Want to be one of the highest-paid people in the region? May we suggest a career in health care — and more specifically, going to medical school.
The Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its annual list of average salary data for metro areas across the country.
For the Albany region, the seven top-paying jobs are in health care, and all of them require specialized postsecondary education.
The BLS gathers salary data for more than 800 professions each year to build national averages for salaries. In Albany, there's data on more than 550 jobs where there are enough local workers for BLS to compile salary data.
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