Highest Paying Careers

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Total Careers

92

Highest Salary

$280,276

Top 10 Average

$207,133

How is the Opportunity Index calculated?

The Opportunity Index is a score from 0 to 100 that combines two key factors to evaluate how attractive a career is:

  • 50%Normalized salary: compares the salary with the salary range of all listings (0 = lowest, 50 = highest).
  • 50%Openings (logarithmic scale): uses the logarithm of available openings to prevent very large numbers from distorting the scale (0 = few openings, 50 = many openings).
Index = (Normalized salary × 50) + (Log(openings) normalized × 50)
≥ 80: Excellent60–79: Good40–59: Moderate< 40: Low

All Careers

Complete list sorted by annual salary

#
Career
Average Salary
Opportunity Index
Required ExperienceDemand
Openings
1
B

Bachelor's degree Nursing

$280,276
91/100
HighMedium910,100
2
H

High School Psychology

$274,504
78/100
ModerateLow18,400
3
M

Master's Degree Law

$224,000
64/100
ModerateLow5,400
4
M

Master's Degree Architecture

$222,917
57/100
HighLow575
5
M

Master's Degree Finance

$204,464
66/100
HighLow37,000
6
H

High School Biomechanical Engineering

$193,000
65/100
HighLow54,000
7
M

Master's Degree Engineering

$185,261
63/100
HighLow49,100
8
B

Bachelor's degree Architecture

$170,425
61/100
HighLow79,775
9
M

Master's Degree Computer Science

$161,154
63/100
HighLow251,500
10
H

High School Computer Science

$155,327
65/100
HighMedium783,500
11
A

Associate degree Computer Science

$153,720
60/100
HighLow178,100
12
H

High School Nurse Practitioner

$151,960
60/100
ModerateLow182,000
13
H

High School Law

$149,779
55/100
ModerateLow40,300
14
M

Master's Degree Business

$144,935
59/100
ModerateLow180,700
15
B

Bachelor's degree Actuarial Science

$143,971
49/100
HighLow7,000
16
B

Bachelor's degree Computer Science

$143,297
64/100
HighHigh1,144,300
17
B

Bachelor's degree Human-Computer Interaction

$142,429
51/100
HighLow18,000
18
A

Associate degree Pharmacy

$141,923
58/100
ModerateLow189,000
19
H

High School Pharmacy

$139,445
57/100
ModerateLow131,000
20
D

Doctorate degree Computer Science

$138,578
58/100
HighLow237,000

Source:U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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