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(02-11-2019 04:56 PM)Repo Wrote:  

Well fuck my measly 150k feels like shit now..

It does feel like there are some inflated numbers here

From the post above.

(02-13-2019 10:35 AM)Oberrheiner Wrote:  

What would such a field be ?
Google tells me to become a surgeon to reach that basically, not gonna happen
https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/media...er-fields/

Here are the median salaries for 20 career fields:

Management: The median annual salary for top-level managers and administrators was nearly $101,000 in 2016, although managers at the top rungs in engineering and computer and IT can bring in about $134,000 a year.

Computer & IT: Top-tier computer and IT professionals earned a median salary of $82,000 in 2016, with growth in this job sector expected to grow some 12 percent by 2024.

Math: The median pay for mathematicians with a master’s degree was nearly $106,000, while the median pay was somewhat lower for math-focused professions like statisticians and actuaries.

Legal: In the legal profession, the median pay depends on the level of expertise; lawyers earned more than $118,000 a year, for example, while paralegals and legal assistants earned a median annual pay of nearly $50,000.

Architecture: Architects (the building and design kind, not IT architects) earned a median pay of close to $77,000 a year in 2016, according to federal figures.

Engineering: The median annual pay in the engineering field topped out at more than $128,000 for petroleum engineers; overall the median pay in the combined architecture and engineering fields was nearly $78,000, the BLS figures showed.

Business and Financial: In 2016, the median annual salary for business and financial professionals was more than $66,000; personal financial advisors earned top median salaries in this category, making more than $90,000 a year.

Healthcare: This broad category, which includes physicians, registered nurses, and dental hygienists, had a median salary of more than $63,000 in 2016, with physicians and surgeons earning more than $208,000 at the top end.

Physical Sciences and Social Sciences: The Bureau of Labor Statistics groups these categories together, and reports a median annual wage of more than $63,000 for professionals in these areas.

Education: The federal data grouped education, training, and library occupations in one category, and reported a median annual salary of $48,000; post-secondary teachers topped the list, earning a median salary of more than $75,000 in 2016.

Entertainment and Media: In crunching the data, analysts place entertainment and sports occupations in the same category, and showed a median annual wage of nearly $41,000. (Note: There was no annual median figure for actors, musicians, dancers, and other more art-focused careers.)

Maintenance and Repair: Installers and repair professionals earn a median annual wage of more than $43,000; growth in this sector was projected to be 6 percent form 2014 to 2024.

Construction: In 2016, the construction industry paid a median annual wage of just over $43,600, with robust projects for continued growth as the U.S. population increases.

Community Services: This category, which includes counselors, religious workers, and social workers, paid a mean annual wage of nearly $43,000, with the greatest growth projected in the healthcare and social assistance specialities.

Protective Services: Police officers, firefighters, and private security professionals fall into this category, which pays an annual mean wage of nearly $39,000.

Offices and Administrative Support: There’s not a huge amount of growth projected in this profession, which pays a median annual wage of about $34,000, according to federal data.

Healthcare Support: Encompassing nursing assistants, home healthcare aides, phlebotomists, and physical therapy assistants, among other jobs, this category paid a mean annual salary of about $30,000.

Sales: Although the reported median annual salary in this category was just over $26,000, some professionals earned significantly more, with sales engineers leading the way with a median salary of $100,000.

Farming, Fishing and Forestry: Annual median wages in this job grouping varied depending on the type of work and the level of education required: agricultural workers, for example, earned just over $22,000 a year; logging industry workers made more than $37,000 a year; and agricultural managers earned median wages of about $66,000 annually.

Food Service and Hospitality: Entry-level jobs in this category paid a mean annual salary of about $19,600, but management-level pay significantly more, offering a a median wage of about $50,000 a year.

Median HOUSEHOLD Income By State

National Average – $71,900