Top 10 most overpaid workers
In today’s economy many feel fortunate to just have a job that pays the bills. While some live comfortably, others struggle to make ends meet.
But how often do you hear of workers who are making too much money?
Consulting software engineers, accounting consultants and patent attorneys are just some of the positions U.S. News recently ranked in its list of the 10 most overpaid jobs.
The list was compiled by analyzing data from PayScale to find the occupations where employees have relatively high salaries for doing relatively easy work.
The final list was based off three things; jobs with median pay well above the norm, how stressful workers said their job is, and how meaningful the employees said their work is.
Consulting software engineers, for example, have a mid-career salary at $123,000. While the position involves designing and maintaining sophisticated computer networks for large companies and organizations, the work can sometimes be dry.
The full list of jobs from U.S. News is posted below:
–Consulting software engineer (median mid-career salary: $123,000)
–Brand strategist ($90,700)
–Interaction designer ($116,000)
–Marketing research director ($122,000)
–Accounting consultant ($81,700)
–Portfolio analyst ($81,800)
–Wholesaler, financial services ($109,000)
–Patent attorney ($170,000)
–Investment consultant ($111,000)
–Data scientist, IT ($133,000)
