America’s Best Paying Jobs

dihard:

Per Forbes’ America’s Best and Worst Paying Jobs, the top ten (+1) are:

Anesthesiologists: $192,780

Surgeons: $191,410

Orthodontists: $185,340

Obstetricians and Gynecologists: $183,600

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons: $178,440

Prosthodontists: $169,360

Internists, General: $167,270

Physicians & Surgeons, Other: $155,150

Family & General Practitioners: $153,640

Chief Executives: $151,370

Airline Pilots, Copilots, Flight Engineers: $148,810

The lowest-paying 25 occupations employ 15.6 million people in America; the best-paying jobs employ 3 million.

But it seems they’ve missed one. Per Time Magazine’s Popchart, #1 should be Simpsons Voice Actors: $400,000 PER episode.

What do all of these jobs have in common? They’re all high risk and high responsibility. in each case you’re holding other people’s lives in your hands. In most cases you’re open to massive liability if you fuck up.

These jobs should pay more — and employ fewer people — than other jobs.

It’s especially noteworthy that the top nine jobs are medical in nature. This is important, and good. People need a significant incentive in order to spend an extra ten years in training for a job that carries absolutely massive responsibility, long hours and massive legal risk. In Japan they don’t pay doctors nearly as well (they get paid state-set rates for individual procedures, like a couple bucks for stitches) and they’re facing a shortage of qualified doctors. I wonder why.

Notes about this post from the Tumblr community:

marcusallenthecat reblogged this from dihard and added:

Hey Forbes: What about BigLaw? A first year associate (that’s freshly minted out of law school, never had a job before)...
heresyourfuture reblogged this from dihard and added:

…just my 2 cents on this, coming from medical training… this is definitely gross estimated incomes, before the...
nullisnotzero reblogged this from dihard and added:

Of those top 10, you’ll...paying insurance premiums anywhere from double to quadruple what...
mikehudack reblogged this from dihard and added:

What do all of these jobs have in common? They’re all high risk...high responsibility. in...
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missmaves reblogged this from dihard and added:

have been a doctor. Any kind of doctor. Oh well.
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phillip reblogged this from dihard and added:

I guess this is one benefit of going into medicine.
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It’s that, or better practice on those voice skills! Is it true that Bart Simpson...voiced...
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ryanyam reblogged this from dihard and added:

Maybe Medicine is...best course to take now hahaha.
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