LinkedIn data shows cardiologists have highest base salary of any job
With a median annual base salary of $356,000, cardiologists are the highest-paid workers in the U.S., according to LinkedIn. Cardiologists also had a median total compensation of $400,000 per year.
The website collected data from verified LinkedIn members for the report, which was updated Jan. 6 and included various occupations.
For cardiologists, the base salary ranged from $198,000 to $587,000 per year and the total compensation ranged from $208,000 to $640,000.
The top nine highest paid job titles were all healthcare-related. Other job titles in the top 10 were radiologist ($355,000 median base salary), anesthesiologist ($350,000), surgeon ($338,000), medical director ($230,000), pathologist ($225,000), general physician ($220,000), hospitalist ($220,000) and psychiatrist ($218,000).
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.