--- title: Highest Paying Jobs of 2015 by CareerCast description: CareerCast lists the highest paying jobs canonical: https://time.com/4005026/highest-paying-jobs-2015/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-20T20:00:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:14.063Z og:title: Highest Paying Jobs of 2015 by CareerCast og:description: CareerCast lists the highest paying jobs og:url: https://time.com/4005026/highest-paying-jobs-2015/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc49d8c8eea714c/698778933c16392a22451052/money-dollar-bills-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME.com stock photos Money Dollar Bills og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Highest Paying Jobs of 2015 by CareerCast twitter:description: CareerCast lists the highest paying jobs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc49d8c8eea714c/698778933c16392a22451052/money-dollar-bills-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Are the Highest-Paying Jobs of 2015 ## Video: A History Of The Minimum Wage [Watch (HLS stream): A History Of The Minimum Wage](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KFNoRaXc.m3u8) (3:56)  _Published 2014-02-28. See who raised the minimum wage and when throughout history._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 20, 2015 8:00 PM UTC  Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 20, 2015 8:00 PM UTC The job search website [Career Cast](http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/highest-paying-jobs-2015) has released a list of the “highest paying jobs of 2015.” The site says the data on annual median wages is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and says the rankings were based on factors like stress, income potential, and conditions of working environments. [The methodology is explained here.](http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/2015-jobs-rated-methodology) See if your job made the cut. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4005026/highest-paying-jobs-2015/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4005026/highest-paying-jobs-2015/"},"headline":"These Are the Highest-Paying Jobs of 2015","datePublished":"2015-08-20T20:00:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:14.063Z","description":"According to the job search website CareerCast.com","url":"https://time.com/4005026/highest-paying-jobs-2015/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Business topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc49d8c8eea714c/698778933c16392a22451052/money-dollar-bills-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc49d8c8eea714c/698778933c16392a22451052/money-dollar-bills-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME.com stock photos Money Dollar Bills","caption":"TIME.com stock photos Money Dollar Bills","creditText":"Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4005026/highest-paying-jobs-2015/","name":"These Are the Highest-Paying Jobs of 2015"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A History Of The Minimum Wage","description":"See who raised the minimum wage and when throughout history.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KFNoRaXc/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-02-28T17:21:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KFNoRaXc.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4005026/highest-paying-jobs-2015/","duration":"PT3M56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4005026/highest-paying-jobs-2015/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```