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Here are 10 jobs that pay way more than they used to

Andy Kiersz,Rachel Gillett   

Here are 10 jobs that pay way more than they used to
Careers1 min read

While a lot of jobs have lost ground in terms of wages in the last several years, some actually pay better than they did ten years ago.

We recently released a list of 22 jobs that saw big increases in real average annual wages between 2005 and 2015, according to estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics program.

Here are the 10 jobs with the biggest increases in wages over that decade (adjusted for inflation) from our ranking, along with their average annual wages from 2005 and 2015, in 2015 dollars:

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