20 Highest Paying Jobs in the World

its a good job but lots of stress and studying but so worth it for the $$$$$$$

It pays a lot but when you look how much you pay for insurance it equals out and isn't nearly as much.

This is definitely my future profession! I am 14 and i've been wanting to do this since i was 11! Looks fun, awesome and interesting! Things my future career look like!

It's an amazing job

im getin paid 375kafter taxes and before bonus

I make about twice as much and I haven't been to school as much...oops!

i as one untill i killed someones brain ,oops

Sounds scary but cool :?

too much stress

I didn't know that this was the highest paying job .... cool!

ikr

Malpractice insurance for this field can cost up too $100k a year.... That's how high stress this job is. Not for the faint of heart and definitely not for just anyone. Only the best of the est actually become decent neurosurgeons

I dont believe this. It depends much on the person on how he or she handles his or her profession, and there's a lot of other factors to consider.

what needs to be done after mbbs to b a neurosurgeon and how much time and money one needs to put in

This is probably one of the highest stressed jobs, and most difficult. Its not like you open their back and get paid millions. You have to do it all correctly or they die, you get sued, or you accidentaly kill them some how and then are deeply depressed. This is not just a job you do it is a very important job. You must be very educated for this job. Even though i am not one my uncle is and he is indeed rich, but like i said it is a high stress job so they deserve it and all the hours they put in.

exxellent career around 220k usd pa

Wow i din't even konw what that is:)

it is an excellent job and also well paid .. i am going to become one

highly payed job

how much do they make

it must be alot of $

How much money do they get payed a year

My dad is one and we live in a non-tax are with 2-floor villa and two cars

Actually a nuerosurgeon involves head and spine...and it is my future dream job so I am working through high school and keeping my grades up so I can go to college.

any surgery that involves the nervous system

wat is that

1. sport figures 2. famous people

how much do you earn and can i have some for my birthday=)

believe me its an EXCELLENT profession!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

with all the injuries that are happening nowadays they can't be short on work.

Marvellous, this is the most interested job and the most cool job in the whole world in m view. And furthermore this job will of course give us a picture of an easy Air-conditioned task, but in reality this job demand a high intelligence and responsibility. But still I can't believe that this one has been ranked No.2 :/

You guys are highly disturbed or distracted, please focus while you comment, this job does not only consist of one which is computer engineers, you can do Computer Science and do a master degree on it and get MBA, Earns up to £150,000 PA. Not only Networking Engineer, thats one of the most common ones for low classed engineers.

I think this is the most difficult job in the world because actually related with A.I

then y do i got under paid?? ;(

Interesting. Perhaps some research is in order...

Its not even close to the any most payed.. srsly most of Computer engineers have to work loong hours in front of a pc and ok although their salary is not extremely low.. its not high enough either for the kind of stress they go through..

lies im a networking engineer £30,000 a year and highly stressfull

No i don't think that computer enginerr is earning top2 earnings in the world

I believe it..............this is gr8

computer engineers are not that paid man let be hunestry on it....

a gud job

Is this really 3rd most paid?!

Pay for computer engineers depends a LOT on where you work

screw it up!!!

wow

What do they really do?

How much will physiotherapist earn each year??

my mum is a Physiotherapists and we are doing quite well

You earn good money for home visits after a certain level of experience. Till then it's a struggle.

why isnt it true?

Nope . this is NOT true.

believe me you really don't and you have to train for EVER

so wayne rooney earns 250k a week and there players in spain that earn about 250k - 350k a week (all in £ pounds £)

Bill Gates is obviously Not the richest guy....look it up

The said NEARLY...

Bill Gates is obviously the richest guy.....not that football player...

