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The 25 highest-paying jobs of 2019

Allana Akhtar   

The 25 highest-paying jobs of 2019
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Dentists have the third highest-paying job of 2019.

  • Physicians have the highest salaries of 2019, according to a new list compiled by job-posting site Glassdoor.
  • Other healthcare professionals like dentists and nurse practitioners also earn six-figure salaries.
  • Engineers and attorneys scored high on Glassdoor's list as well.
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You'll need to go to school for over a decade, but getting a job in healthcare pays off - literally.

Physicians, pharmacy managers, and dentists earn the highest salary in the US out of all other jobs, according to a new report released by job-listing site Glassdoor. In fact, the median base pay for a doctor is nearly two grand a year.

Nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and physician assistants also earn six-figure salaries.

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Engineers, specifically in software, scored high on the list as well. Software engineer managers can make $114,163 a year, for instance, and cloud engineers make nearly six figures.

Here's Glassdoor's full list of the 25 top paying professions in 2019:

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