What careers make the most money? (Not just healthcare)

[exacto]

Everyone always says, "Don't go into medicine for the money, there are way better routes that get you rich with less debt and less stress and a better lifestyle", but doctors almost always rank as one of the top paying jobs. Curious as to what those careers people talk about are?

I love medicine and want to have no other job than in the healthcare field, but I always wondered this question...

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[holycrap]

Pornstar

 

[Dynam0]

Professional athletics tops the list. Dentistry is roughly comparable to medicine. There is also the potential to make it as big or even bigger in finance and law when compared to medicine, but 95% of the people working in those fields will not even come close to out-earning a PCP. One of the strong draws of medicine I imagine for many is the job security along with relative high absolute salaries that are largely independent of one's socioeconomic status, social skills, "connections", or how the economy is doing. You also don't have to worry about being in constant competition with foreigners who will gladly drive wages and living standards of your field into the ground with the constant race to the bottom.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Professional athletics tops the list. Dentistry is roughly comparable to medicine. There is also the potential to make it as big or even bigger in finance and law when compared to medicine, but 95% of the people working in those fields will not even come close to out-earning a PCP. One of the strong draws of medicine I imagine for many is the job security along with relative high absolute salaries that are largely independent of one's socioeconomic status, social skills, "connections", or how the economy is doing. You also don't have to worry about being in constant competition with foreigners who will gladly drive wages and living standards of your field into the ground with the constant race to the bottom.

CRNAs start out with great six-figure salaries and working conditions. All the ones who went through the program attached to the hospital I worked at had jobs lined up well before graduation. They were averaging ~$200k, but they did have call.

 

[exacto]

What else?

 

[Saifa]

CRNAs start out with great six-figure salaries and working conditions. All the ones who went through the program attached to the hospital I worked at had jobs lined up well before graduation. They were averaging ~$200k, but they did have call.

CRNAs have been some of the happiest people I've met, and given their backgrounds I think they've well earned it.

 

[Frogger27]

Investment Banker

 

[GypsyHummus]

People will say business and the like. Certainly, it is possible to make a ton of money in business, but I think I read somewhere like 80% of businesses fail.

Medicine does have great security. Dentistry and pharmacy are a close second.

Insurance seems like a business to go into. I doubt medical insurance is going away any time soon. Buddy of mine graduated same year I did and is making around 60K/year working in insurance. He graduated with some liberal arts degree with zero employability prospects, but he seems to have a good life right now. Wish I made 60K/year.

 

[freak7]

Heir/heiress

 

[aldol16]

Trophy wife.

 

[Goro]

There's this thing, and it's called google...and it will tell you exactly what you want to know.

Everyone always says, "Don't go into medicine for the money, there are way better routes that get you rich with less debt and less stress and a better lifestyle", but doctors almost always rank as one of the top paying jobs. Curious as to what those careers people talk about are?

I love medicine and want to have no other job than in the healthcare field, but I always wondered this question...

 

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[JustAPhD]

People will say business and the like. Certainly, it is possible to make a ton of money in business, but I think I read somewhere like 80% of businesses fail.

Medicine does have great security. Dentistry and pharmacy are a close second.

Insurance seems like a business to go into. I doubt medical insurance is going away any time soon. Buddy of mine graduated same year I did and is making around 60K/year working in insurance. He graduated with some liberal arts degree with zero employability prospects, but he seems to have a good life right now. Wish I made 60K/year.

Eh, Pharm isn't what it used to be.

 

[Dynam0]

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[Ho0v-man]

Corporate level healthcare administration. These clowns have bachelors in business from unaccredited universities and get to tell doctors what to do! I wear something on my badge (read: flair that requires a college degree to wear) that has a six letter acronym about teamwork or some other nonsense. Each letter of the acronym has a sentence with another acronym about nothing. Acronym inception!

Someone is making at least six figures to torture me like this.


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[LuckBloodandSweat]

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[freak7]

Corporate level healthcare administration. These clowns have bachelors in business from unaccredited universities and get to tell doctors what to do! I wear something on my badge (read: flair that requires a college degree to wear) that has a six letter acronym about teamwork or some other nonsense. Each letter of the acronym has a sentence with another acronym about nothing. Acronym inception!

Someone is making at least six figures to torture me like this.


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I use my acronym badge to reopen the -80 freezer after someone has just closed it. Now my badge thingy is acronym-free!

 

[Avicenna]

Don't go into medicine for the money, there are way better routes that get you rich with less debt and less stress and a better lifestyle

thats the **** we tell unconfident gullible premeds like you to dissuade competition.
meanwhile i'ma be a baller with my plastic surgery practice in beverly hills making it rain from my gallardo and giving boob jobs to the kardashians

 

[Zebra Hunter]

Professional athletics tops the list.

Actually, I'm not sure if it does. For every 1 NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL athlete there is about 20 professional track & field athletes, mediocre pro-golfers, mediocre tennis professionals, minor leaguers, arena football players, NBA development leaguers, professional volleyball players, professional lacrosse players, etc.

 

[TMC07]

Why does this even matter? Do what makes you happy. Life is too short.

You do need some money to be happy, but after your needs are met, extra money doesn't do anything for you. Just ask Bill.

 

[Jordan95]

Why does this even matter? Do what makes you happy. Life is too short.

You do need some money to be happy, but after your needs are met, extra money doesn't do anything for you. Just ask Bill.

Totally agree. Side note: I've recently just started noticing how much happier the general population is who work in these "average" type fields.

Simpler lives I guess.

 

[akinetopsia]

Actually, I'm not sure if it does. For every 1 NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL athlete there is about 20 professional track & field athletes, mediocre pro-golfers, mediocre tennis professionals, minor leaguers, arena football players, NBA development leaguers, professional volleyball players, professional lacrosse players, etc.

I think you're being a bit literal here. The other poster could have phrased it better, but I think they meant the sports like NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL that have lucrative licensing deals and TV deals, and huge amounts of revenue from merchandising, not "athletics" as in professional track athletes or professional volleyball players, et al.

Minimum salaries for the major US professional sports:
NFL: $450,000 (for a 1st year player, graduated higher for each year of experience)
NBA: $525,093 (for a 1st year player, graduated higher for each year of experience)
MLB: $507,000
NHL: $575,000

Maximum salaries for the major US professional sports:
NFL: Andrew Luck is making $24,594,000 in 2016.
NBA: LeBron James is making $30,963,450 for the 2016-2017 season.
MLB: Clayton Kershaw is making $34,571,428 in 2016.
NHL: Anže Kopitar is making $14,000,000 for the 2016-2017 season.

They still pale in comparison to what the top hedge fund managers make per year (think billions, not millions).