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What are the best jobs that make $100K, or $100K plus jobs, in the country? Well, you might be surprised at just what jobs earn a top-notch salary. Technology is still king in many cases, true, but there are also several other areas you might just be interested in. Read on to find out more.

Software Engineer

Among the jobs that make $100K, or roughly that, are those of software engineers. Software engineers are needed everywhere, and this is one of the fastest growing sectors in the US job market. Of course, you have to be good with computers to do this, too. You need to be a computer whiz, in fact, and you need to be able to test, develop, and design computer programs. For that, you need some pretty heavy-duty problem-solving skills and some pretty good math skills, too. If you've got the skills, though, you can work just about wherever you want and still be in demand. In fact, if you want to telecommute, you can probably do that, too. Most folks in this industry are young, because it's a high stress job that entails lots of late nights or sometimes even all-nighters, but you can move into consulting and management once you have got the experience to do so, which can be a little bit less stressful.



Freelancing is hot for this position because you have a lot more freedom. If you work for a large company, though, you might not have as much room to think as creatively as you want to. In addition, take care to forestall problems like carpal tunnel syndrome, eyestrain and back strain, which are common problems in this profession.

Release engineers are top-notch among software engineers, and are responsible for checking out and making sure that the final versions of any software run smoothly.

College Professor

Okay, this is something a little more competitive, because you usually need your doctorate (or you at least need to be working on it), and tenure can be hard to get. If you do get it, though, and you like teaching, college professorship may be the way to go. In addition, you can start out in places like technical schools and community college, where you can often start teaching with a master's degree along with some professional business world experience. Salaries usually start quite low for professors, too, but can average about $250K. for tenured professors.

Financial Advisor

This is an area where lots of people need help, and it's still an area where there's not a lot of competition, though it's becoming more popular. It's a relatively new field, but more and more people are getting into it. As people begin to struggle financially, with crashing pensions, shrinking retirement savings, and a population that's growing older by the minute, financial advisers are in increasing demand.

Of course, you need to be good with numbers and you need to make people feel comfortable. You need to be as honest as all get out, too, because you're not going be in business for long if people don't think you're honest with their money. And if you want to, you can work for yourself instead of for a large company if you prefer that flexibility. The choice is yours.

That said, there are some drawbacks. You're going to have to keep abreast of financial changes as they come about. Compliance rules mean lots of paperwork. You'll also need to build a practice from the ground up if you start your own, which can be stressful; if you work for a large company, of course, that's not true, but you'll still have to make sure you stay very on top of your game so that you're doing the best you can for your clients. You'll need a college degree and certification as a financial advisor, plus continuing education so that you stay on top of changing rules.

Human Resources

Manager, that is. Human resources managers do a lot more these days than just helping employees manage benefits. More than that, you are considered a strategic planner. You help employees design programs that also help the company you work for. You can work in a number of different areas, too. You can be a corporate recruiter, or you can help employees with their work environments so as to make them more rewarding.

One drawback, of course, is that you may have to fire people as part of your job duties. However, this is just one facet of the HR industry. If you like working with people and helping them make their employment experience as pleasant as possible, human resources and management might just be for you.

Physician's Assistant

As a physician's assistant, you can have the doctor's advantages of getting to work directly with patients, but few to none of the headaches physicians have to deal with when it comes to dealing with insurers. Instead, you work under a doctor's supervision and provide routine health care including doing physical examinations, ordering lab work, prescribing medications, and treating illnesses. You can specialize as a physician's assistant, too, and choose the area of expertise you have the most interest in. In addition, as the population gets older and cost-effective care becomes a priority, this is a particularly high security field to be in. In general, too, you'll work 35 to 40 hours a week, compared to the sometimes stressful hours doctors put in. You don't get to make the ultimate decisions, though, and you're not likely to advance much. However, this is among the $100K salary jobs in certain specializations.

Conclusion

These are just a few of the best $100K jobs in the job market. There are a lot more, and you can find them by searching out your interests, area of specialization, and educational level and background. Take some time to check these and others out, and you just might find yourself working a $100K job that you really, truly love.
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