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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.

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:

25. Financial planning and analysis managers earn a median base salary of $94,874.

25. Financial planning and analysis managers earn a median base salary of $94,874.

24. Analytics managers earn a median base salary of $95,238.

24. Analytics managers earn a median base salary of $95,238.

23. Information security engineers earn a median base salary of $95,786.

23. Information security engineers earn a median base salary of $95,786.

22. Data scientists earn a median base salary of $97,027.

22. Data scientists earn a median base salary of $97,027.

21. Attorneys earn a median base salary of $97,711.

21. Attorneys earn a median base salary of $97,711.

20. Cloud engineers earn a median base salary of $98,626.

20. Cloud engineers earn a median base salary of $98,626.

19. Site reliability engineers earn a median base salary of $100,855.

19. Site reliability engineers earn a median base salary of $100,855.

18. UX managers earn a median base salary of $102,489.

18. UX managers earn a median base salary of $102,489.

17. Systems architects earn a median base salary of $103,813.

17. Systems architects earn a median base salary of $103,813.

16. IT program managers earn a median base salary of $104,454.

16. IT program managers earn a median base salary of $104,454.

15. Plant managers earn a median base salary of $104,817.

15. Plant managers earn a median base salary of $104,817.

14. Data architects earn a median base salary of $104,840.

14. Data architects earn a median base salary of $104,840.

13. Solutions architects earn a median base salary of $106,436.

13. Solutions architects earn a median base salary of $106,436.

12. Applications development managers earn a median base salary of $107,735.

12. Applications development managers earn a median base salary of $107,735.

11. Nurse practitioners earn a median base salary of $109,481.

11. Nurse practitioners earn a median base salary of $109,481.

10. Software development managers earn a median base salary of $109,809.

10. Software development managers earn a median base salary of $109,809.

9. Corporate controllers earn a median base salary of $113,368

9. Corporate controllers earn a median base salary of $113,368

8. Physician assistants earn a median base salary of $113,855.

8. Physician assistants earn a median base salary of $113,855.

7. Software engineer managers earn a median base salary of $114,163.

7. Software engineer managers earn a median base salary of $114,163.

6. Corporate counsels earn a median base salary of $117,588.

6. Corporate counsels earn a median base salary of $117,588.

5. Enterprise architects earn a median base salary of $122,585.

5. Enterprise architects earn a median base salary of $122,585.

4. Pharmacists earn a median base salary of $126,438.

4. Pharmacists earn a median base salary of $126,438.

3. Dentists earn a median base salary of $142,478.

3. Dentists earn a median base salary of $142,478.

2. Pharmacy managers earn a median base salary of $144,768 a year.

2. Pharmacy managers earn a median base salary of $144,768 a year.

1. Physicians earn a median base salary of $193,415.

1. Physicians earn a median base salary of $193,415.