That is WAY too much for a sports player. Its no wonder that those who aren't serious about getting a real education are fine with getting crappy liberal arts degrees (or skipping college altogether). They've got plenty of entitlement programs to keep them above water while they find a job that takes minimal brain power while paying out maximum salary. Stupid democrats...

thats a lot of money

Carlos Slim is the richest man in the world and the highest paid footballer in the world is Cristiano Ronaldo and he gets paid $17.06 million a year

trying to beat the no 1 spot, keep it up

good for him

If he eventually gets hurt in a way that he wont have legs, then his cash is gone!!!!

this would be number one wouldn't it cuz they are always flashy and got loads of cash to spare!

actually the most paid guy is mexican and he has $74 Billion. he owns a telephone company.

david beackem gets paid $90 every second he is on the feild pluse money from sponsors

But hey, got to hand the trophy to investment bankers and hedge-fund managers.

If you remove entrepreneurs from the scene and restrict the focus to individual jobs, experienced actuaries, on average, earn approximately $512000 p.a and CFA's earn approximately $450000 p.a(if you add their stock options, on average experienced CFA's are known to take home approximately $3.52mil p.a.). . . just a thought.

People, please get some facts right before commenting, rather than making foolish comments. Go to Forbes webpage and look for the billionaires link. Shoud give you the world's top 10 richest men. . . And no, Tevez is nowhere close. And no, Bill Gates is only worth $56 billion, not over $200 billion.

lol not 5.2 billion a week and tevez is £250 grand a week not a month and bill gates is worth over 200billion $ if he sold Microsoft so tevez richest man in the world pffffff..........

5.2 billion a week, that's just disgusting

u should see nanis salary £5.2billion a week

comon dude (referring 2 d last guy that dropped a comment), of course we know that tevez is no whr close to bill gates, after tevez gets his pay-check approved by an arabian boss (UAE) ___arab money!

no he isnt lmao bill gates earns 45 billon a year, after ressection duhhhh

It's actually 250,000 per week!

I want to be one sooooooooo bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome job!! but you have to be a pilot for one airline for almost 10 years to hit the big money. Also emirates as i should know give you accommodation allowance so i know live in Dubai with my wife and occasionally get the Manchester flight to see my family. Great job wouldn't swap it for anything!!!!!!

Respect to all airline pilots. It's not easy knowing so many lives depend on you

i totally agree...if u have a family u shouldnt be a pilot...

I've been thinking about this one (or being a pilot in general, military or commercial) for some time now. However, I've heard some bad things (sleepless nights on the job, not enough pay, union affiliation problems) that have turned me off commercial airlines a bit. Is this true?

u get 2 see the chicks......n travel da whole world

The best job on the planet

ya i agree with u.

A great job if you're single but if you have a family, being a pilot can be very stressful and you miss many special events with your family

The fact of thinking that you must be on the top of your efficiency and vigilance each flight and possess an excellent analytical mind to analyse carefully every data provided by the airplane computers, dealing calmly with critical situations (bad meteorology, airplane failures...), direct all of flight crew members as a captain ,cooperate with air traffic controllers from ground and many other tasks can put the career of an Airline Pilot among the highly paid and best jobs in the world!

410,000 cathay pacific

great pay and also other benefits

can i get job in foreign coutries?i m a nepali citizen.sum1 plz sugest me.

You get to fly the most amazing invention of mankind, 747, 330, 777, 380, imaging flying these babies ... and you want to get highly paid for that ... you must be kidding ... the best job ever .. no money can replace it ...

My name is Chris Rodchrick, I am former capitIan for AIR Canada. I have flew for over 10,000hrs and I retired. On my first year I made around 90K and on my last year, 320K. If you have any questions about becoming a pilot, e-mail me at chris_rodchrick@sympatico.ca Happy Flying

starting salary is nowhere near 80k. It costs about 100k to train! and the basic is in the region of 20-30k. Experienced pilots make more but that is many years down the line when you reach the rank of captain. The best paid pilots fly for cathay pacific and virgin atlantic.

