Healthcare careers are among the highest paid jobs in the U.S., according to LinkedIn's list of jobs with the highest base salary, with the first nine out of 20 jobs on the list all in the healthcare field.
Here are the top 20 jobs, listed by median base salary, according to LinkedIn Salary.
- Cardiologist - $356,000
- Radiologist - $355,000
- Anesthesiologist - $350,000
- Surgeon - $338,000
- Medical Director - $230,000
- Pathologist - $225,000
- Physician (general) - $220,000
- Hospitalist - $220,000
- Psychiatrist - $218,000
- Senior Corporate Counsel - $175,000
- Staff Software Engineer - $168,000
- Dentist - $165,000
- Director of Engineering - $164,000
- Tax Director - $161,000
- Director Product Management - $160,000
- Patent Attorney - $160,000
- Anesthetist - $156,000
- Senior Software Engineering Manager - $155,000
- Global Marketing Director - $155,000
- Podiatrist - $150,000
LinkedIn's salary tool collects data from verified LinkedIn members. The data is current as of Jan. 6. For a job title to be considered for the list, each title must receive 50 or more salary reports from LinkedIn members in the U.S. The highest paying jobs were selected based on the median base salary reported. For jobs that reported the same median base salary, LinkedIn used the current number of job openings per title on the network for a tiebreaker.