2006-12-28 06:57:21 · 7 answers · asked by curious2know 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
There was an article that analyzed this exact thing. The list is in this order:
Physicians and surgeons -- $147,000
Aircraft pilots -- $133,500
Chief executives -- $116,000
Electrical and electronic engineers -- $112,000
Lawyers and judges -- $99,800
Dentists -- $90,000
Pharmacists -- $85,500
Management analysts -- $84,700
Computer and information system managers -- $83,000
Financial analysts, managers and advisors -- $84,000
Marketing and sales managers -- $80,000
Education administrators -- $80,000
This link also provides the majors whose associated jobs have the greatest salary increases recently.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/14/pf/college/lucrative_degree/index.htm
2006-12-28 09:34:09 · answer #1 · answered by Lauren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got to believe that those working on Wall Street currently -- getting hundreds of thousand dollar bonuses, are probably making the most money right now at a "job" (vs. owning your own company/business, which can also be very lucrative.)
Those on Wall Street probably come from a variety of majors, but they'd have to include many MBAs in Finance, as well as lots of math, economics, etc. types of majors undergraduate. Good connections can't hurt, and top schools can't hurt, either.
A friend (middle aged) recently told me that had he known what he knows now, he never would have become a lawyer...he would have gone the finance/Wall Street route. And he's a Harvard law school graduate. His son went Harvard undergraduate, was heading into law, then shifted to finance, now works in the investment banking industry and knows people who've worked for a few years and are "getting out" (ie retiring, and/or starting their own companies, etc.) by the time they're in their 30s.
Of course, this is the tip of the tip of the iceberg and it won't happen for everyone.
2006-12-28 11:11:17 · answer #2 · answered by Shars 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psychology
2006-12-28 07:36:10 · answer #3 · answered by jlee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MBA's provided they get their degrees from an Ivey League School as well as medicine, dentistry and the law.
2006-12-28 07:14:47 · answer #4 · answered by D N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finance--my buddy got his BA and was making $70,000 at his first real job.
2006-12-28 07:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by wayfaroutthere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not forsure but I'd say a doctor or a lawyer.
2006-12-28 07:02:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CPA-- could be accountant or stock broker/hedge fund
2006-12-28 07:15:36 · answer #7 · answered by kat4use 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