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  • val8ntin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+50The Aircraft Pilot salary figure is a complete misrepresentation of the job. To even be near the 100K mark, you need to have flown for at the very least 15 years. The bulk of those 15 years are spent at 20K/year regional airlines.
    • zirtbow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27I like how it has most programming related positions listed under just high school grad. I had a 4yr degree with experience and still had a tough time even getting an interview (which probably has more to do with the area I was seeking employment in of course).

      Still right now I couldn't imagine applying for a DECENT software engineering/programming job with only a high school diploma unless you had a myriad of experience to prove your already established.
    • Philodox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13lol yeah the people that get developer jobs out of HS without a college education are the extreme exception, not the rule. Unless that website has some pretty wacky categories for programming.
    • Ninjab3ar, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4cool, i noticed the drafting position on the list. I just graduated high schol last summer, and i got a job drafting, they pay me decently, for an entry level person straight out of high school. im still going to college though, studying architecture.
    • W00DR0W, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1Thanks for saving me the five seconds it would've taken to Google this information. :[
    • mistermanoli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I have an uncle that is an airline pilot, he became a pilot in the navy, and he started to fly for commercial airliners only 6 years after he left the air force (he flew private jets in between for a mid sized British Corporation making around 75k) also, his salary is roughly 265,000/year because he flies internationally.. theres a lot of figures to take into consideration when estimating the average salary of a pilot, because there is so many different kinds of pilots, at so many different levels of pay.. i think 135k for a airline pilot is a decent estimate..
    • aristotle0dude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8RE: HIgh school education level and jobs.

      You guys should realize that many companies are looking for well rounded individuals with skill sets outside of what a CS course will teach you. A person with experience outside of school and a technical college diploma is more likely to get a job in some cases than a kid straight out of college.

      A university can give you important skills and tools to do your job better but they do not imbue you with talent or creativity. Those are traits of the person which you cannot glean from a text book or by listening to a professor drone on in a lecture hall.
    • badave, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It seems that these are old or off by a bit. I'm not sure how much is due to the age of the survey or location.
    • Maascamp, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2This list is quite inaccurate. I work as an analyst at a Wall st. firm and the average salary at our company is 400K. You can make over 100k your first year out of college.
    • 0o0Moylan0o0, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Well Australia must be a fair bit different to America in the respect of jobs. Just in the small town that im in, (pop 46,000... including close surrounding towns maybe 150,000) you can be a Qualified Builder, after being an apprentice for 4 years which requires only year 10 certificate, on $300,000 per year profit which is roughly $240,000 American bucks.

      and then if you go to a capital like Brisbane or Sydney, could be makin well in excess of $500,000 per year.
    • RCourtney, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Am I the only person to find it odd that "Computer and information systems managers" make LESS having a Two-Year degree as opposed to being High School Graduates?

      Top Paying Jobs for High School Graduates
      # Computer/information systems managers — $56,400

      Top Paying Jobs for a Two-Year College Degree
      # Computer and information systems managers — $50,400
    • Math, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2[i]and then if you go to a capital like Brisbane or Sydney, could be makin well in excess of $500,000 per year.[/i]

      I don't know why you think that. A builder would have to charge about $250+ per hour to make money like that. I hired a builder in Sydney recently and it cost about $75/hr including material costs.
      There is also currently a building slump in Sydney and I know a few builders and plumbers, who are having trouble finding work.
  • jiminoc, on 10/12/2007, -21/+2PHP pays me more than pilots and physicians... nice.
    • jiminoc, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2jealous java developers diggin me down. haha
    • sgbooth, on 10/12/2007, -12/+9This list is f'ed up. Dentists don't make 90k - more like 250K starting. New attorneys at large law firms start at 125K (see nalpdirectory.com). This list is totally inaccurate, marked accordingly.
    • EnderWalcott, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median pay for dentists is $129,920. So a dentist could potentially earn $90,000 as the article says, or the $250,000 you said. But I sincerely doubt that dentists start at $250,000 a year.
    • dustyshadow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"New attorneys at large law firms start at 125K (see nalpdirectory.com). "

      Many attorneys work in the government and very few government jobs reach 100k. The only starting attorneys that make over 100 are those that go to the large firms and that is a small percentage of graduating lawyers.

      It's called and average and median. Simple math. You must have skipped that class.


