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CNN Money’s Top Ten Best Jobs In America

Erik Folgate

Here is a list of the Top 10 best jobs in America rated based on salary, growth potential, stress levels, and other key factors that cause careers to be valued. 

  1. Software Engineer
  2. College Professor
  3. Financial Adviser
  4. Human Resource Manager
  5. Physician Assistant
  6. Market Research Analyst
  7. Computer IT Analyst
  8. Real Estate Appraiser
  9. Pharmacist
  10. Psychologist

My wife and I are in good shape based on this list of the best jobs in America.  My wife is starting Physician’s Assistant school at the University of Florida in July.  The PA makes $75,000/year and the growth potential is over the next 10 years is 50%!  This was the largest growth potential out of every job listed.  I would like to be a financial adviser someday and own my own practice.  The average salary is $122,000 and the growth potential over the next ten years is 26%.  The only difference is that I would like to focus more on being a financial counselor than handling a bunch of old people’s retirement accounts.  I want to help regular people with less than perfect financial situations.  My salary potential will most likely go down a little bit, but that is something that I am willing to sacrifice if it means working with the people that I want to work with. 

Anyway, this made me very happy about our future!  I wanted to share this with those of you in college or just out of college that are trying to figure out what to do with your life.  However, never pick a profession just because of the salary and growth potential.  Pick a profession because you are passionate about that line of work, and you will wake up every day excited to go to work.  If more people work in industries they loved, there would be much less prozac and paxil to be dispensed! 

Erik Folgate
Erik and his wife, Lindzee, live in Orlando, Florida with a baby boy on the way. Erik works as an account manager for a marketing company, and considers counseling friends, family and the readers of Money Crashers his personal ministry to others. Erik became passionate about personal finance and helping others make wise financial decisions after racking up over $20k in credit card and student loan debt within the first two years of college. Another one of Erik's projects is the site, Stuff We Google.

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  • http://www.kozoru.com Justin Gardner

    I can tell you, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Software Engineers oftentimes have a VERY high stress level due which result from long hours coding pieces that need to be due immediately.

    By the way, I dig the blog. Well done.

  • Horseplayokay

    what about Physical and Occupational Therapists?

    • Horseplayokay

      They are very much in demand

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