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The average UX manager takes home a bigger paycheck than a nuclear engineer.

That’s one takeaway from Glassdoor’s annual list of the highest-paying U.S. jobs that is dominated once again by technology-related careers. For the second year in a row, the tech industry was the most represented on the list of the 25 highest-paying jobs in America, followed by healthcare.

To compile the list, Glassdoor analyzed jobs with more than 100 reported salaries from U.S.-based employees and ranked them by base salary. While tech industry jobs appeared most often on the list, the medical field held four of the top five spots. Physicians placed No. 1, bringing home a median base salary of $187,876, followed by pharmacy managers, patent attorneys, medical science liaisons and pharmacists.

The first tech job doesn’t appear until No. 6 on the list. With a median base salary of $112,560, enterprise architects lead the industry in pay. For reference, that salary is $13,000 less than pharmacists, but $18,000 more than nuclear engineers, who came in 24th on the list.

Applications development managers and software engineer managers were the next highest-paying tech jobs, coming in No. 8 and No. 11 respectively.

“With nearly half the list comprised of jobs in the tech and healthcare industries, this report reinforces that higher salaries are found in America’s fastest job-creating sectors, which require higher education and in-demand skill sets,” Dr. Andrew Chamberlain, Glassdoor’s chief economist, said in a press release.

But, while tech is still one of the highest paying industries, it’s not necessarily the fastest growing in terms of salary. According to Glassdoor’s Local Pay Report, released in February, tech jobs in general have seen a slowdown in pay growth. Web developers, for example, saw a 1.2 percent decline in earnings compared to last year.

Chamberlain speculated that slow pay growth is likely due to the amount of workers catching up to the industry’s demand. He also said that a higher-paying job doesn’t necessarily mean workers are happier.

“While pay is one of the leading factors job seekers consider when determining where to work, our research shows that salary isn’t necessarily tied to long-term job satisfaction,” Chamberlain said in Tuesday’s press release. “Rather, the factors that employers should focus on to drive employee satisfaction long-term are having great senior leadership, positive culture and values, and clear upward career opportunities for employees.”

San Francisco-based Glassdoor, which has a database of more than 640,000 companies with reviews and ratings, raised a $40 million investment round this past June that valued the company around $1 billion.

See Glassdoor’s full list below.

  1. Physician
  • Median Base Salary: $187,876
  • Number of Job Openings: 7,770
  1. Pharmacy Manager
  • Median Base Salary: $149,064
  • Number of Job Openings: 2,370
  1. Patent Attorney
  • Median Base Salary: $139,272
  • Number of Job Openings: 525
  1. Medical Science Liaison
  • Median Base Salary: $132,842
  • Number of Job Openings: 391
  1. Pharmacist
  • Median Base Salary: $125,847
  • Number of Job Openings: 5,496
  1. Enterprise Architect
  • Median Base Salary: $112,560
  • Number of Job Openings: 1,320
  1. Physician Assistant
  • Median Base Salary: $112,529
  • Number of Job Openings: 13,547
  1. Applications Development Manager
  • Median Base Salary: $112,045
  • Number of Job Openings: 516
  1. R&D Manager
  • Median Base Salary: $111,905
  • Number of Job Openings: 185
  1. Corporate Controller
  • Median Base Salary: $110,855
  • Number of Job Openings: 259
  1. Software Engineering Manager
  • Median Base Salary: $109,350
  • Number of Job Openings: 1,011
  1. IT Architect
  • Median Base Salary: $105,303
  • Number of Job Openings: 250
  1. Software Architect
  • Median Base Salary: $104,754
  • Number of Job Openings: 1,147
  1. Nurse Practitioner
  • Median Base Salary: $104,144
  • Number of Job Openings: 12,566
  1. Solutions Architect
  • Median Base Salary: $102,678
  • Number of Job Openings: 4,174
  1. Data Architect
  • Median Base Salary: $102,091
  • Number of Job Openings: 1,438
  1. Actuary
  • Median Base Salary: $99,507
  • Number of Job Openings: 463
  1. IT Program Manager
  • Median Base Salary: $98,883
  • Number of Job Openings: 250
  1. UX Manager
  • Median Base Salary: $98,353
  • Number of Job Openings: 263
  1. Systems Architect
  • Median Base Salary: $97,873
  • Number of Job Openings: 1,167
  1. Plant Manager
  • Median Base Salary: $97,189
  • Number of Job Openings: 1,286
  1. Scrum Master
  • Median Base Salary: $95,167
  • Number of Job Openings: 2,072
  1. Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
  • Median Base Salary: $94,862
  • Number of Job Openings: 501
  1. Nuclear Engineer
  • Median Base Salary: $94,852
  • Number of Job Openings: 155
  1. Attorney
  • Median Base Salary: $94,695
  • Number of Job Openings: 1,010
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