    • hungryhermit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2As someone who dated a newly minted dentist, I can assure you that NO ONE in her graduating class was making anywhere near 250. You are in the ballpark with 90.
  • ifonly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Use:
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  • thefutureisours, on 10/12/2007, -7/+46Highest paying job? Mine. Professional Dig Commentator.
    • jprez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7dig? or digg?
      • loanpinions, on 01/02/2008, -0/+0I think loan officers and loan originators make way more. These guys make about 1-200000.00 per year don't take it from me check out www.loanpinion.com
  • RamanujanRedux, on 10/12/2007, -13/+5People should never take jobs based on how much money they would make. Usually the reason most people get paid so much is because their job is thankless.
    • HP844182, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13I could care less if people cared about my job if I was pulling in 100K+ a year.
    • viet10, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7That doesn't apply to being a physician.
    • oriondr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Wow, I'd like to know where you pulled that from.

      On second thought, spare me.

      The most thankless jobs are the ones you get paid the least for. Think digging ditches, working at K-mart, burger king, etc.
  • Aero1, on 10/12/2007, -7/+11*****. starting salary for lawyers is 100k, and surgeons make much more that that.
    • molecool, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7True that - all the cramming I did in college... had I passed the bar exam instead I'd be making over $100k in the first year instead of competing for $65k jobs with some shmo from India.
    • Desolite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22this article is retardedly inaccurate. look at the 2 year degrees... engineering? its tough to finish in 4 years, give me a break.
    • zacinece, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2That would all depend on the type of law you would like to practice. Lawyers in law firms would make roughly that but those that are in public interest would make far less. Its all depends. The average should be right around that.
    • cosmicpoet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@ Desolite

      I completely agree. Dugg down for woeful inaccuracies.
    • OUChevelleSS, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Definately, most surgeons I know are $250k-$350k mark, before insurance of course.
    • mikeyj10, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1digg me down I messed up
    • Cykaos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Mu uncle is head of orthopedic surgery at a large hospital and makes over $1 million a year.
    • MorningCoder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5The list is all *****. A real estate inspector I know make over $200K. My friend's physician farther make over $700K. Okay, may I don't know anything about the real estate inspection or medical industry. For software engineers, I have either directly or indirectly help hired more than 20 developers. The average offer we made were somewhere at the $90K range. Those of you who is sufficient in C++ and willing to work for $60K like the list suggested, send me your resume, you're hired.
    • rickcarson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I was going to say that was tempting, so long as you'd be willing to have a very long distance telecommuter on staff :D

      But when I looked at the exchange rates, you'd actually have to offer more like $81k (USD) to make it worth my while.

      Shame the US Dollar is still going down the loo. :-(

      Excessive foreign debt ftw!!!
    • mhockey14221, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4a. These are averages, remember, for every doctor out of Johns Hopkins theres 50 from Dr. Nick's Hollywood Upstairs Medical College.
      b. These a --paying--, not --earnings--. Most doctors, lawyers, etc. are self-employed. They dont get paid, they earn it (unless Im not correct on this, I might be pulling this out of my ass)
      c. If you pursue a job you truly like, youll usually make more than that, so who cares about lists like this?
    • SenatorPenguin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You're right, lawyers totally make around $100K. This damn list says...$99,800.
      We can't let crap like this stay on dig.
  • xelerated, on 10/12/2007, -15/+5I did not graduate high school and im well over the 60k mark in information security.
    no HS, no college.
    only 2 certs. cissp and cnda

    • Ssullivan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Man what kind of employer would hire someone with no HS diploma?
    • oriondr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I would like to know which member of your family owns the business you are currently working in/started in.
    • Cykaos, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3certs are useless. Anyone who hires someone based on how many useless certifications they have is dumb.
    • casidnet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4For me it was Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Dropped out when I was 16. Screwed around for 2 years doing odd jobs then started working for them. Now I'm 24 with 6 years experience all with big name institutions(CGE&Y, PwC, MorganStanley) and make over $60K a year. People stopped asking about my education by the time I was 20. It just doesn't matter once you've done your time in the real world.
  • TheToecutter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12"While looking through the various job sites on the Internet, I found the following list of the highest paying jobs in the U.S."

    Mmmkay.
    • LordofShadows, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9at least he listed his sources.
  • DrSteveD, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2The average pay for a doc in the US is $207K
    • b0rg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I think 207k might be average for surgical specialists.. when you go pure averages for everyone with an MD, the number is surprisingly low. There are also a lot of MD specialties which don't involve practice-building and patient consults - lab and pathology for example - which are highly technical, but don't have massive salaries.
    • kidterrific, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What US is this?
    • wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I think that the number listed for physicians is accurate, but very misleading. I expect that is a mean, rather than a median. Some surgical specialists (orthopedics, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery) have salaries of 300k+. Primary care specialities, like Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and (especially) Pediatrics do very poorly. A pediatrician starting out is lucky to make 80-90k. And there are a hell of a lot more pediatricians than there are orthopedic surgeons.
  • silentdud, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4my dad graduated highschool and makes 250,000 a year in IT...

