Top Paying Jobs for Women

Top paying jobs for women are quite similar to that of the highest paying jobs for men. This is because women are there in every field and they do make the best of managers and excel in the field which requires logic and analytical skills. The jobs mentioned below also are amongst the top paying jobs.

Top Paying Jobs for Women
Physicians and Surgeons	$64,000
Pharmacists	$86,000
Chief Executives	$83,000
Lawyers	$78,000
Computer Software Engineers	$70,000
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$66,000
Management Analysts	$60,000
Human Resources Managers	$59,000
Speech-Language Pathologists	$58,000
Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts	$56,000

The medical careers tops the job market when it comes to earning. The technical field comes next to it though there is a lot of gap between the two. It is quite prominent from the data above that all these professions need a formal education and degrees. Top paying jobs for women without a degree would be of library or administrative assistants, secretaries, real estate agents, dental hygienists, child care, etc.

Qualification and Nature of Job

Wondering how to become a surgeon? Surgeons need a four-year degree from a medical school. The first two years consists of classroom sessions and remaining two years for gaining practical knowledge by doing internships under other surgeons. For being in this field you have to be very keenly interested in the science subjects and that should be the case right from your school days in order to have your basics clear. The more you are thorough with those the easier it will become for you in your professional life.

Being a Chief Executive Officer does not require any formal education though you have to be good in managing skills if you want to turn it into one of the highest paying job without a degree. The CEO is a company's head responsible for the strategic decisions and one who looks after the entire departments in terms of managing them. He is the head of the board of directors. Often company owners are the self appointed CEOs.

Pilots in the airline jobs are ones who fly a range of aircraft like airplanes in the commercial sector, test aircraft, helicopters, etc. To get a good salary as a pilot, one has to get flying experience of certain specified hours. A person should be at least 18 years old for obtaining a license and is required to have experience of a minimum of 250 hours. Whereas a commercial pilot is needed to have extra flying experience as compared to other pilots. 1,500 hours flying experience is the criteria set for them and the lower age limit being 23 years. The highest salary for an airline pilot is around $135,000.

High paying jobs for women also include the paralegal field along with lawyers. A lawyer's work is to counsel his clients on legal issues and protect their legal rights. Qualification required for being in this field is a four-year degree from a law school and clearing the examination conducted by the state you wish to practice. This degree offers specializations in cyber law, environment law, criminal law, real estate law, intellectual property law, entertainment law, civil law, etc.

Women get paid less than men in any field, it is a fact. The following table will give you the difference in percentage of what women earn with compared to men in the top ten highest paying jobs in America.

Difference Between Top Paying Jobs for Women and Men
Speech-Language Pathologists	99.99%
Computer and Information Systems Managers	87.00%
Computer Software Engineers	87.00%
Pharmacists	85.00%
Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts	84.00%
Chief Executives	80.00%
Management Analysts	78.00%
Lawyers	76.00%
Human Resources Managers	68.00%
Physicians and Surgeons	60.00%

So these were the top paying jobs for women. Hope this article helped you in knowing the basics of all the highest paying jobs for women and the qualification required for achieving them.