U.S.News
& World Report gives us a list of the most overpaid jobs -which
aren't necessarily jobs that pay the most. It's a subjective list in
which a person is well-paid for work that's not all that difficult,
involves little stress, and provides little benefit in the end. Even
some of the people in these occupations agree. Here's a sampling:
Consulting
software engineer (median mid-career salary: $123,000). These high-end
programmers design and maintain sophisticated computer networks for big
companies and other large organizations. But the work can be dry and
many such engineers question the value of what they do. Other types of
programmers and software engineers rank high on the overpaid list as
well.
Brand strategist ($90,700). These advertising or marketing
specialists work to improve the image and reputation of companies and
their offerings--whether deserved or not. Brand strategists rate the
importance of their own work poorly compared with other professionals.
Patent
attorney ($170,000). We tend to think of patents as the breakthrough
insights of revolutionary inventors, but they're increasingly a form of
warfare among corporations seeking to prevent each other from gaining a
technology edge. The lawyers who fight those battles are among the
highest-paid professionals PayScale surveys.
Read the rest of the list, which is ranked in no particular order.
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