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10 jobs that will make you happy and rich
Think you have to be miserable to make more than $90,000 a year? Think again.
Many people believe a happy career and a fat paycheck are mutually exclusive, but online jobs community CareerBliss has found that these two things can go hand in hand.
CareerBliss compiled its new list of jobs that can make you happy and rich by analyzing more than 20,000 employee reviews of companies with at least ten reviews.
The reviews are from employees all over the US who evaluated 10 factors that affect work happiness on a five-point scale: one’s relationship with their boss, relationship with coworkers, workplace environment, job resources, compensation, growth opportunities, company culture, company reputation, daily tasks, and job control over the work performed on a daily basis.
CareerBliss combined those numbers to find an average rating of overall happiness for each respondent and then sorted the results by job title and salary to determine which jobs pay well and make professionals the happiest.
Here are the happiest high-paying jobs in 2017:
10. Director of IT
Bliss score (out of 5): 3.05
Average salary: $115,643
Directors of IT manage the information technology strategy of an organization, assuming responsibility for the hardware and software used to achieve the organization’s objectives.
9. Product manager
Bliss score (out of 5): 3.12
Average salary: $120,229
Product managers are responsible for promoting or introducing a product or service to the public. Typically they will assemble advertising teams, meet with account representatives, and give presentations.
8. Vice president (VP) of sales
Bliss score (out of 5): 3.22
Average salary: $162,600
VPs of sales, who are accountable to the company’s president on all sales matters, will ensure the company is meeting its sales projections and oversee a department of sales managers.
7. Senior manager
Bliss score (out of 5): 3.297
Average salary: $110,292
Senior managers are responsible for overseeing groups of employees or departments within a business or organization. They perform necessary duties related to planning, organizing, and coordinating events, production, or other purposes of the business’s nature.
6. Senior software engineer
Bliss score (out of 5): 3.31
Average salary: $91,664
Senior software engineers are experienced in creating programs that allow users to carry out certain tasks on a computer or developing operating systems for devices and networks.
5. Accounting manager
Bliss score (out of 5): 3.31
Average salary: $97,886
Accounting managers are charged with oversight of financial reporting practices ranging from standard ledger preparation to end-of-year auditing.
4. Business development manager
Bliss score (out of 5): 3.31
Average salary: $93,846
Business development managers are in charge of handling and reaching out to the prospective clients for a company through hospitality and regular contact.
3. Senior engineer
Bliss score (out of 5): 3.51
Average salary: $100,630
Senior engineers are experienced in designing systems, structures, and materials and researching ways to create or improve objects.
2. Directional driller
Bliss score (out of 5): 3.59
Average salary: $178,155
Directional drillers handle the machinery used in hydraulic fracturing to drill an oil well sideways or horizontally to get oil out of the ground.
1. Chief technology officer (CTO)
Bliss score (out of 5): 3.72
Average salary: $150,100
CTOs are in charge of helping companies improve their information systems.
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