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Top-paying jobs

Anesthesiologists take home a median $292,000 salary annually. What other great careers from Money and PayScale.com's list of Best Jobs in America offer big paychecks?

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8. Software Architect
Software Architect
Best Jobs rank: N.A.*
Median salary: $117,000
Top pay: $166,000
Software architects are the masterminds behind the design for products and tools we use every day. There aren't nearly enough top code masters to fill the openings that exist at nearly every major company around the world. That demand has driven paychecks for the best software architects sky-high.

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Last updated October 12 2009: 5:02 PM ET
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Note: We looked at jobs from the top 100 with the highest top pay. When there were multiple job titles from the same category, we selected the job with the most familiar job title. Median salary is for an experienced worker (at least two to seven years in field). Top pay represents the 90th percentile.

*Other highly paid positions in this field include Software Development Director and Business Management Software Consultant.
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