You really got this VERY wrong. Airline pilots are NOT that well paid, unless from singapour airlines or emirates which make ther difference through benefits.

depends on airline and experience. starts at around 85 and goes as high up as 150. it is not the highest but it definitely is fun.

how much does it pay

PERFECT JOB IN THIS WORLD

it's a dream job!!!!

to be honest this should be number two..........lucky i am , studyng towards it

this is the most enjoyable job than ever lol......

yaaa great i am interested too!!!

but its tough to study

I thought CA's earned a larger salary

i have decided at last because these two jobs always conflicts in my career

Accountants are super awesome!!!!!!

tis not always right.i dissaprove tis

yeah ofcors accountants are the one who deals with million and trillion bucks !!!

this is a terible amount of money for anyone to make no footballer is should ger that me

its my dream and i won;t be do it for money but for love. by the way how many woman directors got at the top? i mean getting nomination for being best. who is the youngest movie director in south africa?

maybe 1% of all directors will make more than 100000 a year

and cut that was horribily

Hi my name is tom harrison i am a ex-lawyer in my first year i got £120,000 as i went on it got bigger after 25 years i was getting £650,000

and how many years u have to go to college

i am 10 years old and i want to know if it is a good job and how much do u get payed and

how much do they get payed

i can see my frineds beggin me for money!

very high salary

good pay but hard to earn

declan macdonald

yah... Lawyers earn the most....

I CAN SAY THAT THE LAWYER IS THE BEST JOB BECAUSE IM A LAWYER!

very stressful job but thats the way to earn £££

That is what has made them a little cheeper. In Oregon there are so many lawyers that they have brought the average price down.

Very true, some lawyers get paid in millions =/

this womans doctor

how much does it pay?

What is that

What about the Neurosurgeons?

this sounds like a job for me

I think it is the best job in the world!!!!!!!!!!

thats a don job

They get paid alot. I would want to be one because I love to speak foreign languages, i am pretty darn good at math, and I also love suits and computers.

wow this is really cool

News flash!...your career does not depend on the colour of your skin, it depends on how hard you work

I really want to be this job. Not only because they make good money, because they get to travel so I would get to speak other languages, and they get to do math (which i am pretty good at) and wear suits!

they deserve more money because it is a very difficult job

i will do this job in inernet what type of work is it please guidelines thank you.

Yup well everyone wants money lol...

we all no that indians have the best jobs around the world

I hope to become an aeronautical engineer in avionics very soon :)

This sholuld be in top.

really ?? i am one .. and it doesnt seem much lol

Yes they do earn millions a year but... most of that money is tied up in stocks. If they where to release these stocks onto the maket all at once they would flood it causing the price to hit zero. Not good.

entrepreneurship make bill gate richest man in the world

Long live John Galt!

an entrepenuer is a person who starts his own business

will you please explain me that who are entrepenuer

my parents are entreprenuers:)... good money, and great working hours ..more famliy time.. love it :)

It's really stressful and difficult but if you good it's awesome:) Hav to love them

Join the RAF

Air Traffic Controllers (Contrôleur Aérien ou Aiguilleur du Ciel)! fascinating and unique job! The ATCo is considered as the third Pilot but few of people are aware of this, How is it? Ok, ATCos work usually at Airports' Control Towers and Area Control Centers using Radar technologies and permenant radio communications with Airline Pilots during the whole flight, guiding them to their destinations and providing them with many vital informations. They MUST be self confident enough to make crucial decisions under pressure (an ATCo can handle much more than 1,2 or 3 airplanes in the same time carrying a lot of lives) and assist Airline Pilots to the end of the flight. So the responsibility of the flight is shared between Pilots and ATCos. ATCo's been called the most stressfull job in the world.

not paid much

how can u become a atc...i wld like to become one but i don't now if its right for me... any tips??\

how do u study to be an ATC doesnt seem really popular

It's true, but not many people know that.

