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  Salary.com 100 | 2005 Ranking of America's Top Paid Jobs
2005 Ranking of America's Top Paid Jobs
   
 

By Dan Malachowski, Salary.com

Salary.com has ranked the top 100 paid executive and non-executive job titles of 2005 from the 3,000+ jobs in The Salary Wizard database. If you're a brain surgeon, company executive, college dean, or tax attorney, you made the list. Chief Executive Officer topped the Salary.com 100 with a total cash compensation of $953,457. If you think that's high, keep in mind that the top CEOs may earn tens of millions per year. Use our Executive Compensation Wizard to track the pay of top corporate execs.

Click on the job title or "median salary" link below in order to view the national median expected salary of each job. Then check out the job descriptions and qualifications of these 100 jobs that pay over $100K.

Salary.com 100
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Source: Salary.com August 2005

Click to view the full Salary.com Executive 100 list and the full Salary.com Non-Executive 100 list.

3,000+ Jobs by Salary Range

$10,000 - $30,000

$30,000 - $50,000

$50,000 - $80,000

$80,000 - $100,000

$100,000 +

Move up the corporate ladder by looking for a new job with our Job Search Wizard. Also use the The Salary Wizard to see what you should be paid.

Salary.com 100 Methodology

All jobs that appear in the Salary.com 100 were scoped using Salary.com's consumer reference tool, The Salary Wizard. This Basic Salary Report is based on broad national data, reported exclusively by the Human Resource departments of tens of thousands of employers from all sizes, industries and locations.

All salaries are based on total cash compensation, which includes base pay and bonuses. Salaries are based on a typical 40-hour workweek (2,080 hours per year).

Although these numbers are based on national data, the results are most similar to the data from companies with approximately 1,000 employees. If a company is bigger, smaller, or in a unique industry, market values will differ.

Also check out Salary.com's premium salary data, based on job title, industry, geography, company size, education, experience, and other personal factors with The Personal Salary Report.


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