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Will nursing be the highest paid job of the future?

Cynthia DusseaultBy
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The answer to the question
“No, I don’t think it’s going to be the highest paid job of the future,” says Fort.

There you have it, and it’s not really all that surprising. The truth is that the highest paid jobs of the near future will likely be similar to what they were in 2009. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare professionals did top the chart in 2009, but those professionals were surgeons, anesthesiologists, orthodontists, obstetricians and gynecologists, and there’s no indication that’s going to change soon.

A little below those specialized healthcare folk come the CEOs, lawyers, engineers and pilots, with nurses in managerial roles lagging not that far behind. So, if nursing is your passion, there’s no need to think about a career change. And although the money might not match what some other professionals are making, it’s still pretty good.

Cynthia Dusseault
Cynthia Dusseault is a professional freelance writer with both a health and an education background. A former medical radiation technologist and elementary school teacher, she realized that no matter what she did, she was drawn to any task that involved writing, so she decided, over a decade ago, to write full-time. Since then, she has written for a variety of magazines and websites including Nursing PRN, National Review of Medicine, University Affairs, Your Health, Education Leaders Today, Today's Parent, Children's Playmate, WeightWatchers.ca and many more. She has written about topics such as asthma, genital herpes, circumcision, teleradiology, body art, learning disabilities and exercise trends, and she absolutely adores the fact that writing—particularly doing the research for the articles she writes—makes her a lifelong learner.

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