LinkedIn Salary has released its annual survey of the best paying jobs in the three fastest growing sectors: finance, IT, and healthcare, and the pay is pretty good.
The healthcare sector is one of the fastest growing areas of the economy, and physicians and executives are among the most highly compensated workers in those realms, according to a survey from LinkedIn Salary.
"As evident from our earlier list of jobs with the highest base salary across all industries, a career in healthcare can be one of the most professionally and financially rewarding out there," LinkedIn Salary said in a media release.
Orthos Top Physician Compensation List in 2017
"While surgeons and other practitioners rule the roost when it comes to pay, advances in healthcare technology, an aging population and the Affordable Care Act have created a growing need for more healthcare professionals across all sectors of the industry, many of which don't require years of expensive medical training. Roles in business development, marketing and product management all offer alternate routes to a high-earning salary."
According to LinkedIn Salary, the highest paying healthcare jobs and their median income are:
- Orthopedic Surgeon - $475,000
- Surgeon - $400,000
- Cardiologist - $400,000
- Radiologist - $373,000
- Anesthesiologist - $368,000
- Medical Director - $260,000
- Pathologist - $258,000
- Vice President of Quality - $245,000
- Physician - $235,000
- Hospitalist - $233,000
- Global Marketing Director - $233,000
- Vice President Finance - $225,000
- Vice President Human Resources - $225,000
- Senior Director of Development - $225,000
- Psychiatrist - $220,000
The lists were compiled using new LinkedIn Salary data that includes hundreds of roles collected from verified LinkedIn members as of March 27, 2017.
The LinkedIn Salary survey reaffirms other surveys that show that physicians as a class of laborers are the highest paid professionals in the nation.
The finance sector is doing well, too. The highest-paying jobs and median total salaries are:
- Managing Director - $368,000
- Medical Director - $279,000
- Investment Banking Associate - $240,000
- Regional Vice President - $220,000
- Vice President Strategy - $192,000
- Director of Risk Management - $187,000
- Vice President Finance - $171,000
- Vice President of Investment - $170,000
- Director Product Management - $168,000
- Senior Portfolio Manager - $165,000
- Vice President Information Technology - $165,000
- Vice President of Risk - $164,000
- Vice President of Risk Management - $161,000
- Vice President Sales - $160,000
- Director of Information Technology - $160,000
The software and IT sector top earners are:
- Vice President Sales - $300,000
- Senior Director of Engineering - $250,000
- Senior Director of Product Management - $240,000
- Regional Sales Director - $235,000
- Vice President of Engineering - $225,000
- Enterprise Sales Executive - $215,000
- Vice President of Product Management - $213,000
- Sales Director - $210,000
- Vice President Marketing - $208,000
- Vice President of Business Development - $205,000
- Senior Engineering Manager - $202,000
- Senior Director of Marketing - $202,000
- Enterprise Account Executive - $200,000
- Director of Engineering - $199,000
- Senior Corporate Counsel - $196,000
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John Commins is a content specialist and online news editor for HealthLeaders, a Simplify Compliance brand.