For the second year in a row, data scientist remains the top job in America, according to job site Glassdoor. Technology and data jobs dominated this year’s rankings, with seven of the top 10 in the IT field, and four of the top 10 in data management. Some 18 of the top 50 jobs were in tech and data fields.
The Glassdoor Job Score is determined using three key factors: earning potential based on median annual base salary, job satisfaction rating and number of job openings.
The jobs that made this list stand out across all three categories. The Glassdoor Job Score is based on a 5-point scale (5.0 = best job, 1.0 = bad job). For a job title to be considered, it must receive at least 100 salary reports and at least 100 job satisfaction ratings shared by U.S.-based employees over the past year. The number of job openings per job title represents active job listings on Glassdoor as of Jan. 1, 2017.
Data scientist (no. 1)
Job score 4.8/5
Job satisfaction 4.4/5
Median base salary $110,000
Job openings 4,184
DevOps engineer (no.2)
Job score 4.7/5
Job satisfaction 4.2/5
Median base salary $110,000
Job openings 2,725
Data engineer (no. 3)
Job score 4.7/5
Job satisfaction 4.3/5
Median base salary $106,000
Job openings 2,599
Analytics manager (no. 5)
Job score 4.6/5
Job satisfaction 4.1/5
Median base salary $112,000
Job openings 1,958
Database administrator (no. 7)
Job score 4.5/5
Job satisfaction 3.8/5
Median base salary $93,000
Job openings 2,877
UX designer (no. 9)
Job score 4.4/5
Job satisfaction 4.0/5
Median base salary $92,500
Job openings 1,691
Solutions architect (no. 10)
Job score 4.4/5
Job satisfaction 3.7/5
Median base salary $125,000
Job openings 2,232
Software engineer (no. 16)
Job score 4.3/5
Job satisfaction 3.5/5
Median base salary $101,000
Job openings 17,085
QA manager (no. 22)
Job score 4.3/5
Job satisfaction 3.7/5
Median base salary $92,000
Job openings 2,531
Mobile developer (no, 26)
Job score 4.3/5
Job satisfaction 3.7/5
Median base salary $85,000
Job openings 2,130
Systems administrator (no. 27)
Job score 4.2/5
Job satisfaction 3.7/5
Median base salary $68,000
Job openings 4,046
Technical account manager (no. 29)
Job score 4.2/5
Job satisfaction 3.9/5
Median base salary $66,000
Job openings 1,968
Hardware engineer (no. 30)
Job score 4.2/5
Job satisfaction 3.9/5
Median base salary $108,000
Job openings 954
Intelligence analyst (no. 31)
Job score 4.2/5
Job satisfaction 4.2/5
Median base salary $62,400
Job openings 1,605
Information security engineer (no. 39)
Job score 4.1/5
Job satisfaction 3.7/5
Median base salary $100,000
Job openings 1,247
Security analyst (no. 41)
Job score 4.1/5
Job satisfaction 3.7/5
Median base salary $70,000
Job openings 2,464
UI designer (no. 43)
Job score 4.1/5
Job satisfaction 4.0/5
Median base salary $80,000
Job openings 950
Business intelligence developer (no. 47)
Job score 4.0/5
Job satisfaction 3.9/5
Median base salary $83,000
Job openings 837
