Must-Read: Highest Paying Jobs in America

Here’s the thing about money: It’s not going to buy you happiness. That’s the thing that we learned from The Beatles way back when. But here’s the problem with that sentiment. When John and Paul were singing about that, they had a whole lot of money. So of course they weren’t worry about happiness. They were already able to get themselves much closer to the concept because of the massive amount of money that they had. The fact is, money may not buy you happiness. But having some money is certainly not going to make you unhappy.

So today we’re heading to AskMen.com where they have a list of the top 10 highest paying jobs in America. Among the tippity top of wages in the states is this:

Airline Pilots, Co-Pilots and Flight Engineers

Annual mean wage: $129,600
Training time: 6+ years

Top-tier pilots enjoy a lot of perks — free travel, obviously, plus it?s a cool job that comes with a boss uniform — but getting there definitely means putting in some time.

Making the big bucks requires a Bachelor?s degree in an aviation-related discipline, an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate and several hundred hours of pilot-in-command experience, as well as expensive and time-consuming specialized training in specific tools and devices and regular physical and mental testing. All told, it can take 10 years or longer before a newly minted pilot starts making serious cash flying the longer scheduled passenger flights for airlines.

So head on over to the above link to check out the other examples of the highest-paying jobs that are around. And then get to working towards those goals.