The 20 best tech jobs in America right now

Rachel Gillett
Jan 26, 2017, 4:35 PM

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You don't have to look exclusively in the tech sector for one of these great jobs.

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Once again, tech jobs dominate Glassdoor's list of the 50 best jobs in America.

But, it turns out, you don't have to work in the tech industry to have one of the best tech jobs this year.

As Dr. Andrew Chamberlain, Glassdoor's chief economist, tells Business Insider, companies across all industries, including healthcare, finance, and retail, are hiring workers for these needed positions. "Any organization today with a mobile app, web presence, or digitized data are struggling to fill jobs like data scientists, software engineers, and mobile developers," Chamberlain says.

Glassdoor's 50 Best Jobs in America report identifies careers with the highest overall "job score," which is determined by weighing three factors equally: earning potential (median annual base salary), job satisfaction rating, and number of job openings.

For a job title to be considered, it had to receive at least 100 salary reports and 100 job satisfaction ratings shared by US-based employees over the past year. The number of job openings per job title represents active job listings on Glassdoor as of January 1, 2017.

"This report reinforces that the best jobs are highly skilled and are staying ahead of the growing trend toward workplace automation," Chamberlain says.

He explains that the skills helping workers stay ahead of automation are creativity, judgment, and flexibility.

"Many of the jobs on this list require proficiency in these 'soft' skills," he explains. "In tech, that includes data science and engineering, which requires the ability to creatively solve problems to deliver business value."

Below are the 14 tech roles among Glassdoor's 50 best jobs, as well as the six next best tech roles according to Glassdoor:

20. Scrum master

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Overall job score (out of 5.0): 3.9

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.5

Number of job openings: 1,323

Median base pay: $95,000

19. Network administrator

Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design/Flickr

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 3.9

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.7

Number of job openings: 2,030

Median base pay: $62,000

18. User interface (UI) developer

Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.0

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.6

Number of job openings: 1,122

Median base pay: $91,000

17. Php developer

Shutterstock/Rawpixel.com

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.0

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.5

Number of job openings: 2,921

Median base pay: $80,000

16. Data architect

Flickr/Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.0

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.5

Number of job openings: 1,334

Median base pay: $114,000

15. Information technology (IT) manager

Vancouver Film School/flickr

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.0

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.5

Number of job openings: 2,070

Median base pay: $120,000

14. Business intelligence developer

Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design/flickr

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.0

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.9

Number of job openings: 837

Median base pay: $83,000

13. User interface (UI) designer

VFS Digital Design/Flickr

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.1

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 4.0

Number of job openings: 950

Median base pay: $80,000

12. Product manager

VFS Digital Design/Flickr

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.2

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.4

Number of job openings: 5,536

Median base pay: $107,000

11. Technical account manager

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.2

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.9

Number of job openings: 1,968

Median base pay: $66,000

10. Systems administrator

Thomson Reuters

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.2

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.7

Number of job openings: 4,046

Median base pay: $68,000

9. Mobile developer

Shutterstock/baranq

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.3

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.7

Number of job openings: 2,130

Median base pay: $85,000

8. Quality assurance (QA) manager

St Kitts and Nevis Photo Stream/flickr

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.3

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.7

Number of job openings: 2,531

Median base pay: $92,000

7. Software engineer

Samuel Mann/Flickr

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.3

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.5

Number of job openings: 17,085

Median base pay: $101,000

6. Solutions architect

Flickr / Vancouver Film School

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.4

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.7

Number of job openings: 2,232

Median base pay: $125,000

5. User experience (UX) designer

Flickr / VFS Digital Design

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.4

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 4.0

Number of job openings: 1,691

Median base pay: $92,500

4. Database administrator

AP Photo/Connie Zhou

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.5

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 3.8

Number of job openings: 2,877

Median base pay: $93,000

3. Data engineer

wocintechchat.com/WOCinTech Chat/flickr

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.7

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 4.3

Number of job openings: 2,599

Median base pay: $106,000

2. Software development and information technology operations (DevOps) engineer

VFS Digital Design/Flickr

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.7

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 4.2

Number of job openings: 2,725

Median base pay: $110,000

1. Data scientist

Shutterstock

Overall job score (out of 5.0): 4.8

Job satisfaction rating (out of 5.0): 4.4

Number of job openings: 4,184

Median base pay: $110,000

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