I doubted. For example airline's CEO gets 10 times more than a pilots. and Pilots at 5th & CEO at19th. lol

cool

yes this is a factual fact, infact it seems to be placed among the top seven , my career field, i have big ambition in this, it entails alot of benefits, the biggest problem is that u spend time outside the family

hey yes they do get lots coz my husband is a marine engineer,n m so proud of him.

really,i think in india this job is very very profitable

my daddys a scientist and he makings approx $500,000 a year without taxing ofc

not true. not all scientists get paid alot. it depends in how highly qualifies u are and experiance.

my neighbour is a architect he works in a large firm .... my dad told me that he gets like 180k a year but his japanease so that make sense

My father is a architect and he has a very good salary, he has designed many buildings. however being a architect very stressfull.You need to be a strong character to work in this occupation :D

To those architects who aren't making any money aren't brave. I'm an architect myself to be successful and earn the money you have to spend it first. Be creative, don't be scared of criticism and take it on the chin. From my experience and what I've learnt, you have to take risks by designing your own stuff. I've failed how many times, but by learning from them I have my own trademark and earning plenty of money. Just don't be scared of losing. And hey maybe one day you might be even designing my house :)

No chance uk you would be lucky to earn 45k at senior level the people the small practices like mine earn better beacause of low overheads sometimes you can earn about £350 for about 1/2 an hours work but theres only a few of them jobs that ever come along. If you have a look at the top architects the business is in debt Norman Foster is a good one

There is no money in this profession, only problems.

just watch fountain head film.. you ll get the idea of being an architect. He is definitely the best professional

YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME!!!! WHERE DID YOU GET THIS FROM? I'M AN ARCHITECT AND I'M NOT EVEN CLOSE TO HAVING MY OWN HOUSE!

yer buy how mch are they paid, innit brov.

Don't know where you got this from, but this is a very very wrong assumption. The best paid jobs are mainly in the medical sector, an architect comes nowhere near it! :)

theres no money in building at the moment

they help shapr the world after all.

My dream is to become an actor and I dont care about the money or the fame, I just want to do my passion for a living...I'm only 13 though -_-

You have to be a very high up 'celebrity' actor. Most actors will rake in only $5,000 a year (that is the common actor, on theatre, etc.) You have to be really really really successful to be raking in the millions like Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts

I LOVE MICHELLE PFEIFFER DREAMING OF SPENDING JUST ONE NIGHT WITH HER

I relly like this career but I'm not sure

It's also a cutthroat sector of the medical field and one of the hardest ones to become. It's around the same amount of time, experience, stress, and medical school debt as neurosurgery. And no it's not just putting people to sleep, it's chemistry. Putting people under for surgery is an extremely dangerous thing and requires a lot of understanding of te field to accomplish. Not too mention the cases of victims that woke up in the middle of a surgery because the anastetic dose was off by .5 mg....

i wanted to become one, but my doctor said that i shouldnt because they are extrememly stressed and have the highest number of suicides , now im studing biomedical technology in durban heading towards stem cell research boooyaaa!

Its true what you said above but you also need to know a lot of math and science because if you mess up and are even off by a littte they can wake up while in surgery and sue (i think its how its spelled) then you could have to be charged millions...happened to a friend of mine

they do way more than just put you to sleep. they do nerve blocks which targets pain relief and eventually but not limited to treating RSD= Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and the list goes on, they are as well paid and almost in more demand than cardiologist.

Good Job!

currently studying to become one. :))

it's veeeery boring

Hey don't say that it is not the worst job, my grandpa was rich by being one. He had his own store. 300,000 dollars a year he was the best!!!!!!!!! - landyn lover

worst job

proud to be pharmasist

am actually kind of surprised there 17not 24

this is my dream job. But I think it needs a lot of effort to become one.

average salary in uk is £70000 year!!

We mint!

i heard that in the 10th percent tile they make 210,000 25 to 75 percent tile make 300,00 to 470,000 and the 90th percent tile was over 500,000 per year. i hope to become one someday but it is 12 years of college be in debt to pay of college but when u make that much be pretty fast to pay off

I am currently one and it is great!

thats way off they barley make 100k a year if that

my brother wanted to do this in durban bt ders is no scope here apparently

This is what i have always wanted to be! But how much do they make?

that's my major, is it as good as they say or no ?

it should be no5 or something

its not a big salary in this world at this moment for mechanical engineering ,,,,,it should be increased for mechanical engineering .

They are all theives

Its were all the money goes lol i wil be surprised if its not the most paid job in the world

Truly.............

