Wednesday, 14 October 2009

• Best Jobs in America: Did Yours Make the List?

  
  

  MONEY and Payscale.com have released their list of the best jobs in America (see the article on CNN.com).

  The list of the Top 50 jobs was chosen and ranked by:
  "MONEY and compensation experts Payscale.com started with more than 7,000 jobs and then focused on jobs that the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects will grow 10% or more over the next decade and that require at least a bachelor's degree. Using PayScale's proprietary compensation data, we screened out titles with median pay below $65,000 for experienced workers (at least two to seven years of experience in the field, depending on the job) and fewer than 10,000 positions nationwide."

  Then they further narrowed the list by eliminating jobs that did poorly during the recession, surveying employees, and interviewing experts.
  

  They ranked the Top 10 jobs as: 
  10) Sales Director
  9) Intelligence Analyst
  8) Network Security Consultant
  7) Physical Therapist
  6) CPA
  5) IT Project Manager
  4) Nurse Practitioner
  3) College Professor
  2) Physician Assistant
  1) Systems Engineer

  See the Top 50 here, along with  breakdowns according to quality of life, high pay,  job growth and sectors: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2009/full_list/index.html

  What do you think of these rankings- would you like any of these jobs? Or maybe you have had one. In that case, what do you think of it?

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