Best Jobs in America
CNNMoney/PayScale's top 100 careers with big growth, great pay and satisfying work.
43. Cost Accounting Mgr.
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Median pay: $85,800
Top pay: $124,000
10-year job growth: 15.7%
Total jobs*: 1,216,900
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Top pay: $124,000
10-year job growth: 15.7%
Total jobs*: 1,216,900
What they do all day? Cost accounting managers determine the overall price of materials, labor and production and prepare an appropriate budget, then help enforce it.
How to get the job?
What's great? What's not? --J.A.
What they do all day? Cost accounting managers determine the overall price of materials, labor and production and prepare an appropriate budget, then help enforce it. --J.A.
Quality of life ratings:
- Personal satisfaction: A
- Benefit to society: C
- Flexibility: A
- Low stress: C
*Total jobs is estimated number of people working in broader BLS 'job family.'
Sources: PayScale.com, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and CNNMoney research
It's still a tough job market, so when CNNMoney, in partnership with data from PayScale.com, set out to find America's Best Jobs this year, first and foremost we looked for professions that offer great growth opportunities.
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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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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