Top 25 Highest Paying Jobs of 2020

Health care jobs continue to be the highest-paying jobs in the country, according to the latest ranking from U.S. News & World Report. Anesthesiologists are the top-paid workers in the U.S. and make a mean salary of $267,020 per year, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, compiled by U.S. News. Surgeons and oral surgeons round out the top three jobs with the highest earning power, and jobs in health care take the top 10 spots overall. To be sure, these high-paying health care jobs require high-cost educations. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, four years of medical school cost the Class of 2019 about $250,000 at public universities and $330,180 at private universities. But for those who graduate, it can pay off: Doctors are more likely than any other profession to be in the top 1% of earners, according to Brookings Institution research.

 

25. Political scientist

Mean salary: $115,300 per year

Industry: Social services

Education needed: Master’s degree



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