Nearly 70 percent of job seekers today say that salary is a key factor when considering employment options, according to a recent survey from job-search site Glassdoor.
To highlight the jobs offering the best paychecks right now, Glassdoor created this list of the 25 highest-paying jobs in America. The list includes the median annual income of each job, per salary reports shared by employees on the site, and the number of job openings that are currently available nationwide.
Thirteen of the 25 jobs are in tech, an increase from the 11 tech jobs that made the list last year. Five jobs on the list are in healthcare and eight job titles are new to the list, including strategy manager and nurse practitioner.
Take a look at the complete list below to see the jobs providing the biggest paychecks:
1. Physician
Median annual salary: $195,842
Number of job openings nationwide: 3,038
2. Pharmacy Manager
Median annual salary: $146,412
Number of job openings nationwide: 2,009
3. Pharmacist
Median annual salary: $127,120
Number of jobs openings nationwide: 2,534
4. Enterprise Architect
Median annual salary: $115,944
Number of job openings nationwide: 1,097
5. Corporate Counsel
6. Software Development Manager
Median annual salary: $108,879
Number of job openings nationwide: 1,064
7. Physician Assistant
Median annual salary: $108,761
Number of job openings nationwide: 8,616
8. Software Engineering Manager
Median annual salary: $107,479
Number of job openings nationwide: 1,105
9. Nurse Practitioner
Median annual salary: $106,962
Number of job openings nationwide: 14,931
10. Software Architect
Median annual salary: $105,329
Number of job openings nationwide: 1,130
11. Engineering Manager
Median annual salary: $105,260
Number of job openings nationwide: 4,738
12. Applications Development Manager
13. Plant Manager
Median annual salary: $103,892
Number of job openings nationwide: 1,182
14. IT Program Manager
15. Solutions Architect
Median annual salary: $102,160
Number of job openings nationwide: 5,899
16. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
17. Data Architect
Median annual salary: $101,900
Number of job openings nationwide: 1,472
18. Strategy Manager
Median annual salary: $101,754
Number of job openings nationwide: 2,641
19. Systems Architect
Median annual salary: $101,984
Number of job openings nationwide: 1,146
20. Scrum Master
Median annual salary: $98,239
Number of job openings nationwide: 1,876
21. Consulting Manager
Median annual salary: $97,154
Number of job openings nationwide: 1,536
22. Attorney
23. Cloud Engineer
Median annual salary: $96,449
Number of job openings nationwide: 1,077
24. Tax Manager
Median annual salary: $96,175
Number of job openings nationwide: 3,690
25. Data Scientist
Median annual salary: $96,116
Number of job openings nationwide: 4,986
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