The five highest paying jobs in Australia in 2022 and 2023 are surgeons, anaesthetists, internal medicine specialists, financial dealers and psychiatrists, according to the Hays Recruitment Salary Guide.
The Aruba Tourism Authority is on the hunt for someone to fill the role of the island's weather person, which it bills as the “world's easiest job.” Why is it so easy? The tourism authority explained that Aruba experiences more sunny days than any other Caribbean island.
Advisory giant Accenture consistently pays consultants the highest starting salary compared to the big four consulting firms, with PwC and Deloitte vying for second place at different experience levels.
The average earnings of those in the top 10% were roughly $173,000 in 2020, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Landing in the top 10% is a fairly attainable goal for upwardly mobile Americans.
Australian Taxation Office data shows medical practitioners are the top earners nationwide, with Surgeons averaging $394,303, Anaesthetists at $386,065, and Internal Medicine Specialists at $304,752.
Big 4 salaries and your future. Deloitte Australia, Ernst & Young (EY), PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and KPMG are known as the Big 4 for a reason. They are the some of the most well regarded accountancy and advisory firms in the country, and graduate jobs with them are always highly contested.
Typically, skills gaps have existed in the following sectors in Australia: caring professions such as doctors, nurses, aged & disabled care, and childcare as well as retail managers, construction workers and software programmers.
A Harvard University study found that the loneliest jobs were also the unhappiest. These include remote jobs as well as jobs in tech, food delivery, and the online retail sector. The study was conducted over 85 years. Over 700 people were interviewed.
