If you want to become a doctor, astronomer, or pharmacist, you'll obviously need to have a pretty strong scientific background.
Recent reporting from Business Insider's Andy Kiersz and Madison Hoff shows that the highest-paid position in many US states requires a medical degree. Luckily, though, there are also plenty of high-paying jobs out there that don't require that degree of scientific training.
We combed through the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a US Department of Labor database that compiles detailed information on hundreds of jobs, and looked at salary data on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics program to find positions with a low "science importance" score and an average annual salary of over $53,490, the overall average annual salary in May 2019, the most recent available data.
O*NET ranks how important "using scientific rules and methods to solve problems" is in any job, assigning each a score between one and 100. Science-centric positions, such as chemists and veterinarians, rank between 80 and 100 on the spectrum, while jobs such as broadcast news analysts and musicians are under five.
While many jobs may call for a bit of science knowledge at some point, we looked at occupations where their average annual salary was above $53,490, and that had a scientific score no greater than 20.
Keep reading for a look at 26 positions that had a low science-importance score and were also high-paying.