Best jobs 2018: Glassdoor ranks highest paying US jobs, Atlanta jobs

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Thanks to a new report from online job and recruitment marketplace Glassdoor, it just got easier to pinpoint which sectors are offering the highest salaries — and where in the United States you should consider starting your job hunt.

Researchers with the company recently identified the 25 highest paying jobs in the country for its 2018 ranking based on millions of employee salary reports. For a job title to be considered, it must have received at least 100 salary reports between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018.

“To ensure the most reliable median base salary for all job titles, Glassdoor also applies a proprietary statistical algorithm to estimate annual median base pay, which controls for factors such as location and seniority,” researchers wrote, adding that the number of job openings represents active Glassdoor job listings as of July 19.

Just like last year, the tech sector dominated the 2018 top 25. In fact, the lowest average base salary in the industry was much higher than $100,000.

But health care workers boasted the largest paychecks overall.

Atlanta was named among the top five “hot cities hiring” for nine job titles: pharmacist, corporate counsel, software engineering manager, engineering manager, IT program manager, financial planning & analysis manager, data architect, scrum master and tax manager.

Only one city — New York — bested Atlanta. The Big Apple was among the hottest cities hiring for 11 different titles on the list of 25.

According to Glassdoor, there are more job openings for nurse practitioners than any other top-paying career. As of July 19, researchers counted 14,931 openings for the $106,962 median base salary gig. The best cities to flock to: Los Angeles; Portland, Oregon; Baltimore; Columbus, Ohio and Phoenix.

There are also more than 8,600 job openings for aspiring physician assistants.

The top 25 highest-paying jobs in the country right now, according to Glassdoor:

Physician

Median base salary: $195,842
Job openings: 3,038
Where to job hunt: Houston; New York; Las Vegas; Memphis, Tennessee and Tampa, Florida.

Pharmacy manager

Median base salary: $146,412
Job openings: 2,009
Where to job hunt: Washington, D.C., Boston, Baltimore, Los Angeles and San Francisco

Pharmacist

Median base salary: $127,120
Job openings: 2,534
Where to job hunt: New York; Bakersfield, California; Dallas; Atlanta and Philadelphia

Enterprise architect

Median base salary: $115,955
Job openings: 1,097
Where to job hunt: Arlington, Virginia; Austin, Texas; New York; Chicago and Boston

Corporate counsel

Median base salary: $115,580
Job openings: 693
Where to job hunt: San Francisco; Atlanta; Seattle; Los Angeles and Newark, New Jersey

Software development manager

Median base salary: $108,879
Job openings: 1,064
Where to job hunt: Seattle; Sunnyvale, California; Bellevue, Washington; Austin, Texas and Redwood City, California

Physician assistant

Median base salary: $108,761
Job openings: 8,616
Where to job hunt: New York; Baltimore; Boston; Washington, D.C. and Raleigh, North Carolina

Software engineering manager

Median base salary: $107,479
Job openings: 1,105
Where to job hunt: Atlanta; San Francisco; Seattle; Austin, Texas and McLean, Virginia

Nurse practitioner

Median base salary: $106,962
Job openings: 14,931
Where to job hunt: Los Angeles; Portland, Oregon; Baltimore; Columbus, Ohio and Phoenix

Software architect

Median base salary: $105,329
Job openings: 1,130
Where to job hunt: San Jose, California; Boston; Chicago; San Diego and New York

Engineering manager

Median base salary: $105,260
Job openings: 4,738
Where to job hunt: San Francisco; Seattle; Atlanta; Washington, D.C. and Austin, Texas

Applications development

Median base salary: $104,048
Job openings: 360
Where to job hunt: New York; Tampa, Florida; Redwood City, California; Charlotte, North Carolina and Philadelphia

Plant manager

Median base salary: $103,892
Job openings: 1,182
Where to job hunt: Chicago; Houston; New Hampton, Iowa; Memphis, Tennessee and Milwaukee

IT program manager

Median base salary: $102,969
Job openings: 218
Where to job hunt: Herndon, Virginia; Seattle; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta and Aurora, Colorado

Solutions architect

Median base salary: $102,160
Job openings: 5,899
Where to job hunt: San Francisco; Austin, Texas; Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina and Los Angeles

Financial planning and analysis manager

Median base salary: $102,155
Job openings: 108
Where to job hunt: New York; Tampa, Florida; Atlanta; Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee

Data architect

Median base salary: $101,900
Job openings: 1,472
Where to job hunt: Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas and Cincinatti

Strategy manager

Median base salary: $101,754
Job openings: 2,641
Where to job hunt: Boston; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; Houston and Mountain View, California

Systems architect

Median base salary: $100,984
Job openings: 1,146
Where to job hunt: Orlando, Florida; Bellevue, Washington; Boulder, Colorado; San Jose, California and Fort Worth, Texas

Scrum master

Median base salary: $98,239
Job openings: 1,876
Where to job hunt: New York; Atlanta; Charlotte, North Carolina; Columbus, Ohio and Richmond, Virginia