Looking for a new job to kick start your decade? A new list can help guide your career change.
Glassdoor revealed its list of the 50 best jobs in America for 2020 on Wednesday, ranking a variety of jobs based on salary, satisfaction and availability.
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Jobs in technology easily outrank traditional careers, with the majority paying upwards of $100,000.
A career as a front end engineer ranked as the best in the nation by Glassdoor.
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The median base salary for that job is $105,240 and the satisfaction rate is 3.9 out of 5, according to Glassdoor. There are about 13,122 job openings in that field.
According to Glassdoor, a front end engineer “selects, installs and tests the user interface elements of a website.”
Java developer, data scientist, product manager and devops engineer round out the top five on the list.
The data scientist title was the previous highest-ranking job in America, though Glassdoor still calls it a “thriving role.”
The highest-paying job on the list is a strategy manager with a median base salary of $133,067. It ranked as No. 9 on the list.
For a job to be considered, it must have at least 100 salary reports on Glassdoor and have at least 100 satisfaction ratings between December 2018-December 2019.
- Front End Engineer: $105,240 median base salary, 3.9/5 job satisfaction rating, 13,122 job openings
- Java Developer: $83,589 median base salary, 3.9/5 job satisfaction rating, 16,136 job openings
- Data Scientist: $107,801 median base salary, 4.0/5 job satisfaction rating, 6,542 job openings
- Product Manager: $117,713 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 12,173 job openings
- Devops Engineer: $107,310 median base salary, 3.9/5 job satisfaction rating, 6,603 job openings
- Data Engineer: $102,472 median base salary, 3.9/5 job satisfaction rating, 6,941 job openings
- Software Engineer: $105,563 median base salary, 3.6/5 job satisfaction rating, 50,438 job openings
- Speech Language Pathologist: $71,867 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 29,167 job openings
- Strategy Manager: $133,067 median base salary, 4.3/5 job satisfaction rating, 3,515 job openings
- Business Development Manager: $78,480 median base salary, 4.0/5 job satisfaction rating, 6,560 job openings
- Nursing Manager: $85,389 median base salary, 3.7/5 job satisfaction rating, 12,320 job openings
- HR Manager: $83,190 median base salary, 4.1/5 job satisfaction rating, 3,966 job openings
- Operations Manager: $70,189 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 19,198 job openings
- Salesforce Developer: $81,175 median base salary, 4.2/5 job satisfaction rating, 3,639 job openings
- Finance Manager: $120,644 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 4,091 job openings
- Accounting Manager: $85,794 median base salary, 4.0/5 job satisfaction rating, 3,589 job openings
- Program Manager: $87,005 median base salary, 3.6/5 job satisfaction rating, 19,280 job openings
- Applications Engineer: $76,854 median base salary, 3.7/5 job satisfaction rating, 9,550 job openings
- Clinic Manager: $70,000 median base salary, 3.9/5 job satisfaction rating, 5,768 job openings
- Physical Therapist: $71,483 median base salary, 3.6/5 job satisfaction rating, 28,886 job openings
- Project Manager: $77,396 median base salary, 3.6/5 job satisfaction rating, 37,764 job openings
- Electrical Engineer: $77,035 median base salary, 3.7/5 job satisfaction rating, 7,756 job openings
- Occupational Therapist: $74,339 median base salary, 3.6/5 job satisfaction rating, 14,838 job openings
- Facilities Manager: $70,160 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 5,842 job openings
- Sales Manager: $70,489 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 6,272 job openings
- Business Analyst: $73,022 median base salary, 3.6/5 job satisfaction rating, 13,181 job openings
- Systems Engineer: $92,225 median base salary, 3.5/5 job satisfaction rating, 16,850 job openings
- Compliance Officer: $84,784 median base salary, 3.7/5 job satisfaction rating, 5,002 job openings
- Scrum Master: $100,000 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 2,894 job openings
- Customer Success Manager: $66,326 median base salary, 4.2/5 job satisfaction rating, 3,603 job openings
- Risk Manager: $101,468 median base salary, 3.7/5 job satisfaction rating, 4,296 job openings
- Software Developer: $80,429 median base salary, 3.5/5 job satisfaction rating, 31,909 job openings
- Cloud Engineer: $110,600 median base salary, 3.6/5 job satisfaction rating, 4,668 job openings
- Product Designer: $102,000 median base salary, 4.2/5 job satisfaction rating, 1,946 job openings
- Realtor: $50,467 median base salary, 4.2/5 job satisfaction rating, 7,468 job openings
- Mechanical Engineer: $75,700 median base salary, 3.7/5 job satisfaction rating, 5,714 job openings
- Corporate Recruiter: $65,607 median base salary, 4.4/5 job satisfaction rating, 3,279 job openings
- UX Designer: $90,478 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 3,308 job openings
- QA Engineer: $81,632 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 3,321 job openings
- Financial Analyst: $71,334 median base salary, 3.6/5 job satisfaction rating, 9,241 job openings
- Physician Assistant: $109,585 median base salary, 3.6/5 job satisfaction rating, 4,537 job openings
- Sales Engineer: $87,608 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 2,854 job openings
- Civil Engineer: $65,704 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 5,270 job openings
- Data Analyst: $62,973 median base salary, 3.7/5 job satisfaction rating, 6,848 job openings
- EHS Specialist: $76,854 median base salary, 3.7/5 job satisfaction rating, 3,674 job openings
- Automation Engineer: $85,456 median base salary, 3.8/5 job satisfaction rating, 2,658 job openings
- Research Scientist: $85,611 median base salary, 3.5/5 job satisfaction rating, 7,257 job openings
- Design Manager: $120,549 median base salary, 4.1/5 job satisfaction rating, 1,234 job openings
- Network Engineer: $71,028 median base salary, 3.6/5 job satisfaction rating, 6,138 job openings
- Healthcare Consultant: $79,065 median base salary, 3.9/5 job satisfaction rating, 1,967 job openings