    Where are accountants? I'm an accounting major and it pays a hell of alot more than most of those just for starting salary. Almost 80,000 starting dollars depending upon how close to the city you get.
    • UberNick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I call shenanigans. Be prepared to make about half that starting out. And that's if you get into a big four in a major metropolitan area.
    • drakethegreat, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15The only job in IT that pays 250,000 is if your Bill Gates personal dick sucker. Nothing else I'm sorry your dad lies to you and I hope he didn't sexually molest you as a kid but lets not leave that possibility out.
    • Ssullivan, on 10/12/2007, -8/+7"The only job in IT that pays 250,000 is if your Bill Gates personal dick sucker."

      AKA Steve Ballmer
    • ICSU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8@Ssullivan
      Ballmer has more money than your city.
    • DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2lookit all the winders fanboys fighting over who gets to digg down the Balmer comment first!
  • readyman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I am very surprised not to see a Loan Officer on that list. I have several friends making consistantly over 200k a year in that shady profession. Then again I guess making that much is not average for that profession, but the average is still very high considering that you do not need any degree... and some companies don't even care if you are a High School graduate (one of my friends).
  • Celeron, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Where the hell is the statistic for computer engineers with a college degree? It should be well worth over $100,000 as computer engineers with only a high school degree make half of that.
  • AZNL473ncy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I think that pilots get paid less than that. Unless you're an Air Force Pilot on deployment with hazard pay and other extra pay. At $100K you'd have to be at least 10-15 years and be the main Pilot not the Flight Engineer or co-pilot.

    Although you MIGHT (big might) get paid 100K as a corporate pilot depending on who you fly for.
    • zbilly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1actually, pilots are usually very well paid..
  • blackgold9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Um, programmers at 55? I'm just out of college at 66. I'm hoping its the low end too.
    Fellow software engineers, what are you guys making?
    • thespace, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Indian or American?
    • gharding, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2More than 75. And I only have HS degree.
    • covertbadger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3About $97K, 7 years out of university. On-call payments and bonus probably add another $25K. And I'm grossly underpaid in my current position - I am expecting my annual review to add another $15K, maybe more if I get promoted before April.
    • nodnarb24, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I'm currently finishing up college but I have an offer for 95k when I get out in May.
    • zbilly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@nodnarb

      what college are you going to?
    • sfgeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My last job I made about 105K (Computer Security for a defense contractor), I'm going for about 110K base plus bonuses as a Director of Web Development at a startup here in DC. I know a guy or two that make more, but they've been at the same company for ages.
  • fourzerofour, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9It all depends on location, marked inaccurate. Good try though..
    • Sp0rAdiC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2To emphasize this, at the college town I'm currently living in (going to college) pizza delivery can make you 40k a year working 4 days a week. I work two days a week and I make enough to pay all the bills and have some left over. Definitely the exception for this job though, not the norm.
  • nilepoc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I like how RN is not on the list. With a Masters in anesthesia (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) its easy to make six figures (more than alot of MD specialties), and love what you are doing all of three days a week you have to work. Want proof visit gaswork.com and check out the CRNA salaries then compare them to the Anesthesiologist salaries for the same work.
    • gharding, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I thought Xray techs made pretty good money for a 2-year degree, as well.
  • TridenTBoy, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Um.. What about being Bill Gates, he gets about a million for his salary?
  • thespace, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15CEO $116,000 ROTFLMAO!!! This guy is smoking crack
  • mobilehavoc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12What a load of crap...bury this *****.
    • drakethegreat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Already did. It can't be the highest paid cause obviously the highest paid CEO makes more then 116 thousand a year. If its average then how does the average pilot make 133 thousand... more then the average CEO. They make no sense either way. Then you look at the site and the site is some guys personal blog and domain for his PHP projects. So obviously this is inaccurate but its scary cause morons will believe this stuff just because someone wrote it.

