Here Are the Best Jobs in America — Is Yours One of Them?

Thankfully, the unemployment rate is far lower than its near-15% peak in April 2020. Nevertheless, it stands at around 6% now — still nearly double where it was just before the pandemic began. As a result, millions of Americans are searching for their next job.

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In addition, the start of the year is usually a popular time to look for a new job, according to Glassdoor Economic Research. To help you land your next gig, Glassdoor put together a list of the 50 best jobs for 2021. The criteria it used are median base salary, job satisfaction rating and number of job openings. The jobs are ranked by weighting each of the three criteria equally.

Key takeaways include:

• Tech jobs continue to dominate these lists. Indeed, the top six jobs and eight of the top 10 are tech jobs. In all, 22 tech jobs make the list. And because tech is ubiquitous these days, tech jobs pervade all industries — not just tech companies.
• Technical program manager has the highest median base salary at $142,379.
• Corporate recruiter has the highest job satisfaction rating at 4.4, for the second year in a row, according to the study.
• Software engineer has the most job openings on the list, with over 40,564  job openings as of Dec. 7, 2020. Glassdoor understands the importance of job openings in the context of the pandemic, so all of its Top 50 jobs have at least 2,000 openings as of the same Dec. 7, 2020 date.

Keep reading to see the complete list of best jobs in America for 2021.

• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 5,277
• Median Base Salary: $75,785

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 6,705
• Median Base Salary: $70,959

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 4,705
• Median Base Salary: $65,612

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.1
• Number of Job Openings: 4,046
• Median Base Salary: $66,041

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.4
• Number of Job Openings: 2,390
• Median Base Salary: $70,959

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.7
• Number of Job Openings: 6,623
• Median Base Salary: $110,091

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 3,688
• Median Base Salary: $94,488

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 8,829
• Median Base Salary: $67,028

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 3,043
• Median Base Salary: $103,633

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.8
• Number of Job Openings: 5,601
• Median Base Salary: $107,238

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 2,331
• Median Base Salary: $105,000

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.8
• Number of Job Openings: 23,181
• Median Base Salary: $70,000

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 3,954
• Median Base Salary: $86,071

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 6,255
• Median Base Salary: $80,033

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.4
• Number of Job Openings: 8,148
• Median Base Salary: $52,022

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 7,748
• Median Base Salary: $70,000

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 2,654
• Median Base Salary: $85,000

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 6,438
• Median Base Salary: $80,738

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.8
• Number of Job Openings: 34,362
• Median Base Salary: $80,562

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 12,811
• Median Base Salary: $68,042

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 2,618
• Median Base Salary: $142,379

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 13,677
• Median Base Salary: $76,201

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 5,132
• Median Base Salary: $74,562

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 7,702
• Median Base Salary: $74,031

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 16,458
• Median Base Salary: $72,560

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.1
• Number of Job Openings: 2,420
• Median Base Salary: $104,120

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 4,122
• Median Base Salary: $90,881

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 5,482
• Median Base Salary: $105,565

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.2
• Number of Job Openings: 2,654
• Median Base Salary: $90,942

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 9,841
• Median Base Salary: $83,069

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 18,963
• Median Base Salary: $80,066

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 4,052
• Median Base Salary: $111,046

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.1
• Number of Job Openings: 2,998
• Median Base Salary: $120,267

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.1
• Number of Job Openings: 2,977
• Median Base Salary: $104,837

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.3
• Number of Job Openings: 3,001
• Median Base Salary: $90,757

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.1
• Number of Job Openings: 4,123
• Median Base Salary: $86,445

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.2
• Number of Job Openings: 3,346
• Median Base Salary: $89,098

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.2
• Number of Job Openings: 2,647
• Median Base Salary: $123,207

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.2
• Number of Job Openings: 3,818
• Median Base Salary: $87,852

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 6,978
• Median Base Salary: $81,360

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 4,315
• Median Base Salary: $134,122

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.8
• Number of Job Openings: 40,564
• Median Base Salary: $110,245

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.1
• Number of Job Openings: 4,631
• Median Base Salary: $94,301

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.1
• Number of Job Openings: 8,827
• Median Base Salary: $82,182

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 5,621
• Median Base Salary: $110,000

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 6,904
• Median Base Salary: $110,003

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.0
• Number of Job Openings: 10,069
• Median Base Salary: $131,361

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.9
• Number of Job Openings: 14,515
• Median Base Salary: $121,107

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.1
• Number of Job Openings: 5,971
• Median Base Salary: $113,736

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• Job Satisfaction Rating: 4.2
• Number of Job Openings: 10,103
• Median Base Salary: $90,830

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