What professions make the most money?

Highest paid professions fall into five categories: medical and dental, business and technology and management, airline and space, law and engineering and science.

Here are the top majors for new graduates in terms of pay.

Top Undergraduate Majors by Starting Salary

1. Chemical Engineering

2. Computer Engineering

3. Electrical Engineering

4. Mechanical Engineering

5. Accounting

6. Economics/Finance

7. Logistics/Supply Chain

8. Civil Engineering

9. Law

10. Medical

What jobs are growing fastest?

For a list of the 25 fastest growing occupations, visit acinet.org. At the moment, the top 6 occupations projected to grow quickly are in computers, with many of the others in allied health sciences.

Which jobs pay the most?

The highest paid professionals in the USA are physicians, with Anesthesiologists taking home $145,600/year. In fact, 9 of the top 10 highest paid jobs in the US are physicians of one type or another, with Chief Executive Officers, or CEOs, the only exception. For a list of the 25 highest paid professions, visit acinet.org.

How can I get ahead of the competition?

Throughout your job market research experience, one Word will continue to crop up: Internship. Employers everywhere stress the importance of internships. According to NACE's Job Outlook 2006 survey, nearly 54% of new college hires had internship experience; almost 32% hired gained that internship experience at the company they were hired by. Government and nonprofit employers hire almost 42.2% of their interns.

Jobs That Pay The Most In The United States

1. Movie Directors: $185.71/hr; $956,050/yr

2. Bank CEO : $111.42/hr; $567,050/yr (entry level)

3. Actors: $91.15/hr; $357,430/yr

4. Athlete: $71.31/hr; $131,680/yr

5. Computer programmer: $64.3/hr; $126,940/yr

6. Actuaries, certified: $57.52/hr; $119,680 (base salary only)

7. Pediatricians, general: $56.03/hr; $116,550/yr

8. Psychiatrists: $54.60/hr; $113,570/yr

9. Family and general practitioners: $52.89/hr; $110,020/yr

10. Dentists: $53.28/hr; $110,820/yr

11. Pharmacists: $53.00/hr; $110,240/yr

12. Chief Executives: $51.77/hr; $107,670/yr

13. Airline pilots, co-pilots and flight engineers: (N/A); $99,400/yr

14. Steamfitter (L.U. 638): 47.65/hr; hr wages double after 2pm daily; $150/yr

15. Podiatrists: $45.43/hr; $94,500/yr

16. Lawyers: $44.19/hr; $91,920/yr

17. Optometrists: $42.35/hr; $88,100/yr

18. Computer and information systems managers: $40.33/hr; $83,890/yr

19. Physicists: $40.26/hr; $83,750/yr

20. Air traffic controllers: $40.07/hr; $83,350/yr

21. Petroleum Engineers: $39.33/hr; $81,800/yr

22. Nuclear Engineers: $38.56/hr; $80,200/yr

23. Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates: $38.24/hr; $79,540/yr

24. Marketing Managers: $37.70/hr; $78,410/yr

Careers That Pay the Most

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics, as cited by Forbes magazine, the top five highest paying jobs are:

1. Movie Producers

2. Movie Directors/ Chief executives

4. Actors

5. Profession Athlete