• Job site Glassdoor recently ranked the 50 best jobs in America .
  • Several of the top 50 jobs offer salaries of $100,000 or more,
  •  and can be
  •  found in fields like finance, medicine, and computer science.
  • The top jobs also offer high satisfaction rates and have many
  •  openings around the US.
Glassdoor ranked the 50 best jobs in America this week, listing the jobs that
 offer the perfect balance of a good salary, high satisfaction, and plenty 
of openings around the country.
Of the 50 top jobs, several of them offered median base salaries of 
$100,000 or more.
These high-paying jobs can be found in a variety of fields, including
 finance, medicine, and computer science. We've compiled the jobs in
 ascending order of their median base salary, according to Glassdoor, 
along with their satisfaction rates and the number of job openings in the US.
Read on to see the best jobs in America that pay $100,000 or more.

14. Data engineer


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Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.4
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.9
Number of job openings: 4,739
Median base salary: $100,000

13. Risk manager


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Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.1
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.7
Number of job openings: 3,924
Median base salary: $100,500

T-11. Nurse practitioner


Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.1
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.5
Number of job openings: 18,997
Median base salary: $102,000

T-11. Security engineer


REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.3
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.8
Number of job openings: 4,683
Median base salary: $102,000

10. Software engineer


Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design/flickr
Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.4
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.6
Number of job openings: 49,007
Median base salary: $104,000

9. Physician assistant


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Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.3
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.7
Number of job openings: 9,819
Median base salary: $105,000

8. DevOps engineer


Daniel Goodman
Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.5
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 4.1
Number of job openings: 4,657
Median base salary: $106,000

7. Data scientist


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Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.7
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 4.3
Number of job openings: 6,510
Median base salary: $108,000

6. Product manager


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Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.5
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.8
Number of job openings: 11,884
Median base salary: $115,000

5. Finance manager


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Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.2
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.8
Number of job openings: 3,747
Median base salary: $118,000

4. Solutions architect


Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design/Flickr
Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.2
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.6
Number of job openings: 6,969
Median base salary: $127,000

T-2. Strategy manager


University of Michigan SNRE/Flickr
Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.3
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 4.0
Number of job openings: 2,783
Median base salary: $140,000

T-2. Software development manager


Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design/Flickr
Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.0
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 4.2
Number of job openings: 1,178
Median base salary: $140,000

1. Software engineering manager


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Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.0
Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 4.0
Number of job openings: 1,445
Median base salary: $153,000