Posted on 03/18/2015 8:36:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Curious which jobs pay the most and are in high demand right now?
Glassdoor has released its inaugural 25 Highest Paying Jobs In Demand report, identifying top jobs that pay the most and are in high demand by employers nationwide.
Job seekers: While these jobs pay handsomely, it’s important to note that most also require a high level of experience, skills and education to get hired.
Check out the complete results:
1. Physician
Average Base Salary: $212,270 Number of Job Openings: 7984
2. Pharmacy Manager
Average Base Salary: $131,099 Number of Job Openings: 1787
3. Software Architect
Average Base Salary: $130,891 Number of Job Openings: 3229
4. Software Development Manager
Average Base Salary: $ 123,747 Number of Job Openings: 2249
5. Finance Manager
Average Base Salary: $123,534 Number of Job Openings: 9224
6. Solutions Architect
Average Base Salary: $121,522 Number of Job Openings: 3530
7. Lawyer
Average Base Salary: $120,424 Number of Job Openings: 5520
8. Analytics Manager
Average Base Salary: $115,725 Number of Job Openings: 1408
9. IT Manager
Average Base Salary: $115,642 Number of Job Openings: 17,161
10. Tax Manager
Average Base Salary: $114,966 Number of Job Openings: 3622
11. Pharmacist
Average Base Salary: $114,715 Number of Job Openings: 9160
12. Product Manager
Average Base Salary: $113,959 Number of Job Openings: 9918
13. Physician Assistant
Average Base Salary: $110,871 Number of Job Openings: 43678
14. Supply Chain Manager
Average Base Salary: $106,632 Number of Job Openings: 1,667
15. Data Scientist
Average Base Salary: $105,395 Number of Job Openings: 3433
16. Security Engineer
Average Base Salary: $102,749 Number of Job Openings: 2,060
17. QA Manager
Average Base Salary: $101,330 Number of Job Openings: 1,689
18. Computer Hardware Engineer
Average Base Salary: $101,154 Number of Job Openings: 1,264
19. Marketing Manager
Average Base Salary: $100,229 Number of Job Openings: 14,179
20. Database Administrator
Average Base Salary: $97,258 Number of Job Openings: 9,041
21. UX Designer
Average Base Salary: $96,855 Number of Job Openings: 2,010
22. Human Resources Manager
Average Base Salary: $96,406 Number of Job Openings: 7,220
23. Software Engineer
Average Base Salary: $96,392 Number of Job Openings: 99,055
24. Business Development Manager
Average Base Salary: $95,139 Number of Job Openings: 11,037
25. Sales Engineer
Average Base Salary: $90,899 Number of Job Openings: 5,508
Methodology: For a job title to be considered for Glassdoor’s Highest Paying Jobs In Demand report, job titles must receive at least 75 salary reports shared by U.S.-based employees over the past year (1/26/14 – 1/25/15). Of the job titles that meet the salary criteria, they must also be in the top 50th percentile for number of job openings per job title to qualify for this report. Job openings represents active job listings and/or jobs posted within the last three months, as of 2/2/15. This report takes into account job title normalization that groups similar job titles.
In the year prior to April 2014, more than 500,000 company reviews were submitted to the site.
Launched in 2008, its ratings of CEOs and workplaces based on collating these reviews are widely reported, and in 2013 the site's annual Employees' Choice Awards were described as "well-respected" by the Daily Telegraph.
According to BusinessWeek, Glassdoor "verified that the reviews came from real employees through technological checks of e-mail addresses and through screenings by a content management team".
In 2013 Glassdoor said that "About 15 to 20 per cent of the content that is submitted to Glassdoor is actually rejected because it either doesn't meet our community guidelines or it appears suspicious.
The site has been mentioned by the Wall Street Journal as contributing to a wider trend: "Sites where people post salaries and other feedback about employers, such as Glassdoor.com, also contribute to the sense that pay is no longer a private issue"
But I don't hang out at Goldman Sachs or any of those other ritzy places, so what do I know.
My husband works for a large law firm. They used to regularly hire new lawyers every fall after law school graduation and opened several offices around state. Now they don’t. Instead, they had to close several of their smaller offices and are regularly laying off good experienced lawyers. When the economy tanked, few people could pay their legal bills and they are still trying to regroup.
Most of these openings require highly specific skills, so most of the people who are in that profession are not qualified to fill them. Then, when you do get the job, you’ll discover you’re expected to work 10 hours a day, 7 days a week.
I’m sure if you look at these openings, you’ll find they’re looking for 20 years experience in technology patent litigation or something like that. You must have experience being the lead attorney in cases involving billions of dollars, then we might consider you.
Most of these openings require highly specific skills, so most of the people who are in that profession are not qualified to fill them. Then, when you do get the job, you’ll discover you’re expected to work 10 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
My sister is a QA manager for a large manufacturing company. She has been doing it a long time but only makes what they are saying the base salary is. She does work ten hours a day and is expected to be on call seven days a week. Has to travel a lot to meet with customers.
Anybody could get these jobs. As we have seen with Obama, no experience is necessary for big responsibility high skilled jobs
Lawyer? Lawyer? A lawyer in an in demand job today? Are they kidding? I think there’s more lawyers running around today than there are insects in a swamp.
Look about right?
According to all my local teacher friends, they and everyone that they work with are worth more than any profession on this list.
I wish 20 years experience in patent law, technology, patent litigation, etc... was enough. They also want you to walk in with 1-1/2M book.
IMHO lawyers are to blame for their profession’s business downturn. The legal profession has charged far too much for their services, and as a result, increasingly value-minded public are very adverse to paying $400 - $1000+ / hour for services.
Attorney’s and law firms have tested price elasticity to the breaking point, and individuals and small business’s cannot afford crippling blank check legal bills unless absolutely necessary.
I wonder if some law practioneers have tried significantly lowering their prices in order to thrive?
I think there’s more lawyers running around today than there are insects in a swamp.
Obviously the experts think otherwise.....I think......how funny to think you have the pulse of the amount of Lawyers needed in America. You crack me up.
Also, a lot of the grunt work that newly hired associates used to do is now offshored to India.
Green jobs! Someone promised a buttload of high paying green jobs. We were duped, duped I tell ya.
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