Software Developer Tops List of U.S. News & World Report's Annual Best Jobs Rankings (usatoday.com)

According to U.S. News and World Report's annual best jobs rankings, software developer is the top pick for the new year. "The publication's Best Jobs of 2019 list takes seven factors into account, including median salary, employment rate and stress level," reports USA Today. "The median salary for a software developer is $101,790, and the unemployment rate is 1.9 percent, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics." From the report: Though software developers have neither the highest median salary nor lowest unemployment rate on the U.S. News Best Jobs of 2019 list, the position's projected increase in demand -- roughly 30 percent between 2016 and 2026 -- and average stress levels helped it land the top spot, said Rebecca Koenig, careers reporter at U.S. News and World Report. "Unlike some other jobs that do pretty well on the list, which are very demanding, software developer tends not to be a really stressful profession," Koenig said. Here are the Top 10, in order:

1. Software Developer
2. Statistician
3. Physician assistant
4. Dentist
5. (tie) Orthodontist
6. (tie) Nurse anesthetist
7. Nurse practitioner
8. Pediatrician
9. (tie) Obstetrician and gynecologist
9. (tie) Oral and maxillofacial surgeon
9. (tie) Prosthodontist
9. (tie) Physician

Comments

Re: software developer tends not to be a stressful

[Anonymous Coward]

Iâ(TM)ve heard this for as long as Iâ(TM)ve been on Slashdot I think â" which is since like â99 â" but have not witnessed it in practice. My experience is that itâ(TM)s really tough to break into the profession because nobody wants some kid who knows nothing when they could get a senior-level engineer that can design circles around the entry-level candidate.

Iâ(TM)ve been fighting for years to get junior devs on my team. There arenâ(TM)t enough seniors to meet the demand.

(Please forgive the mangled characters sure to arise here. I wrote this on an iPhone.)

Re:Location distorts average pay

[Anonymous Coward]

but the corn farmer is subsidized by government (actual welfare queen.) Corn specifically, but also their phone, roads, "broadband" internet, farm insurance, loan assistance, and wildlife credits. ALSO, they get AT LEAST 2x more votes in the federal government depending on how you slice it... which ensures the continued theft of CA tax money in the flyover welfare states.