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Anne Kenny, a quality assurance specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital.
- Median pay: $69,300
- Top pay: $96,500
- 10-year job growth: 19%
Quality assurance coordinators are registered nurses who help set the standard of care. They create in-house practices to establish the best patient plans and care standards.
What's great: Identifying a problem and coming up with a plan to fix it can bring a huge feeling of success. "It's always easy to identify failures in processes and to see things and say what's wrong, but not everyone does something about it," said Anne Kenny, a quality assurance specialist. "This is about being part of a team that does that and fixes it."--K.V.
Quality of life ratings:
Personal satisfaction: A | Benefit to society: A | Low stress: B
Notes: All pay data from PayScale.com. Median pay is for an experienced worker (at least five or seven years in the field). Top pay represents the 90th percentile. Job growth is estimated for 2012-22, and based on people working in broader 'job family' from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For more details, see How We Picked the Best Jobs.
Sources: PayScale.com, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and CNNMoney research
Sources: PayScale.com, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and CNNMoney research
- Last updated May 09 2017 01:24 PM ET
