Career planning is a big task especially when you have numerous choices and you are unclear to pick the specific path. Each year, many candidates, pick wrong avenue of their career, leading to lifetime impact on their financial as well as social condition.While selecting a career you have to consider many factors such as your interest in the field, growth rate of the job, number of employers, salary growth, employment rate et al. Here we are presenting the list of top 10 jobs in US for 2012. Hope you find your career and plan your job accordingly.
1. Registered Nurses
Nursing career is one of the most flourished careers in USA in terms of salary and employment. It is expected that by the year of 2020, close to 712,000 nurse positions are required to be filled.
As per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2010 the median annual wages for Registered Nurse was $64,690, highest was $95,130 and the lowest was $44,190. Nurses who work as personal care nurses are the highest paid. Also the one who are working in private pharmaceutical sector and with medical device manufacturers are highly paid. Northern California, Oakland and San Francisco are at the top in the list of areas where nurses are paid highly.
2. Software Developer or Software Engineer
Software developer or software engineer has ample growth, salary and satisfaction. A software developer not only develops a software but also do the testing, maintenance and enhancement of the software. Decade from 2010 to 2020 will see a growth in the software developer job in US. There will be about 143,800 software development jobs which need to be filled. Median salary of a software developer in 2010 was $87,790 whereas the highest salary was up to $133,110 and the lowest was $54,360.
3. Pharmacist
It is one of the most promising, high paying and fast growing jobs in the health sector of US so listed in the top 10 jobs in USA. Further with the more aging population and somewhat complex medicines the job demand for pharmacist are going to increase in the coming years. Median annual salary of 2010 was $111,570, highest was $138,620 and the lowest was $82,090.
4. Medical Assistant
Medical assistant handles the clinical and administrative duties of the doctors to run the office smoothly. Though this is not one of the high paying jobs but it is growing very swiftly. So it is in the list of top 10 jobs in US. One does not need much technical knowledge for the same as the job includes handling the calls, maintaining front desk, filling and maintaining insurance forms etc. Median annual salary of medical assistant in 2012 was $28,860, highest was $40,190 and the lowest was $20,810.
5. Database Administrator
Database Administrator is one of the most lucrative jobs in USA at present. Job of database administrative includes making, managing and maintaining the whole data of an organization. Also security measures are established to protect the data of an organization. According to the projections made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects there will be 30.6 percent growth in the DBA jobs between the year 2012 to 2020. Median salary in 2010 was $73,490, highest was $115,660 and the lowest was $41,570.
6. Web Developer
Job of a Web developer is to design and maintain the websites so need technical education in this field. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the projected growth in the employment will be 21.7 percent. Median salary 2012 was $75,660, highest was $119,940 and the lowest was $43,190. San Jose, California, San Francisco and New Jersey are the locations where web developer is highly paid.
7. Computer System Analyst
Computer System Analyst works on the hardware, software and networks of computer system. Projected growth in the employment by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 22.1 percent between the year 2010 to 2020. According to The Labor Department report median salary in the year 2012 was $77,740, highest was $119,070 and the lowest was $48,360. Computer analyst is at seven of the top 10 jobs in US.
8. Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist test and measure the motor function, muscle strength, range of motion and coordination. Projected growth in the employment by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 39 percent between the year 2010 to 2020. According to The Labor Department report median salary in the year 2012 was $76,310, highest was $107,920 and the lowest was $53,620.
9. Computer Programmer
Computer programmer job is to write the programs for computer. The job also includes debugging, testing, maintaining and rewriting programs. Projected growth in the employment by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 12 percent between the year 2010 to 2020. According to The Labor Department report median salary in the year 2012 was $71,380, highest was $114,180 and the lowest was $40,820.
10. Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist is in the list of top 10 jobs in US. Job of Occupational Therapist involves helping the patients to perform daily task on their own so that they remain independent in work. Projected growth in the employment by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 33.5 percent between the year 2010 to 2020. According to The Labor Department report median salary in the year 2012 was $72,320, highest was $102,520 and the lowest was $48,920.
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