Indeed recently released its best jobs of 2024 list with roles such as loan officer and mental-health technician ranking top.
The job site compiled the list by including jobs with a minimum salary of $75,000, with at least 10% of job postings referencing remote or hybrid work. It also looked at growth in postings from January 2021 to 2024 and ranked the jobs by the number of listings per one million total postings.
Flexible-working opportunities are still popular with one 2023 Bankrate survey of 2,000 working adults in the US finding that 64% prefer full remote work instead of fully in-person work.
Meanwhile, as major companies call workers back to the office, the race to find high-paying, flexible jobs is becoming more difficult.
The careers site Ladders published a report in January that found the availability of hybrid jobs paying $100,000 or more plummeted by 69% by the end of 2023, while the availability of high-paying in-person roles surged by 93%.
Still, rest assured, there are some industries offering flexible jobs and good salaries, Indeed’s list shows.
Healthcare roles, including medical director and psychiatrist, were among the most well-compensated in the list. Mental-health jobs, such as mental-health therapist and psychiatric-mental-health nurse practitioner, dominated.
One of the top jobs was loan officer, with an average salary of almost $200,000, and 75% of job listings mentioning remote or hybrid work. It also doesn’t require a bachelor’s degree.
Here are the top ten jobs that made Indeed’s list in 2024:
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Mental-health technician
Average annual salary: $77,448
Percentage of roles containing remote and hybrid phrases: 18%
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Loan officer
Average annual salary: $192,339
Percentage of roles containing remote and hybrid phrases: 75%
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Mental-health therapist
Average annual salary: $76,140
Percentage of roles containing remote and hybrid phrases: 41%
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Electrical engineer
Average annual salary: $102,590
Percentage of roles containing remote and hybrid phrases: 19%
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Construction project manager
Average annual salary: $103,431
Percentage of roles containing remote and hybrid phrases: 10%
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Mechanical engineer
Average annual salary: $96,091
Percentage of roles containing remote and hybrid phrases: 16%
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Psychiatrist
Average annual salary: $258,440
Percentage of roles containing remote and hybrid phrases: 15%
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Human-resources manager
Average annual salary: $79,174
Percentage of roles containing remote and hybrid phrases: 13%
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Senior accountant
Average annual salary: $82,811
Percentage of roles containing remote and hybrid phrases: 24%
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Data engineer
Average annual salary: $130,135
Percentage of roles containing remote and hybrid phrases: 41%
