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Popular Job Sectors in USA, How and where to find a job in USA

Recently Glassdoor conducted a survey about the most popular and highest paying jobs in the US. Technology and health care were the two industries with the most job openings, plus the highest pays. As an international students, it is important to know what the opportunities are in the chosen sector of studies. Looking at the data from the survey it is clear, Medicine and Computer Science are the most popular jobs nationwide.

Being a Physician/doctor is the most prestigious and well-paying job in US with the base salary starting from $212,000 per year. However medicine studies are really tough and passing USMLE is mandatory to get the ‘license to practice’ in the US. At number two most popular job is Pharmacy Manager, but it has a comparatively smaller number of job openings per year. The third most popular among the high paying job is that of the Software Architect. So clearly those students looking for careers in Medicine and Computer Sciences benefit the most in US after they finish their courses. 

Job

Average base salary

Number of job openings

Physician

$212,270

7.984

Pharmacy manager

$131,099

1,787

Software architect

$130,891

3,229

Software development manager

$123,747

2,249

Finance manager

$123,534

9,224

Solutions architect

$121,522

3,530

Lawyer

$120,424

5,520

Analytics manager

$115,725

1,408

IT manager

$115,642

17,161

Tax manager

$114,966

3,622

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