15 High-Paying Jobs That Let You Work From Home
If there are two things the pandemic taught the world, it’s that not only is telecommuting possible in many industries, but that some work-from-home jobs pay lucratively -- even better than office-based jobs.
What could be better than earning a great salary in the comfort and ease of your own home? Last year, FlexJobs identified some of the best work-from-home jobs in several fields where the salaries reach near to six figures or more. Here’s a look at 15 of them and what they pay.
1. Product Manager
Salary: $114,752, according to PayScale
Product managers are responsible for the entire product management processes within a given company. They may do everything from determine new product opportunities, oversee stages of production, and promote products. They are also tasked with overseeing the flow of communication with various team members or between teams.
Top-paid product managers can bring in $152,000 a year.
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2. Senior Project Manager, IT
Salary: $117,774, according to PayScale
Senior IT project managers must not only be masters of the technologies that they are working with but also be able to supervise junior employees. These professionals supervise technical projects to satisfy various stakeholders.
3. Senior Sales Executive
Salary: $83,682, according to PayScale
To get this high-paying work-from-home leadership job, you typically need experience in sales management and a record of success in sales. These executives work to strengthen relationships with existing clients and bring in new clients.
The top 10% of senior sales executives can earn $138,000 per year.
4. Front-End Developer
Salary: $80,348, according to PayScale
Front-end developers are the engineers who make sure that everything you see on a website looks as it should and functions properly. This is a complex job that usually requires a bachelor’s degree in information technology, and may also require additional certifications such as the SUN, IBM, Microsoft or Oracle developer certifications.
The top 10% of front-end developers can earn $122,000 per year.
5. Java Developer
Salary: $81,989, according to PayScale
These developers use the computer programming language Java to create complex website functions. E-commerce sites usually employ this type of developer.
The top 10% highest-paid Java developers can earn $120,000, on average, per year.
6. Mobile Applications Developer
Salary: $77,822, according to PayScale
If you’ve ever used an app on your smartphone or tablet, you have a mobile developer to thank for that. These app creators have a strong understanding of programming languages such as Objective-C, HTML, Java or XML, and may hold special certifications.
The top 10% highest-paid mobile developers can earn a $129,000 annual salary.
7. Marketing Communications Director
Salary: $86,341, according to PayScale
Marketing communications directors oversee the programs that market products and services to specific populations. They use analytics and data to make their decisions and have strong leadership skills to help steer their teams to meet performance goals.
The highest-earning marketing communications directors can make $144,000 per year.
8. Marketing Director
Salary: $93,935, according to PayScale
Marketing directors oversee the entire marketing team to ensure a company’s marketing campaigns are successful. Their job tasks include developing concepts and budgets for marketing campaigns, resolving issues that arise within their team and maintaining open communication with their company’s clients and vendors, as well as with other managers within their company.
The top 10% of earners with this title can make an average salary of $153,000.
9. Privacy Officer
Salary: $96,078, according to PayScale
Privacy officers make sure all departments within their company follow company privacy practices, and they perform privacy-related departmental audits to ensure that this is the case. They help assess and reduce risks to privacy and respond to privacy breaches.
Top-paid privacy officers can earn $153,000 a year.
10. Security Consultant
Salary: $92,131, according to PayScale
Security consultants can work in various fields, usually for companies that have large digitized databases. These consultants design or improve systems that protect their institution against internal and external data theft, and come up with emergency plans for what to do in case of a data breach.
The top 10% of security consultants earn an average salary of $147,000.
11. Clinical Trial Manager
Salary: $105,000, according to PayScale
Clinical trial managers create and carry out protocols for clinical trials to meet regulations and standards. They also manage budgets and schedules for clinical trials, track and write reports on the progress of trials, develop enrollment strategies and come up with solutions for day-to-day issues.
Top earners with this job title can make $141,000 per year.
12. Medical Director
Salary: $212,455, according to PayScale
Medical director is the highest-paid work-from-home job on this list. These directors manage the operations of a healthcare organization. Responsibilities include developing guidelines, managing clinical staff and supervising quality assurance. Typically, you’ll need an MD or DO to do this job, according to FlexJobs.
At the high end of the payscale, Medical Directors can earn up to $276,000.
13. Psychologist
Salary: $81,040, according to Payscale
Becoming a psychologist typically requires a doctoral degree and certification. Some psychologists work in research roles, while others work directly with patients to help improve their cognitive, social or emotional behaviors. Those with a private practice can easily work from home by either having a home office or conducting sessions using a video messaging service.
The highest-paid 10% of psychologists can earn $119,000.
14. Cloud Solutions Architect
Salary: $132,700, according to PayScale
Cloud solutions architects design, manage and monitor cloud computing strategies for companies. If you want to be a cloud architect, you should have experience with networking, programming languages, operating systems and cloud security, according to FlexJobs.
The top earners in this profession can earn $168,000.
15. Software Engineer
Salary: $90,745, according to Payscale
These engineers develop applications or systems for computers and similar devices. Software engineers typically have a bachelor’s degree in computer science as well as strong computer programming skills.
Top earners can make $133,000 annually.
Jordan Rosenfeld and Andrew Lisa contributed to the reporting for this article. All salary information is sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Payscale unless otherwise indicated.
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