Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Last week one of my threads was pulled because I mentioned that the post office was advertising jobs at 56K per year. You could easily spend the rest of your flying career trying to get back to that 75K.
Pilots don't realize what the rest of the world is making.
Skyhigh
The Highest Paying Jobs in the U.S.
November 20th, 2006 · 2 Comments
Department of Labor information shows that 8 of the 10 highest paying jobs, in the U.S., are in the medical field:
The Highest Paying Jobs in the United States
(Non-medical salaries in bold)
- Surgeon — $181,850
- Anesthesiologist — $174,610
- OB/GYN — $174,610
- Oral and maxillofacial surgeon — $169,600
- Internist — $156,790
- Prosthodontist — $156,710
- Orthodontist — $153,240
- Psychiatrist — $151,380
- Chief Executive Officer — $140,880
- Engineering Manager — $140,210
- Pediatrician — $140,000
- Family or general practitioner — $137,980
- Physician/surgeon, all other — $137,100
- Airline Pilot — $134,090
- Dentist — $132,660
- Podiatrist — $111,130
- Lawyer — $110,590
- Dentist, any other specialist — $106,040
- Air Traffic Controller — $100,430
- Computer and Information Systems Manager — $100,110
- Marketing Manager — $100,020
- Natural Sciences Manager — $97,560
- Sales Manager — $96,950
- Astronomer — $96,780
That's funny, I don't see bartender or Postal employee in there anywhere. And by the way, you want to talk about being happy at work, where do you think the term "going postal" came from?