Here’s the list with profession, median income, and growth outlook for 2022:
Pharmacist, $120,950, 14%
Air Traffic Controller, $122,340, 1%
Data Scientist, $124,150, 15%
Orthodontist, $129,110, 16%
Petroleum Engineer, $130,050, 26%
Dentist, $146,340, 16%
Corporate Executive (Senior Level), $173,320, 11%
Physician(General Practice), $180,180, 18%
Psychiatrist, $181,880, 18%
Surgeon, $352,220, 18%
Some of these incomes seem a little low. I’m pretty sure my kids’ orthodontist is raking it in judging by the car he drives.
Also, I’m surprised IT workers in the software industry, management consultants and analysts on Wall Street don’t top the list. I’ve heard about CS grads getting over $100k fresh out of college, and by the time they are 27 are making in the high $200s.
For pharmacists, the job growth % might be much lower than the increase in the number of graduates - what with the explosion in number of pharmacy schools over the last 10 years - leading to a saturated job market.
Foreign workers who will bid at 1/3 of market create a saturation problem. Aced your algorithms course? Able to root out performance bugs? Not depending on the IDE to do the coding for you? You’re in good shape.
‘Some’, but not ‘most’ CS grads get over $100K as a new grad and almost ‘none’ earn in the high 200s by the age of 27 unless they start their own company and are successful in it. An exception may be ‘some’ CS people in the investment analyst business but that would be a very small percentage of the CS grads.
Given that, the CS field is a good one and relatively high paying - one of the highest for a new college grad.
Note that most CS people are not ‘data scientists’ either, as in the ‘big data’ area, which I think is currently one of the more lucrative areas.
Note that these salary surverys are usually done at a certain point in one’s career and aren’t reflecting the top paid people or likely even the upper tier or lower tier. I didn’t see where they stated their methodology in getting the data so I don’t know how accurate it is.
Note that these salary surverys are usually done at a certain point in one's career and aren't reflecting the top paid people or likely even the upper tier or lower tier. I didn't see where they stated their methodology in getting the data so I don't know how accurate it is.
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Yes. These figures are medians. Entry-level salaries will be lower.
Lately I have seen many business schools offering a Masters in Business Analytics. From what I can figure this is a combo of finance and data mining. It will be interesting to watch where this goes.
It’s pretty hard to calculate when you are looking at people with such a vast range in experience levels. Plus it completely depends upon what company you work for. For example, in my profession, people can make less than 20K, but some make over 600K
Seriously, Busdriver? There are commercial airline pilots making less than 20k per year? Which airlines pay their pilots so little, because I’ll be sure to avoid flying with them.
@poetsheart That would be foolish to avoid them. They are the same pilots who move up to fly in the majors. It’s just part of the transition, or apprenticeship, if you will and everyone has to meet the same FAA standards.
The notion that something is wrong with them would be incorrect and if you really want to remedy the situation, feel free to slip the Co-Pilot a US Grant on your next regional flight (assuming you make it from gate to gate safely)
My neighbor the pilot put it this way…Pilot salaries are kind of like doctor salaries. Residents (new hires at commuter lines) work long hours for poor pay hoping to get the experience to move up to good salaries (like the young doctors in your group practice). The analogy breaks down because while medical residents choose their path early, pilots with a major airline can always move up with enough effort from Internal Medicine to Plastic Surgery.
“Seriously, Busdriver? There are commercial airline pilots making less than 20k per year? Which airlines pay their pilots so little, because I’ll be sure to avoid flying with them.”
Oh yes. However, they can be hard to avoid, as it covers many commuter airlines, that may be labeled as a large brand name airline on your ticket, so you don’t always know. Consider, though, that this is first year pay, which generally goes up over time. But it is a reason why people stay at these airlines as short a time as possible, and is the reason for the supposed pilot shortage. Huge shortage of people willing to work their butts off for little pay, but thousands of applications for the majors. I personally (if possible) avoid flying turbo prop aircraft in the winter, along with avoiding scheduling my kids in those. Many people are there just trying to get time in order to move up.There are many extremely competent pilots in the mix, but many inexperienced ones.
10 Lowest-Paying Airlines
Estimated First-Year Salary as of July 20, 2014