00
- Petroleum Engineer
Income: $131, 358. 00