Career Paths & Jobs Ranked
Career Paths & Jobs Ranked is a structured business dataset with 14 entries. Its fields include Career, Avg US Salary, Education Required. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 14 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 6, 2026
Included fields: Career, Avg US Salary, Education Required, Job Satisfaction, The Reality Check.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Job Satisfaction groups
- 6 distinct values
- Across 14 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Career, Avg US Salary, and Education Required across business entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 14 downloadable records
Career↕ | Avg US Salary↕ | Education Required↕ | Job Satisfaction↕ | The Reality Check↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Software Engineer | $120K-$300K+ | BS (or self-taught) | High | Golden handcuffs, leetcode interviews, imposter syndrome, remote work privilege, AI coming for junior roles? |
Doctor (Physician) | $200K-$500K+ | MD + residency (11+ years) | Moderate-High | Decade of training, $200K+ student debt, burnout epidemic, but saving lives is genuinely meaningful |
Investment Banker | $150K-$400K+ (total comp) | BS + target school | Low-Moderate | 100-hour weeks, Excel & PowerPoint, golden handcuffs, 'exit opportunity' obsession, burnout by 30 |
Teacher | $45K-$65K | Bachelor's + certification | Moderate | Underpaid, undervalued, summers off (but actually lesson planning), shaping future generations |
Product Manager | $130K-$250K+ | Bachelor's (varies) | High | CEO of nothing, influence without authority, roadmap battles, 'the PM said no' meme, tech's most debated role |
Data Scientist | $110K-$200K+ | MS/PhD (or bootcamp) | Moderate-High | 80% cleaning data, 'sexiest job' hype from 2012, now competing with AI that does basic analysis |
Nurse | $70K-$120K | BSN (2-4 years) | Moderate | 12-hour shifts, emotionally draining, pandemic heroes, travel nursing gold rush (then crash), staffing crisis |
Lawyer | $80K-$250K+ (biglaw) | JD (7 years total) | Low-Moderate | Billable hours grind, $150K student debt, biglaw or bust mentality, actually interesting work if you find your niche |
Content Creator / YouTuber | $0-$10M+ (extreme variance) | None formally | High (if successful) | 1 in 10,000 make a living, algorithm anxiety, burnout, parasocial relationships, 'just be yourself' (but also brand-friendly) |
Entrepreneur | $0-$unlimited | None required | High (if it works) | 90% of startups fail, survivorship bias, 'hustle culture', but building something from nothing is addictive |
Pilot | $80K-$350K+ (captain) | ATPL license, 1500+ flight hours | High | Best office view, but years of low pay at regionals, away from family, irregular schedule, medical requirements |
UX Designer | $90K-$180K | Bachelor's or bootcamp | High | Everyone has opinions about your work, 'make the logo bigger', design systems, Figma files at 3am |
Trades (Electrician/Plumber) | $55K-$100K+ (master) | Apprenticeship | Moderate-High | No student debt, can't be outsourced, physical toll, Mike Rowe was right, shortage = high demand |
Consultant (MBB) | $150K-$300K+ | Top MBA | Moderate | Airport lounges, slide decks, 'framework everything', prestige obsession, exit to industry after 2-3 years |
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