MONEY Magazine's latest report and ranking:

Top 10 best jobs
MONEY Magazine and Salary.com researched hundreds of jobs, considering their growth, pay, stress-levels and other factors. These careers ranked highest.

1. Software Engineer 6. Market research analyst
2. College professor 7. Computer IT analyst
3. Financial adviser 8. Real Estate Appraiser
4. Human Resources Manager 9. Pharmacist
5. Physician assistant 10. Psychologist

NEW YORK (MONEY) - To find the best jobs in America, MONEY Magazine and Salary.com, a leading provider of employee compensation data and software, began by assembling a list of positions that the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects will grow at an above-average rate over 10 years and that require at least a bachelor's degree.

Using Salary.com compensation data, we eliminated jobs with average pay below $50,000; total employment of less than 15,000; dangerous work environments; or fewer than 800 annual job openings, including both new and replacement positions.

Next we rated positions by stress levels, flexibility in hours and working environment, creativity, and how easy it is to enter and advance in the field.


(source: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/?cnn=yes)

What field are you in? Or your career goal?

Surprised not to see Electrical Engineer in the list. Anyways, I think I am heading towards the right direction so far :)

BLOWJOB??

no electronics engg...huh?

anything related to medical field is good.............:P

Best job is still Medical Dr. but as job growth, IT(Software) tops the lists.

I am software engineer but my salary is much lesser than 81000 USD as given by MONEY magazine. Does it mean I am being underpaid? What should be a software engineer's salary in Houston, texas? I have bachelor's degree in computer science and five years experience.

How much less, katrina? A couple of thousand less wouldn't matter. The salary given is an average. Huston is cheap to live, that may be the reason for up to 5-7 thousand dollars difference, let's say.
I had heard that college professors are paid less than the average in the list. Since Money Magazine's credibility is better than the rumor mongers, I have to believe it.

I had heard that college professors are paid less than the average in the list. Since Money Magazine's credibility is better than the rumor mongers, I have to believe it.
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I would think so. I think top 50 schools pay much higher than the average to the professors. But then there are community colleges which might be paying much lesser than that. I am not sure, but I have to believe it too.

Thought pharmacists/chemical engineers topped the list followed by electrical engineer. Do we have differrent ranking every month or so? I wonder!