It’s no surprise that doctors and lawyers earn six figure salaries, but there are many other jobs that also pay $100k or more. Glassdoor, a job search site, examined hundreds of thousands of compensation reports from U.S.-based employees over the past two years to list 11 surprising jobs where you can earn a six-figure salary:
- Reservoir engineer, $143,000 median annual salary
- Software architect, $139,000 median annual salary
- Airline pilot, $134,000 median annual salary
- Dentist, $129,968 median annual salary
- Special agent, $125,000 median annual salary
- Geophysicist, $119,380 median annual salary
- Drilling engineer, $116,500 median annual salary
- Regional sales executive, $103,500 median annual salary
- Nurse practitioner, $101,600 median annual salary
- Physician assistant, $100,392 median annual salary
- Equity research associate, $100,000 median annual salary