      Remember this quote, "If you read it on the net, it must be true"
    • casidnet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How does the average pilot make more than the average CEO? Do you really think CEOs only work for billion dollar companies? For every one CEO making $15 million a year there are no doubt thousands making $80-100K with smaller companies. Thats not even accounting for the fact that the ones making $15 million a year are usually getting paid $200-300K salary and getting the rest in stock "bonuses".
  • SAOSiN, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10The president makes 400k a year.
  • Zanneth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Source?
  • MudMan69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In high tech fields (e.g. networking hardware) 150K + is not uncommon for a sales rep.
  • albatross5000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3buried: inaccurate

  • Xinareiaz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This is a complete rip from this, its almost a strait copy. http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/CareerBytes/0505highestpay.htm?cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=fda52042f7df45588c795d01c7f25ea1-217710133-rv-4
  • tintinet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wrong o' bout physician salaries (they lie to keep those #s lower than they really are).

    Technical positions like pathology and radiology actually are among the higher paying in medicine.
  • etnu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is a pretty terrible list because it makes huge generalizations and lumps large swaths of employment together.

    Most surgeons make WAY more than $147k a year, especially if they operate on the brain or heart, in which case $300k+ is quite ordinary; by contrast, there are a lot of people who operate at damn near the volunteer level.

    It's extremely rare for a software engineer to get hired without a college degree, and the pay scale is highly variable. A senior engineer in Silicon Valley can command $100k, whereas a junior programmer in the middle of nowhere would be happy to get $40k.

    What a terrible list.
  • Araxen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No mention of OTR Trucking Driving. Most drivers in their first year make $30k easily and Owner/Operators can make up to 100k/year if drive their asses off. This article is inaccurate.
  • tintinet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1But of course, averages are totally meaningless: pilots for major airlines who fly large passenger jets make $400K + while guys who fly small planes make way sub $100K.. Same for all these occupations. Huge variation within each category.
  • RpgActioN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What exactly is an "industrial production manager"?
    • gharding, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Generally they manage production lines at factories. Keep track of the employees working the line and report issues with it. I worked in a P&G factory in the middle of nowhere for a year.. those guys made way more than $33k.
  • alec1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Please, please, please, before you start throwing around inaccurate, unrealistic, and completely unfounded claims based on some guy you know or some guy who you heard about through some guy you know, reference the Bureau of Labor Statistics' handbook. www.bls.gov/oco

    "In high tech fields, 150K+ is not uncommon for a sales rep." For high tech sales reps, the middle 50 percent earned between $53,270 and $91,500 a year. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $41,430, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $117,260 a year. So, sure, maybe the top 5-7% or so make near that, but 3-5X that many make less than a third of that.

    Bottom line, if you go into a field because of the outliers who make boatloads, you better make sure you have the talent and the luck to find yourself up there. Just look at all the starving actors.
  • xixer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1this is so wrong. engineers do not make more than lawyers...
  • nutsackninja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Those numbers for computer programmers is way off. I have my masters here in Canada (5 year program) and I started in Toronto for $10 /hr CND (about $9 USD) only after 4 years of working I started making around $18/hr CND (about 15 USD). Out of everyone I know who graduated with me I am the only one working in my field the rest are unemployed or working at some minimum wage job. It could just be that Canadian wages are much much lower then US
    • agentep, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2You have a Masters and you make $10/hr? That sounds ridiculous. Programmers in Canada make anywhere from 50 to over 100, depending on the city.
    • etnu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1With a masters you can make more than $18 an hour in India; I'm baffled as to why you can't do better than that in Canada. $18 an hour is what you get paid if you have no degree at all or are doing a very entry level position in the middle of nowhere in the U.S. Entry-level programmers in Silicon Valley can expect $65-$70K a year to start. When I lived in phoenix the average salary for people with my experience level (~5 years at the time) was in the $50k range.
    • casidnet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm a programmer in Toronto and $18/hr is definitely south of the low end of the market.

      All the jobs I see today around here are for $60+
    • DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1What exactly is a masters degree in Canada? Is it something like an American PhD (which is *seriously* watered down as compared to a European/Asian PhD)?

      It sounds like a Canadian 'Masters' is a Rest-of-the-World Bachelors degree, just like an American PhD is a Rest-of-the-World Masters.

      It's no wonder every clown in the USA seems to have a PhD. I lost pretty much *all* respect for Google once I realised that basically no-one there had an *actual* PhD, just a bunch of trumped-up coursework Masters with the research option!
    • 1022292057, on 06/10/2008, -0/+0how are u able to get $10/hr with a master in computer, i am still a BS student in canada and i am making $24/hr as computer programmer, friends who graduated all at least get $60k per year as starting
  • lunchbox170, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3this is pretty inaccurate, my neighbor is a eye surgeon and he makes in the 400 k area.