Singapore has the highest paid. There is a reason why. Check out the GDP in 2010!!!

i agree they deserve it coz they are the leaders of the country

this is really true. they are very corrupted and almost no one likes them.

i think this is the toppest business in all over the world

ya its very correct

iam in high school is this a good job to really go into

there's a lot of schooling involved

make a median salary of $161,000 per year, why isn't this higher

how a person hav 2 invest for that??????:) tell me plzzz

that's like so friggin amazing! Everyone wants to be a 3d artist right? YEAH!

how much?

Awesome as that line for creative people!

cares for children (doctor)

''Your mates dad is a civil engineer and lives in a council house''...?? Were the highest paid profession between Eastern Europe straight through to Australia. I myself make 296k in Perth Australia as a senior site engineer and i'm not even chartered yet, the only problem is we have to go where the work is. I think your mate is lying to you about what his dad does for a living

best of em all

Only if you work in the middle east or china not in the UK

Im really hoping to do this for my undergraduate degree. Hope what this site ranks is true xD

Good structural engineers can get paid very large sums of money, although their responsibility is high.

my mates dad is a civil engineer and he is living in a council house i doubt this is true

Build some tall buildings, New york, Atlanta, Civil engineers and construction people have earned a lot of money

dentist who replaces missing teeth

What is that?

money traped on network...

Too many network administrators, pay is coming down ...

surely true.....

wat do u get 2 do

Its the sexiest job that you'll ever dream to have.

it pays well but only wen you work , which is nt alot , its dangerous as well

true the money is good, but crab fishermen have a job only a few weeks in a year as governments have banned crab hunting during rest of the year so that the crabs can reproduce. P.s - saw it on discovery...

my dad is a crab fisherman and we have to re mortgage our house just to live. so no this should not be on this list

lol!!! when all the crab is gone...

they can when all the crab is gone..

An interior designer could be paid over 300 000$ a year. it depends if you own your company and how many projects you do.

£15,371 - £34,988

how much does that pay-i would be really good at it!:)

does it really pay well?how much are we talking here please?:)x

Thats ma dream...........

i agree its a highly paid one

well paid profession.

I know an average orthodontist who makes 650,000 a year

An average orthodontist in usa earn around 166,000$ and if you are really good then you can make around 300-400,000$

Can someone please use dollars?

lol £200,000 a year, tell me what planet this is on so I can transfer!! In the Uk, top paid is 100,000, and that's with British airways, with 20+ years experience and on long haul .... you see your family 2 days a fourth night.

cant this be higher than airline pilot they can earn over £200,000 per annum

it is an eye doctor!

It's not. An opthamologist is an eye doctor. An optometrist deals with vision, it's whom you go to for glasses.

an eye doctor

whats that?

not true,,,,very demanding, physically,mentally,emotionally draining

Ok this is crap they for got plastic surgeons and chemical engineers and chemist and ce are higher paid than mech engineers

You get paid well as an RN and paid even better of you get your masters. But entry level or LVN nurses get paid crap and clean up crap literally. Not to mention the amount of debt that most LVN's accumulate by going to a private trade schools with no hopes of making it out to finish up the necessary school work to become an RN. High paid nurses aren't in demand, entry level nurses are there's a big difference

nurses are worst paid lot in India...the job earns less respect..often the job is reduced to the level just manual labor.. please compare a nursing graduate's pay package with any other medical graduates(BDS,Bpt,Bpharm.Bsc mlt) ...moreover there is much less career growth opportunity..exhausting job..ONLY ONE UPSIDE to it..US &UK are eyeing cheap nursing labour from India

hey its true nurses are in great demand.n they earn a lot trust me, coz m a nurse...........

IN INDIA KERALA GIRLS GOES TO NURSING MORE,AFTER MARRIAGE SHE TAKES HER HUSBAND WHO IS JOBLESS

SO NURSES ARE WELL PAID,ON SURVEY GOT 55 POINTS MORE THAN A NEURO SURGEON?

i dont think so.... im not a nurse

The pay is CRAP though...trust me..I'm a Nurse