Do You Have One of the 25 Best Jobs in America for 2015?
Looking for a new career path, or just starting out? Career site Glassdoor has released its list of the 25 Best Jobs in America for 2015.
Of the 25 top jobs, the title 'Engineer' is listed in seven of them. The list is topped by, not surprisingly, a medical profession -- Physician Assistant. Glassdoor shows there are more than 45,000 openings for Physician Assistants in the country with an average salary of $111,376. Not a bad chunk of change.
One thing to take note of these jobs: none of them are trade jobs, and most are obtained through four-year or longer degrees.
Glassdoor also includes a Job Score, which they determined based on earning potential, career opportunities rating and number of job openings.
Do you have one of Glassdoor's top 25 jobs in America this year? Here's the full list:
- Physician Assistant – Glassdoor Job Score: 4.8
- Number of Job Openings: 45,484
- Average Base Salary: $111,376
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.5
- Software Engineer - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.6
- Number of Job Openings: 104,828
- Average Base Salary: $98,074
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.3
- Business Development Manager - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.6
- Number of Job Openings: 11,616
- Average Base Salary: $94,907
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.5
- Human Resources Manager - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.6
- Number of Job Openings: 8,073
- Average Base Salary: $96,443
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.6
- Finance Manager- Glassdoor Job Score: 4.6
- Number of Job Openings: 9,728
- Average Base Salary: $122,865
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.4
- Marketing Manager- Glassdoor Job Score: 4.6
- Number of Job Openings: 14,647
- Average Base Salary: $100,130
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.4
- Database Administrator- Glassdoor Job Score: 4.5
- Number of Job Openings: 9,790
- Average Base Salary: $97,835
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.4
- Product Manager - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.5
- Number of Job Openings: 10,294
- Average Base Salary: $113,363
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.3
- Data Scientist - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.4
- Number of Job Openings: 3,449
- Average Base Salary: $104,476
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.8
- Sales Manager - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.4
- Number of Job Openings: 26,193
- Average Base Salary: $76,556
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.3
- Solutions Architect - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.4
- Number of Job Openings: 3,982
- Average Base Salary: $121,657
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.4
- Mechanical Engineer- Glassdoor Job Score: 4.4
- Number of Job Openings: 16,065
- Average Base Salary: $73,015
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.3
- QA Engineer - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.3
- Number of Job Openings: 26,383
- Average Base Salary: $77,499
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.2
- Business Analyst - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.3
- Number of Job Openings: 21,337
- Average Base Salary: $74,638
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.2
- Electrical Engineer - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.3
- Number of Job Openings: 10,435
- Average Base Salary: $76,803
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.3
- Network Engineer - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.3
- Number of Job Openings: 14,092
- Average Base Salary: $87,518
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.2
- Civil Engineer - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.3
- Number of Job Openings: 6,120
- Average Base Salary: $73,383
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.5
- Audit Manager - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.3
- Number of Job Openings: 4,585
- Average Base Salary: $69,271
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.9
- Physical Therapist - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.3
- Number of Job Openings: 27,579
- Average Base Salary: $64,806
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.2
- IT Project Manager - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.3
- Number of Job Openings: 5,700
- Average Base Salary: $103,710
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.2
- Client Services Manager - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.2
- Number of Job Openings: 2,377
- Average Base Salary: $103,736
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.7
- Supply Chain Manager - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.2
- Number of Job Openings: 3,754
- Average Base Salary: $83,795
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.4
- Mobile Developer - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.2
- Number of Job Openings: 4,651
- Average Base Salary: $79,810
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.3
- Nurse Practitioner - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.2
- Number of Job Openings: 15,341
- Average Base Salary: $95,171
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.1
- Sales Engineer - Glassdoor Job Score: 4.2
- Number of Job Openings: 6,007
- Average Base Salary: $91,318
- Career Opportunities Rating: 3.2