With tax return season in full flurry, the questionable characters at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have made a list of the top 20 highest paid jobs!
You think you know, but now you can REALLY know.
So the data they released is by median income (median is the middle of a range of values).
- Anaesthetist – $385,242
- Surgeon – $320,186
- Internal medicine specialist – $268,247
- Psychiatrist – $213,683
- Mining engineer – $156,126
- Financial dealer – $153,551
- Other medical practitioners – $149,548
- Engineering manager – $135,164
- Air transport professionals – $126,959
- School principal – $124,275
- General medical practitioner – $122,350
- Dental practitioner – $120,364
- Driller, miner or shot firer – $118,978
- IT manager – $118,674
- Train or tram driver – $118,333
- Economist – $114,290
- Chemical, gas, petroleum or power generation plant operator – $112,914
- Electrical engineer – $112,475
- Engineer, type not specified – $111,970
- Geologist or geophysicist – $111,332
If we knew being a geologist was going to pay that good, we never would have stopped collecting rocks as a kid!
No surprises for the medical professionals, engineers and economists dominating the list though!
