The Best Jobs In Engineering And IT

Biomedical engineer, data scientist and software engineer are at the top of the list of best jobs in engineering and information technology, according to a new report by jobs website CareerCast. Research staffers at the seven-year-old site, based in Carlsbad, CA, looked through each profession’s projected annual growth between 2012 and 2022, using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

They also considered the annual mean salary for each profession, as measured by the BLS. Among the 12 jobs selected for the list, three pay salaries of more than $100,000. Petroleum engineer pays the best, at $130,280, data scientist pays $124,140 and aerospace engineer pays $103,720.

But CareerCast didn’t pick out the best jobs merely by salary and growth outlook. It considered the jobs’ ranking on its annual Jobs Rated report. That ranking evaluates 200 professions using five core criteria. In addition to pay and hiring outlook it considers work environment, stress and physical demands. Within those categories, there are more than 100 sub-criteria, like degree of confinement in the workplace and income growth potential.

The data come from the BLS, Census Bureau, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and an array of private compensation surveys, trade association studies and state statistics. Though CareerCast doesn’t run a comprehensive poll of actual workers in the 200 fields, it spot-checks its findings through interviews with people in a range of professions.

The new CareerCast report notes that the field of information technology is undergoing huge changes that require new skills. Example: The job of network and computer systems administrator, which has an annual median salary of $72,560 and a 12% projected growth outlook. Network administrators who have mastered cloud-based technology “have their pick of the nearly 4 million jobs based in cloud computing around the United States,” says the report.

Another job on the list with a strong growth outlook of 15%: data scientist. Any company that sells its services or products is hungry for analysis of the most effective approaches. “Organizations have more data to formulate predictive models on consumers and/or user behavior than ever before,” says the report, “and the need is rising for workers who can parse this data into something usable.”

That helps explain why data scientists make the second-highest salary on the list. No one degree guarantees you a job as a data scientist, though statistics, math and degrees in the sciences like biology and chemistry can all translate to data science jobs. Schools like Arizona State offer master’s degrees in business analytics and data science.

One more job that’s growing rapidly because of technological advances: biomedical engineering, a force in healthcare. “Another relatively fledgling field, biomedical engineers help bridge the gap between the healthcare and tech sectors,” says the report.

Biomedical engineers design systems and products, such as artificial internal organs, artificial devices that replace body parts, and machines for diagnosing medical problems. To get a start in the profession, you typically need a bachelor’s degree from an accredited program. More than 100 schools offer the undergraduate degree, from Duke to the University of Minnesota.

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