<p>15 jobs earning between $60,000 and $69,999 annually, which are also expected to experience growth through 2016.</p>
<li><p>Appraiser
Annual mean income: $60,689*
Projected employment in 2016: 118,000**
Increase between 2006 and 2016: 17 percent</p></li>
<li><p>Architect
Annual mean income: $62,246
Projected employment in 2016: 155,000
Increase between 2006 and 2016: 18 percent</p></li>
<li><p>Communications editor
Annual mean income: $68,267
Projected employment in 2016: 124,000
Increase between 2006 and 2016: 9 percent</p></li>
<li><p>Computer Programmer Analyst
Annual mean income: $65,911
Projected employment in 2016: 650,000
Increase between 2006 and 2016: 29 percent</p></li>
<li><p>Counseling psychologist
Annual mean income: $64,851
Projected employment in 2016: 176,000
Increase between 2006 and 2016: 16 percenthttp://<a href=“Want more money? 15 jobs that pay $60,000 - CNN.com”>www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/12/03/cb.jobs.pay.60k/index.html</a></p></li>
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<p>I’m glad to see that younger S – who finds math and science easy, but too boring to major in – may be financially OK if he goes into film making, which is the direction he’s headed in now.</p>
<p>The meaning of these statistics is not very clear. It seems that the salaries are “annual mean incomes” for these titles, which would include all people working in the positions. The one I’m most familiar with is architect. Believe me, to be earning a salary of $62,000 after all the schooling and licensing and long hours of experience required, is really not all that impressive (but real). Nothing to celebrate there and I expect that starting salaries are still around $40k. Interesting job growth projections though, considering all the recent layoffs.</p>
<p>Considering all the layoffs in the media industry, I’m puzzled by the expected growth in “communications editor.” I thought that job title would be shrinking. Unless I’m misunderstanding what it is.</p>
<p>Since H runs a video company I’m pleased to see the projected growth in that industry. We’ll need it as we put 2 kids through college over the next 8 years.</p>
<p>What can we conclude from the increase in counseling psych? Is something wrong with us? JUST KIDDING! (Not that I mind. Son is considering a counseling career.)</p>
<p>The local BAE (British Aerospace Engineering) plants announced that they are looking for about 200 people and here are their comments on the makeup of the jobs:</p>
<p>The positions are primarily in engineering and manufacturing. The need for highly skilled workers with degrees in science, math and technology-related fields is almost constant, Dumont said.</p>
<p>An economic downturn increases stress which can result in behavior and illness that isn’t normally seen when things are doing well economically. I recall the last recession in our area: people lost their homes, divorce rates went way up, and kids had to deal with big dislocations.</p>
<p>I would guess that there will be a big need for social workers too - I don’t know if that will translate into jobs because governments might not have the money to fund the positions.</p>
<p>The other thing about Psychiatric services is only the well off and mostly mentally healthy ( healthy enough to earn a stable living)can pay cash. The rest of “us” depend on mental health benefits from working. Many patients seem to be losing these benefits just when they need them most.</p>
<p>I thought that I read that governments [in the US] spend several billion a year on antipsychotics. This was in an article regarding the efficacy of typicals vs atypicals. I don’t recall if this was federal, state money but it seems that the US government does spend quite a bit on psychiatric services.</p>
<p>^I believe that. Seems some think paying for psychotropics is more fiscally sound than paying for therapy and other services (efficacy is a separate issue). Can you find anything on how much is spent on therapy or residential treatment? All justified by the “chemical imbalance” hypothesis. (I promise not to discuss here whether this is still a hypothesis or not).</p>
<p>I did some research on treatment approaches and was surprised to see so little research on psychotherapy. I went back several decades and it looks like psychotherapy research was killed off by drugs decades ago. Most of the research in the area is focused on drugs.</p>
<p>I remember the old movies (Woody Allen timeframe) where it seemed as if having a therapist was the normal thing to do. At least for those living in NYC.</p>
JUST KIDDING! (Not that I mind. Son is considering a counseling career.)</p>