Glassdoor, the career website has released a list of the best-paying jobs in the United States for the year 2016 titled, ‘Highest Paying Jobs In Demand.’ The list contains 25 top paying jobs in America, and it has emerged that the tech industry holds 11 spots in the top 25 best paying jobs. That is more than any other individual industry holds; the tech industry cast a shadow over other industries, but it is followed by the health care and finance industry.
The Glassdoor listing used the average base salary (which should not be confused with top jobs list). Each listed job was only considered for listing after Glassdoor received at least 75 salary reports from U.S.-based employees in the year 2015.
According to Glassdoor, here are the best-paying tech jobs in America
1. Software Development Manager
2. Software Architect
3. IT Manager
4. Solutions Architect
5. Applications Development Manager
6. Systems Architect
7. Data Scientist
8. Data Architect
9. Product Manager
10. Analytics Manager
11. Information Systems Manager
Software Development jobs, which was No. 1 under top paying tech jobs, was No. 4 overall while Software Architect that came in as No. 2 under tech was No. 7 overall. IT Manager, which came in as No. 3 under top paying tech jobs was No. 9 in overall while Product Manager was the highest job in demand.
The Glassdoor list was made using anonymous submission from employees, and the submissions were received within the last three months. The following is the full list of the top 25 best-paying jobs in the United States:
1. Physicians – 2,064 job openings, $180,000 average base salary
2. Lawyer – 995 job openings, $144,500 average base salary
3. Research & Development Manager – 112 job openings, $142,120 average base salary
4. Software Development Manager – 3,495 job openings, $132,000 average base salary
5. Pharmacy Manager – 1,766 job openings, $130,000 average base salary
6. Strategy Manager – 701 job openings, $130,000 average base salary
7. Software Architect – 655 job openings, $128,250 average base salary
8. Integrated Circuit Designer Engineer – 165 job openings, $127,500 average base salary
9. IT Manager – 3,152 job openings, $120,000 average base salary
10. Solutions Architect – 2,838 job openings, $120,000 average base salary
11. Engagement Management – 1,452 job openings, $120,000 average base salary
12. Applications Development Manager – 263 job openings, $120,000 average base salary
13. Pharmacist – 4,502 job openings, $118,000 average base salary
14. Systems Architect – 439 job openings, $111,920 average base salary
15. Finance Manager – 2,583 job openings, $115,000 average base salary
16. Data Scientist – 1,985 job openings, $115,000 average base salary
17. Risk Manager – 1,137 job openings, $115,000 average base salary
18. Creative Director – 696 job openings, $115,000 average base salary
19. Actuary – 175 job openings, $115,000 average base salary
20. Data Architect – 762 job openings, $113,000 average base salary
21. Tax Manager – 1,495 job openings, $110,000 average base salary
22. Product Manager – 7,758 job openings, $107,000 average base salary
23. Design Manager – 510 job openings, $106,500 average base salary
24. Analytics Manager – 988 job openings, $106,000 average base salary
25. Information Systems Manager – 147 job openings, $106,000 average base salary