    Brain surgeons probably make a lot too.
    • jman8888, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah most doctors in my area make $60 a hour.
  • masterofNone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4this is horse *****. where i work the average programmer makes 90K.
  • UrielSynthesis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1No, tech jobs (especially entry level) dont pay all that much here either. I did full phone support for Dell and got 11 dollars per hour. The attitude is "Okay, we didnt send this job to India, so we will give you a paltry wage because, hey, its still alot more than we pay overseas anyway (arent we nice to do that for you?). And we know you'll have to play on our terms because of how tough the job market is for you." I now do full L3 tech support for Vonage for 10 dollars an hour. lol.
    • nutsackninja, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I feel your pain UrielSynthesis.

      I hope it gets better for us entry level tech guys but with the number of "IT experts" Canada lets every year the market is saturated. It really is super hard to find a good paying job
  • RoshanK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Top job that dosent require a high school degree-- Scalping video game consoles.
  • PatrickBrown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I guess this is highest *average*. Surely the highest salaries would go to CEOs or similar whose salaries have been sharply increasing over the last 20 years.
  • igotdugout, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ok, this list is completely inaccurate. Heck, where are his sources? His ass?

    Looks the guy just created a site just to get hits by spamming this on digg.
  • digrob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Owning your own business is the best job out there.
  • eecue, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This site looks like a link farm / spam site.
  • thekak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The flaw of this list is that it only covers maybe 5% of all professions.

    Photography or Graphic Design can easily top those.
    • gharding, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You're missing the big point of "AVERAGES". Sure, I bet photographers for National Geographic or Pultizer-Prize-winning war photographers make more than engineers, your average photographer doesn't. Most graphics designers I know make $60k or less. I know a bunch that work for $20-$25k.
  • zoukster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the useless info. I have not yet seen a more inaccurate salary survey....
  • CornStarch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, RNs own techies.
    • DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've pwned a couple of RN's in my time. It's true what they say about nurses.... *all* true... :-)
  • arg553, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1when did mechanical and electrical engineering become 2 year degrees?

    If you don't have at least a BS you will have very hard time getting hired at a decent company. there are times that people with associates degrees start out as techs and get moved up into engineering, but those are rare.
  • vrillco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2WHHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!

    ==== Quoted ====
    Top Paying Jobs for High School Graduates

    Computer software engineers — $58,900
    Computer/information systems managers — $56,400
    Computer programmers — $55,000
    Network systems and data communications analysts — $49,000
    General and operations managers — $48,000
    Database, network and computer systems administrators — $48,000
    ========

    WTF is this bull about computer people not requiring education ? Even WITH a degree I can't even get a job in my field. It's no wonder today's software is so crappy, if the people writing it are high school winners :P
    • casidnet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Or highschool dropouts *raises hand*. You don't require an education for most computer jobs(EE ones excluded). Maybe you should aim lower and get a job then worry about working to the job you want?
    • coustoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3People with degree and NO exp is like buying something online on ebay from someone with zero feedback. Most people wont buy.
  • zomgflamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1surprising, I dont see waste management in the list...*Wink Wink.*
  • Goya, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I hate ranting... but it really rubs me wrong to not see teaching in any of those categories. So many complain about the US public education system, but until we pay it like the profession it is we will never get the highly qualified individuals in the classroom. And of course when we get better individuals to teach we can cut out the scum that bring a bad name to the profession. These people are only working with our youth.

    Some will say it is an easy job... but quickly admit they would never do it. It is comparable to a doctor treating 30-40 patients in the same room at the same time, and all of them have different problems.

    /end rant
  • coustoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1General Physicians make less then 90k a year while specialist can make over 300k a year.

    Pilots make Crap these days, The only Pilots that are making 120k+ a year now are at Fedex and UPS, and the lucky ones that somehow kept their salaries after the Airline consolidation and bankrupcies. I'm in the AirForce Reserves, Talk to a lot of pilots that have airline civilian jobs or had them, and they all say the same thing Life is hard, they make more money on deployments and active duty then flying at their commerical jobs. Also you Don't need a degree to be an airline pilot, you just need to train on the right Plane Model, then the most important thing EXP to make 120K a Year.

    Software Developers/Engineers with 5+ years of exp with talent make well over 100k+ a year. I don't know any developers that make less then this, unless they know they suck and settle for less
    • coustoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh ya, those pilots that start out make like 40k a year, sorry to burst ya bubbles guys, but being a pilot is a being a glorified bus driver these days.
  • ceoandpresident, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Investment Banking? Hello!
    • qingshuo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Haha seriously, I can't believe they missed that! Post MBA investment bankers roll $200k easily after bonus.
  • nonesuch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is totaly made up, just like the 48.26% of all other digg stories .
    • stevejobs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+169% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
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