This Is the Best-Paying Job In America

For the second straight year, physicians have the best-paying jobs in America, according to the jobs website Glassdoor. Physicians pull in a median base salary of $180,000, based on salary reports submitted to Glassdoor over the past year. Following them are lawyers, with a median salary of $144,500, and research & development managers with a median salary of $142,120.

The thing these high-paying jobs have in common is that they are high in demand, require higher education, and are fairly safe from being replaced by automation in the near future. On the other end of the spectrum, jobs that have to some extent already been replaced by computer automation ended up on Glassdoor’s list of lowest-paying jobs, according to Bloomberg. Occupations such as office assistant, leasing consultant and server all had a median base salary below $35,000.

Here’s the top 10 list of top-paying jobs, along with their number of openings on Glassdoor:

Physician

Median Base Salary: $180,000

Number of Job Openings: 2,064

Lawyer

Median Base Salary: $144,500

Number of Job Openings: 995

Research & Development Manager

Median Base Salary: $142,120

Number of Job Openings: 112

Software Development Manager

Median Base Salary: $132,000

Number of Job Openings: 3,495

Pharmacy Manager

Median Base Salary: $130,000

Number of Job Openings: 1,766

Strategy Manager

Median Base Salary: $130,000

Number of Job Openings: 701

Software Architect

Median Base Salary: $128,250

Number of Job Openings: 655

Integrated Circuit Designer Engineer

Median Base Salary: $127,500

Number of Job Openings: 165

IT Manager

Median Base Salary: $120,000

Number of Job Openings: 3,152

Solutions Architect

Median Base Salary: $120,000

Number of Job Openings: 2,838

[Bloomberg]