CNNMoney/PayScale's top 100 careers with big growth, great pay and satisfying work.
Top pay: $146,000
10-year job growth: 15.7%
Total jobs*: 1,216,900
What they do all day? These accountants work like financial detectives, sifting through account records to do things like calculate assets, put together timelines of financial activity, or gather evidence of possible wrongdoing. They often work alongside law enforcement and may work on current or potential legal cases involving bankruptcies, insurance claims, divorces, fraud allegations and more.
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What they do all day? These accountants work like financial detectives, sifting through account records to do things like calculate assets, put together timelines of financial activity, or gather evidence of possible wrongdoing. They often work alongside law enforcement and may work on current or potential legal cases involving bankruptcies, insurance claims, divorces, fraud allegations and more. --J.A.
- Personal satisfaction: A
- Benefit to society: B
- Flexibility: C
- Low stress: B
*Total jobs is estimated number of people working in broader BLS 'job family.'
Sources: PayScale.com, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and CNNMoney research
Other big factors: pay (how strong it is now, and how fast it's growing), overall job satisfaction, and how many jobs are in the field overall.
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