[Article] “Which industry has the highest-paying jobs?” by Benjamin Todd

New tax data lets us accurately estimate which 11 jobs and industries are the highest paying on average, and for top performers. Narrated by AI. ---Outline:(02:14) List of the highest paying jobs according to tax data(03:51) Which jobs are included in the table?(05:52) How do the highest-earning people make their money?(07:07) Which high-paying jobs are missing? How to make it into the top 1% as a blue collar worker.(09:07) What about narrower categories of job?(11:28) What about other countries?(12:03) What about capital gains?(15:30) What about lifetime income?(18:00) So which career paths are highest paid overall?(19:57) In which job should you earn to give?(22:28) You might also be interested in The original text contained 10 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: May 10th, 2017 Last updated: April 13th, 2025 Source: https://80000hours.org/articles/highest-paying-jobs --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.