The 20 most in-demand jobs that pay over $100,000
For these jobs, the competition is fierce.
The jobs site Glassdoor has a rundown of the top 20 jobs that earn over $100,000—and face stiff competition. These aren't all technical roles that have to pay big money to attract limited top talent. Instead, these jobs span industries. And they all have plenty of applicants.
All the jobs on the list got at least 1,000 searches over the past month on Glassdoor and have at least 1,000 active job openings. For every single job opening for these positions, companies get multiple applicants.
Here are the most in-demand jobs with six-figure salaries:
1. Creative Manager Median Base Salary: $112,000
2. IT Manager Median Base Salary: $118,000
3. Data Scientist Median Base Salary: $110,000
4. Supply Chain Manager Median Base Salary: $102,000
5. Pharmacist Median Base Salary: $120,000
6. Procurement Manager Median Base Salary: $104,000
7. Finance Manager Median Base Salary: $118,000
8. Medical Science Liaison Median Base Salary: $140,000
9. Engineering Manager Median Base Salary: $145,000
10. Patent Attorney Median Base Salary: $150,000
11. Management Consultant Median Base Salary: $110,000
12. Technology Manager Median Base Salary: $140,000
13. Product Marketing Manager Median Base Salary: $116,000
14. Product Manager Median Base Salary: $110,00
15. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager Median Base Salary: $115,000
16. Design Manager Median Base Salary: $108,500
17. Software Engineering Manager Median Base Salary: $150,000
18. Hardware Engineer Median Base Salary: $110,000
19. Technical Project Manager Median Base Salary: $100,000
20. Software Engineer Median Base Salary: $100,00
Emma Hinchliffe is a business reporter at Mashable. Before joining Mashable, she covered business and metro news at the Houston Chronicle.
