The 15 highest-paying jobs in New York City, according to employees

As Business Insider's Jessica Mai points out, the median rent price in Manhattan is around $3,300, which makes it the second most expensive US city to live in, according to the March 2016 Elliman Report.

"In fact, only the top 17% of earners in The Big Apple can truly afford to live in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan," Mai writes. "And for buyers, things aren't much better."

Real estate website Zillow found the median price of homes listed in Manhattan to be about $1.93 million.

To afford all that and live comfortably, a lot of New Yorkers seek out high-paying professions.

To find those, Glassdoor recently sifted through its database of salary reports shared by New York City-based employees over the past year. Each job had to have at least 30 reviews to be considered for the list.

Here are the 15 highest-paying jobs in New York, according to employees who provided Glassdoor with salary data: