The rankings are based on CareerCast.com’s Jobs Rated Report, which evaluated jobs according to a number of metrics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Here are the top 10 highest paying jobs, ranked in order of annual income.
- Surgeon — $357,192
- Psychiatrist — $207,153
- U.S. military general — $205,114
- Public relations executive — $201,250
- Physician — $199,155
- Corporate executive — $173,256
- Dentist — $155,267
- Orthodontist — $131,214
- Petroleum engineer — $129,990
- Data scientist — $128,240
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