When we talk of world's highest paid professions,there is no point in specifying that they are highly skilled professions(otherwise you and I would have been doing the same things ).

The Top 10

The no. 1

Medical Professionals

The top ten list is highly dominated by medical professionals, that is to say If I have to put their subclasses then there will be no room for others.Medical professions range from The top professional on the list who are anesthesiologists with $180,420 but Obstetricians and gynecologists also manages earning about the same earning, Internists general $158,000 ,Pediatricians, at an average income of $135,000 USD, podiatrists about 95,000 $, optometrists about 90,000$, dentists between 1,35,000-1,45,000$. And a general practitioner(physician) manages somewhere between 1,40,000 to 150,000 $.

now don't get jealous unlike because us they have spend about 10 more years after high school.

2. Certified Actuaries

An actuary is a business professional who deals with the calculation of financial risk and uncertainty through Complex mathematical computations.

They earn an average of 1, 20,000 USD as base salary. After added experience the salary may exceed 2,50,000 $.

3. Leading Engineers

They possess management skills along with technical education involving mathematical skills.Their work has a very large bandwidth from architecture to electronics and communication.

They earn an average salary of 1, 00,000 USD. and may earm more depending on the years of experience.

4. Airline Pilots

Some say you require nothing but money to be a pilot, and they are somehow correct because all you need is a 10+2 degree with physics and mathematics and leave the rest to aviation schools.

They also manages somewhere around, 100,000 USD.

5. Lawyers

Their job is to provide legal advice. Base Salary around 90,000 USD 

6. Physicists

Their job is to apply the laws of physics to develop new theories.I am sorry but it is not as easy as it seems, they put years to develop the mathematics and concepts of physics to call themselves a professional physicist.And they have the freedom to do researchh or to work under a company and it is an individual choice

Average Salary 85000 USD.

7. Computer and system program administrators

Their job is to manage and organize computer networks and their security, and also to administer programs, special projects and support services, including management of the office staff.  They can work for either public or private sector organizations depending on an individual choice.

Average Salary 85000 USD.

9. Judges

Their job is to give decisions on the legal cases filed in a court. Now this is a job which requires the wisdom, knowladge and experience and I consider this job as one of the most difficult job on this planet because the future of an individual is dependent on the person who is giving judgement for him.

They also manage somewhere between on an average.

75000- 80000 USD.

8. Marketing Executives

Their job is to carry marketing plans for a company or organization.

They have a very large variation in income which depends on their relative skills. But they still manage around 80000 USD as average income.

10. Chief Programmer

Job is to manage and assign work to programmers in a company.

They also earn somewhere between 75,000 to 80,000 USD.

All the data is on the basis of the past five years of salary assigned to individual professions which may fluctuate for some year.

So what do you want to be?