Students majoring in business can go into a lot of different fields once they hit the job market. With the college year started, ThinkAdvisor thought it would be a good time to once again check out which occupations for business majors pay the best. So all you humanities majors will have time to swap majors, if you're looking for a bigger paycheck.
Using data from PayScale.com, we have listed the 15 best paying jobs for business majors. The jobs are drawn from the site's list of most popular jobs for business graduates. PayScale uses their College Salary Report, which collects data through their ongoing, online compensation survey. The sample considered for the College Salary Report was 1.4 million college graduates.
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The salary listed combines base annual salary or hourly wage, bonuses, profit sharing, commissions, and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable. The salary is for someone at mid-career or about 44 years old and has 15 years of experience. PayScale also rated each job by the percentage of those surveyed who found high meaning, or satisfaction, in their careers.
Keep reading to check out the 15 best paying jobs for college business majors in 2016.
A comptroller supervises the quality of an organization's accounting and financial reporting. (Photo: iStock)
15. (tie) Corporate Controller
Median Mid-Career Pay: $97,900
Common Major: Accounting
Percent Workers With Major: 62
Percent With High Job Meaning: 43
15. (tie) Tax Compliance Manager
Median Mid-Career Pay: $97,900
Common Major: Accounting
Percent Workers With Major: 67
Percent With High Job Meaning: N/A
Among the reasons that a payroll director is so pivotal to a company's operations: the many taxes and witholdings involved with processing payroll. (Photo: iStock)
13. Payroll Director
Median Mid-Career Pay: $101,000
Common Major: Accounting
Percent Workers With Major: 23
Percent With High Job Meaning: 76
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12. Financial Analysis Manager
Median Mid-Career Pay: $102,000
Common Major: Accounting
Percent Workers With Major: 31
Percent With High Job Meaning: 44
The accounting field as we know is thought to have been established by the Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli in 1494. (Photo: iStock)
11. (tie) Accounting Director
Median Mid-Career Pay: $107,000
Common Major: Accounting
Percent Workers With Major: 68
Percent With High Job Meaning: 50
11. (tie) Finance Director
Median Mid-Career Pay: $107,000
Common Major: Accounting
Percent Workers With Major: 45
Percent With High Job Meaning: 49
A bank examiner is a species of auditor who makes sure that financial institutions are operating legally, ethically and safely. (Photo: iStock)
9. Bank Examiner
Median Mid-Career Pay: $114,000
Common Major: Finance
Percent Workers With Major: 37
Percent With High Job Meaning: 54
8. Treasurer
Median Mid-Career Pay: $117,000
Common Major: Accounting
Percent Workers With Major: 55
The word 'budget' is derived from old French word bougette, which means 'purse.' (Photo: iStock)
As a result of an audit, stakeholders may effectively evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and the governance processes. (Photo: iStock)
The mortgage industry of the United States is a major financial sector. (Photo: iStock)
Ancient Egypt fostered to first know taxation sytem. (Photo: iStock)
