Business & Finance
Money, operations and the machinery of companies.
Public & tax
Accountant
Numbers that have to be right, on a deadline.
$55k-$120k
Insurance & pensions
Actuary
Ten exams over seven years, and no student debt required.
$75k-$200k+
External & internal audit
Auditor
Two hard years at a Big Four firm buys you options for a decade.
$60k-$120k
Small business & freelance
Bookkeeper
Every business needs one, and most are terrible at finding one.
$40k-$80k
Requirements & process
Business Analyst
Translating what the business wants into what can actually be built.
$65k-$115k
Regulatory & risk
Compliance Officer
Paid to be the person who says no early rather than expensively later.
$70k-$140k
Commercial lending & risk
Credit Analyst
Deciding whether a business can pay back what it wants to borrow.
$60k-$110k
Call center & remote support
Customer Service Representative
The most available job in the country, and the most measured.
$32k-$52k
SaaS account management
Customer Success Manager
Keeping the revenue you already have, which costs less than winning new revenue.
$70k-$140k
Marketplace & direct-to-consumer
E-Commerce Seller
Inventory is a bet you make with your own money.
$0-$150k+, extremely variable
Corporate & startup
Executive Assistant
Running an executive is running a small company.
$50k-$120k
Wealth management
Financial Advisor
The first three years are sales, whatever the title says.
$50k-$200k+
Corporate FP&A
Financial Analyst
Building the model everyone argues about.
$65k-$130k
Multi-unit & single-unit ownership
Franchise Owner
You buy a proven system and give up the right to change it.
$50k-$300k+, wide variance by brand
Recruiting & employee relations
HR Specialist
Caught between what employees need and what the company will approve.
$50k-$90k
P&C and life
Insurance Agent
Selling something nobody enjoys buying.
$40k-$120k
Property, casualty & life
Insurance Underwriter
Deciding what risk is worth taking, and at what price.
$65k-$120k
M&A and capital markets
Investment Banker
The pay is real and so are the hundred-hour weeks.
$150k-$400k+ with bonus
Litigation, corporate & public interest
Lawyer
The salary distribution is two humps, and most graduates land on the lower one.
$60k-$250k+, sharply bimodal
Mortgage & commercial lending
Loan Officer
Your income moves inversely with interest rates.
$45k-$150k
Strategy & operations consulting
Management Consultant
Two years of extraordinary access, and the travel is the price.
$100k-$250k
Brand & demand generation
Marketing Manager
Judged on numbers that a dozen other things also move.
$70k-$140k
Small business operations
Office Manager
The job title that actually means running everything nobody else does.
$45k-$75k
Multi-team & facility operations
Operations Manager
Every fire in the building routes to you.
$65k-$130k
Litigation & corporate
Paralegal
Doing the legal work without the law degree or the liability.
$48k-$85k
Sourcing & vendor management
Procurement Specialist
Every dollar you negotiate off goes straight to the bottom line.
$60k-$115k
Operations
Project Manager
Herding scope, timelines and people who disagree.
$65k-$135k
Residential sales
Real Estate Agent
Straight commission, and your first year is the test.
$0-$150k+ — commission only
Agency & corporate
Recruiter
Sales, but the product is people who can change their minds.
$50k-$130k
B2B & inside sales
Sales Representative
Your number resets to zero every quarter.
$45k base to $200k+ on target
Planning & network operations
Supply Chain Manager
Invisible until something does not arrive.
$85k-$150k
Individual & small business returns
Tax Preparer
Four intense months, and the rest of the year is yours.
$30k-$80k