For the women looking for a professional change in the New Year, Forbes provides a list to get you thinking in the right direction. Collected by job expert Laurence Shatkin, these jobs are almost guaranteed to provide women with more than just financial security; they are also the jobs that make women feel satisfied and successful. What more could we ask for?
The number one job on Shatkin’s list is post-secondary teaching. In this position, salaries can range from about $59,000 for women who teach foreign language and literature to $94,000 for law teachers. In addition there are an expected 55,000 openings each year with a projected growth rate of 15 percent.
Job number two for women is anthropology. Women anthropologists make around $54,000 a year. This field is expected to see a 28 percent increase, but has much fewer job openings than number one, with just 450 openings a year.
Number three has even less job openings at about 100 a year—oceanographers. The annual salary is much higher at about $72,800 and the field is estimated to see a 26 percent growth increase.
Provided you hear that special calling from the Lord, you can take on the fifth job in the list: clergywoman. This job pays about $43,970 annually.
Further on down the list is a job for women who enjoy being the boss. Number seven is the chief executive. If you choose to take on this job, you can expect to make about $165,000 a year. Although there are about 11,250 job openings for CEOs a year, this job has a one percent decrease.
Number nine is the prestigious medical professional, which includes dentistry and optometry. With about 36,000 job openings a year, the medical field could see an increase of up to 22 percent depending on the type of profession. In addition, medical professionals can expect to earn $94,990-$166,400 a year.
Job satisfaction for women is different than job satisfaction for men. Forbes details that women value a job’s contribution to their community and the world. Women are also in general better adept at interpersonal and verbal skills. While these jobs made it to the top of the list for women fulfillment, jobs such as food preparers, retail salespeople and administrative assistants landed at the bottom for least job satisfaction.
The Complete list of Satisfying, Best-Paying Jobs for Women:
- Postsecondary Teachers
- Anthropologists
- Oceanographers
- Natural Sciences Managers
- Clergy
- Surveyors
- Chief Executives
- Geoscientists
- Medical Professionals
- Aerospace Engineers
