Who’s making the cash?

February 28, 2009

Jobs or fields among our survey respondents most likely to earn six-figure salaries:

• Law

• Banking

• Sales

• Business/management

• Engineering

Jobs and fields with salaries up to $40,000:

• Executive/administrative assistant

• Marketing

• Media

• Non-profit

• Sales

Jobs and fields likely to have seen their salary rise in the past year:

• Accounting

• Architecture

• Law

• Banking/finance advising

• Engineering

• Information technology

• Registered nursing

• Human resources

• Management

• Executive/administrative assistant

Try and steal these (anonymous) respondents’ jobs if you can:

These folks are satisfied or prosperous ?AND feel overpaid!

• One 21-to-30 male software engineer makes $81,000 to $100,000 and received a raise of more than 10%.

• One 41-to-50 male parish government employee makes $41,000 to $60,000 and received a slight pay increase.

• One 41-to-50 male land surveyor makes $100,000 to $200,000 and received a raise of more than 10%.

• One 51-to-60 female attorney makes $81,000 to $100,000 and received a slight pay increase.

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