10 Best-Paying Jobs In America For 2016

By Steph Tortogo | Mar 21, 2016 07:18 PM EDT

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If by any chance you finally get paid and wish that your take-home cash was more substantial, then you might want to consider trying to nail a brand new job. In this list are 10 of the highest paying jobs in the U.S. for the year 2016 according to Forbes. Take a look:

1. Anesthesiologist

Annual mean wages: $235,070

Employees in the field: 30,200

Anesthesiologists are the physicians who have completed a program in anesthesiology after training in medical school. Anesthetists provide medical help to patients who are undergoing a preoperative evaluation airway management, provision of pain control and a whole lot more. Historically, there has been a shortage of anesthesiologists in the U.S.

2. Surgeon

Annual mean wages: $233,150

Employees in the field: 41,030

Surgeons are specialists in surgery. And since surgery is a wide variety of medical treamtment which involves the cutting of a body for reasons such as removal of tissues and such, surgeons can be physicians, dentists or veterinarians.

3. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Annual mean wages: $218,960

Employees in the field: 5,280

Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons (OMS) specialize in treating a lot of illnesses including injuries and defects of the mouth, jaws and face region.

4. Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Annual mean wages: $212,570

Employees in the field: 21,730

Obstetrics and Gynecology, often abbreviated as OB/GYN is the medical specialty that deals with female reproductive health.

5. Orthodontist

Annual mean wages: $196,270

Employees in the field: 5,570

Wikipedia states that Orthodontia was the first ever field created in the field of dentistry. Orthodontists deals with the correction of the teeth and jaws.

6. Internist

Annual mean wages: $188,440

Employees in the field: 46,410

Internists or, without a modifier, physicians, deal with prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases for adults.

7. Physician or other

Annual mean wages: $187,200

Employees in the field: 307,220

Physicians are professionals who deal with the study of human health. They may focus on specific types of patients and diseases.

8. Family and General Practitioner

Annual mean wages: $183,940

Employees in the field: 120,860

General practitioners are medical doctors who treat illnesses and provide health education to patients.

9. Psychiatrist

Annual mean wages: $182,600

Employees in the field: 25,040

Psychiatrists are specialists who deal with mental disorders.

10. Chief Executive

Annual mean wages: $178,400

Employees in the field: 248,760

Chief Executive Officers, or the CEO's, are in charge of managing a certain organization.

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