What are the highest paying jobs in these fields?

For those of you who are not sure which job works for you, here are some of US highest paying jobs!!!?

• I hope this helps you to decide your future job!!! Feel free to write any comments and jobs (your current job) that pays well. Highest-Paying Jobs in the US Do what you love and the money will follow is great in theory, but the truth of the matter is, certain jobs and fields simply pay more. The Bureau of Labor Statistics National Compensation Survey showed, for example, that white-collar earnings, which averaged $21.85 per hour, were the highest among occupational groups. Blue-collar pay averaged $15.03 per hour, while the hourly pay of service occupations averaged just $10.40. The jobs that pay the most require at least a four-year college degree. According to the most recent data from the Employment Policy Foundation, the nation’s 12 top-paying jobs -- and the mean annual income reported in 2003 for each -- were: Top Paying Jobs Overall • Physicians and surgeons -- $147,000 • Aircraft pilots -- $133,500 • Chief executives -- $116,000 • Electrical and electronic engineers -- $112,000 • Lawyers and judges -- $99,800 • Dentists -- $90,000 • Pharmacists -- $85,500 • Management analysts -- $84,700 • Computer and information system managers -- $83,000 • Financial analysts, managers and advisors -- $84,000 • Marketing and sales managers -- $80,000 • Education administrators -- $80,000 Though many of these occupations require an advanced degree, there are jobs at every education level that pay more than other jobs for workers with similar levels of schooling. Here, courtesy of the Employment Policy Foundation, is a look at the best-paying occupations at varying education levels: Top Paying Jobs That Do Not Require a High School Degree These jobs tend to require substantial on-the-job training and work experience rather than formal education and schooling: • Industrial production managers -- $36,000 • Bailiffs, correctional officers and jailers -- $36,400 • Drafters -- $36,000 • Construction manager -- $33,600 • Electricians -- $31,900 Top Paying Jobs for High School Graduates These occupations emphasize work experience and on-the-job training rather than formal education: • Computer software engineers -- $58,900 • Computer/information systems managers -- $56,400 • Computer programmers -- $55,000 • Network systems and data communications analysts -- $49,000 • General and operations managers -- $48,000 • Database, network and computer systems administrators -- $48,000 Top Paying Jobs for a Two-Year College Degree The following jobs tend to be technical in nature, emphasizing skills developed on the job as well as job-specific training and certifications: • Healthcare practitioners -- $66,000 • Business analysts -- $58,000 • Electrical and electronic engineers -- $57,000 • Mechanical engineers -- $56,800 • General and operations managers -- $54,000 • Computer and information systems managers -- $50,400 "A look at expected earnings over a lifetime shows the economic benefit of higher education attainment," says Tony Carnevale, who chaired President Clinton’s National Commission for Employment Policy and authored several books, including "America and the New Economy: How New Competitive Standards are Radically Changing American Workplaces." A person with a doctoral or professional degree, for example, is expected to earn about $3 million over the course of his or her working life while a person without a high school diploma is expected to earn less than $1 million. "Despite an increasing supply of well-educated workers, the college wage premium has nearly doubled since 1980, largely because of the added value of a college education in the new knowledge economy," adds Carnevale. The Employment Policy Forum concurs, but stresses that these numbers are only averages. Individual earnings depend on many factors inducing geographic location, employer size (average hourly earnings ranged from $15.06 in organizations employing between 1 and 99 workers to $24.09 in those with 2,500 workers or more), industry (workers in goods-producing industries earned $18.46 an hour vs. those in service-producing industries who earned $16.44 an hour) and the worker’s skills and characteristics.

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  I feel I must add a more realistic link for people searching for careers in Canada, specifically BC. The education requirements for many careers differ in Canada from those of the US. For example, electricians require high school graduation to get into certification/degree programs in Canada. This site will link careers to all post secondary facilities within the province, possibly all of Canada(?), to quickly reference what is required for each chosen field of study. It is also a great resource site for discovering what fields may suit your personality best with links to Myers Briggs type testing. Included with this resource are future prospects and earning potentials for specific job titles. Unfortunately, some careers are lumped together with similar ones and may not have precise information but usually somewhere near reality. This site is maintained and up to date. It makes a fantastic starting point. I highly recommend following this sort of soul-searching-research with getting out there and interviewing people who work in the career one is interested in pursuing. Most are happy to do so providing you call ahead, make an appointment or as some prefer due to various constraints, e-mail.