The Top Ten Best Paying Jobs in America and the Worst

If you are tired of trying to make money online you might be interested in getting a proper job ! So if you want a proper job, then you may as well aim for the jobs that pay the most. The highest paid jobs are CEOs - see Highest Over Paid CEOs - for people who aren't CEOs then the highest paid jobs are below.

If you are anything like me then you may think that the best paid jobs are to be found in online stock trading or in the legal profession or flogging discount car insurance. Well, think again. The best paid jobs in America are almost all found in the healthcare sector. It could be that people working in finance get low salaries and high bonuses, but there is no mention of that in the government statistics.

Without further ado here are the best paying jobs

Top Ten Best Paying Jobs in the USA

1. Surgeons ($206,770)
2. Anesthesiologists ($197,570)
3. Orthodontists ($194,930)
4. Obstetrician and gynecologists ($192,780)
5. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons ($190,420)
6. General Internists ($176,740)
7. Prosthodontists ($168,810)
8. Other Physicians and Surgeons ($165,000)
9. Family and General Practitioners ($161,490)
10. Chief Executives ($160,440)

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12. Psychiatrists ($154,050)
16. Lawyers ($124,750)
19. Airline Pilot ($119,750)
21. Computer and Information Systems Managers ($118,710)
24. Sales Managers ($110,390)

Top Ten Worst Paid Jobs in the USA

1. Combined food-preparation and service workers, ($17,400)
2. Cooks, fast food ($17,620)
3. Dishwashers ($17,750)
4. Dining room/cafeteria attendants, bartender helpers ($18,140)
5. Shampooers ($18,300)
6. Counter attendants ($18,520)
7. Hosts and Hostesses Restaurants ($18,570)
8. Cashiers ($18,880)
9. Amusement and RecreationAttendants ($18,930)
10. Ushers, Lobby Attendants, Ticket Takers ($19,100)

If you want all the figures - check out Top Jobs or Best Paying Jobs or Top Ten Best Paying Jobs So if you are young and looking for a job then start studying medicine !

If you don't like the idea of working for somebody else then you can always try your hand at - stocks and shares

14 of 15 Best Paying Jobs are in Medicine and Healthcare

As you can see from the Government figures for 2008 above, (published May 2009) the Top Paying Job is surgeon. A surgeon makes on average just over $206K a year.

Also - 14 of the top 15 best paying jobs are in healthcare. After the top 15 you find things like marketing managers, sales managers, computer managers, airline pilots but these generally make only half of what the top healthcare professionals make.

The worst paying jobs, so as you know how to avoid them presumably, are in the food preparation and serving sectors.

Overall, average wages rose in the U.S. in 2008 by 3.9% comapred to 2007 and are now $42,270.

Where to avoid ? Waiters and waitresses in Yauco, Puerto Rico, are the worst paid of all - getting just $13,610 a year, Counter attendant in a cafeteria in Owenboro, Kentucky, is also to be avoided (they just gonna have to learn to serve themselves!)- at just $13,810 a year.

D.C. has the highest average annual salary, at $67,810 - followed by New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, at $50,000.

Puerto Rico has the lowest average salaries at $24,650 -- despite the strange fact that the cost of living is similar to D.C..

South Dakota and Mississippi are the lowest paying states, at $33,000.

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