The Best-Paying Jobs

As an investment banker, you do things like calculate how much a company is worth and help companies raise money through an IPO or transactions to raise debt.

Although there's a lot of money to be made, investment banking is known to be a tough and intense career path with 100-hour workweeks and way too many all-nighters. In fact, a University of Southern California researcher found that her investment banker participants developed ailments like insomnia, drug addictions, and heart palpitations within a few years on the job.

Average salary according to Indeed.com: $107,000. Keep in mind that the salary will change with seniority, and the bonus is oftentimes equivalent or more than the actual base salary.