250 Best-Paying Jobs

Key Features and Benefits •Helps job seekers, students, and others discover their best-paying job options in just two steps: 1. Browse the lists for jobs that interest them, fit their education level, or suit them in some other way. 2. Look up job descriptions for details on salary, job tasks and skills, related education/training, percent self-employed and part-time, and much more. •Provides more than 50 “best-paying jobs” lists in the most interesting part of the book. The lists give readers an easy way to review and compare jobs. The lists cover the best-paying jobs that are growing quickly; have many openings; fit 11 different education and training levels; match 16 interest areas; suit 5 personality types; and have the highest percentages of part-time work, self-employment, men, women, younger workers, and mature workers. •Includes a special group of eye-popping lists: Jobs and industries with average earnings of more than $100, 000; jobs and metropolitan areas with average earnings of more than $100, 000; jobs in which women’s earnings are not greatly lower than men’s; 43 jobs in which almost everyone is well-paid; and 30 jobs with a few “star” earners. •Gives 250 job descriptions filled with useful information. Each job description includes facts on wages, growth, annual job openings, job tasks, skills required, education/training needed, related courses and knowledge, personality type, percent self-employed and part-time, and much more. •Provides two unique tables in each job description for high-paying metro areas and industries. For each job, the tables show industries with the highest income and metropolitan areas with the highest income. The number of people employed in the job in each industry and metro area is also listed. •Shows the highest-paying skills in an appendix. •Provides a wealth of current information for good career decision-making in a useful, interesting format. The information is based on research and the latest O*NET and other data from the U.S. Department of Labor, the most up-to-date, reliable career information source. •Covers a wide range of fields and industries. •Features handy printed tabs in Part II. Readers can quickly find alphabetized job descriptions. •Appealing look throughout matches the “Best Jobs” books design. •Index makes job titles easy to find in the best-paying jobs lists. Working Table of Contents Introduction Part I: The Best Jobs Lists The Best-Paying Jobs The 250 Best-Paying Jobs The 100 Best-Paying Jobs with the Fastest Growth The 100 Best-Paying Jobs with the Most Openings 30 Jobs with a Few “Star” Earners 43 Jobs in Which Almost Everyone is Well-Paid Jobs and Industries in Which Earnings Average More than $100, 000 Jobs and Metropolitan Areas Where Earnings Average More than $100, 000 Jobs in Which Women’s Average Earnings Are Not Greatly Lower Than Men’s