 jobs with the fastest pay growth. That's what we're going to be talking about today, but before we get into that, gently tap the like button in order to defeat the evil YouTube algorithm as always. On this channel, we talk about personal finance, college degrees, careers, and opportunities that are going to lead you to success. We also talk about avoiding some of the common financial traps that are so easy to fall into. And if that sounds like something that you're interested in and you haven't done it already, go ahead, hit the subscribe button, ring the notification bell so that you never miss a video. Now with that out of the way, let's jump right into it. We are going to talk about number 10 on the list, which is going to be user experience designer. This is also known as UX UI designer, user experience, user interface designer. There's a lot of different names for it. But basically this is all about designing websites and applications and things like that that are extremely user friendly. We're talking about the usability, the usefulness, desirability, how easy it is, how ergonomic it is. Frictionless. And of course, when all of those things are better, the product is much more likely to be purchased. So the median based salary in November of 2015 was about $70,000 a year. In 2018, it was about $75,000 a year. And in 2019, it's over $77,000 a year. So the wage growth from 2018 to 2019 was about 2.75%. And the wage growth from 2015 to 2019 was about 9%. That is really, really good. Most professions are not going to be gaining nine, almost 10% wage growth over a four year period. Now this is one that only requires an associates degree generally speaking to get into it. Some people can even break into it without an associates degree. Now the cool thing about this one is it is technical. It has that technical side of things, but it also is very artistic. Now I've talked about this a lot on the channel, but artistic type professions are very popular, just about everybody wants to go into them. And so unfortunately, they usually get saturated relatively quickly. However, UX UI designers have a ton of different skills. And it's not just the art part. They also have those technical skills as well. We're talking about branding, typography, icons, extensive skill with design and prototyping tools, and all other types of design skills. And when you put it all together, it's like, whoa, that's impressive, that's a lot. You're also going to have a very good mix of kind of introverted creative type work where you're just basically by yourself and you're designing. And then if you're an extrovert, you're also going to have that side of communicating with other departments within the company. So you're probably going to be talking with marketing a lot, for instance. So for those of my audience who are artistic, but they also just want to have a normal job, they don't want to be kind of like an entrepreneur, which a lot of artists have to be. This is a really good option. Number nine on the list is going to be a buyer. So the shopaholics in my audience are going to love this one because you're basically going to be shopping except you're spending other people's money. And so you're going to be representing businesses and making sure that they have enough of whatever materials they have to have. So for instance, let's say you're working for a construction company, you got to make sure that they have enough cement, they've got enough metal, they've got enough iron, enough steel. And then, of course, you're also going to be negotiating prices because the prices for those are going to fluctuate a lot throughout the year. So the median based salary November of 2015 was about $54,000. In November of 2018, it's about $58,000. And November 2019, $59,000, almost $60,000. And then the four year wage growth from 2015 to 2019 is going to be 9.1%. So personality wise, this is going to be one that's going to be better for people who are a little bit more outgoing and social. The reason for this is because you're going to be forming relationships with different vendors and sellers. And let's say, you know, all of a sudden, nobody can get a hold of any concrete, you're going to want to have a relationship with somebody. So they put you at the top of their list. This is what's going to make you extremely valuable to your company. And getting supplies can range anywhere from just getting basic office supplies for an office, all the way to ordering a bunch of, you know, concrete or rebar or anything like that for a construction company. So you're basically responsible for making sure that the company has enough of whatever supplies that they need. And if they ever need any extra supplies, you're the person that they go to next one on the list is going to be an information technology manager. So basically all of the information technology within an organization is going to be managed based on the needs of each individual organization. Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again? That's what IT management is all about. So in 2015, the median salary was going to be about 79,000. In 2018, it's 83,000. And in 2019, it's 86,000. So the one year growth was about 3.18%. And the four year wage growth was 8.16. So this one has been growing really steadily over the last five years. And last year grew quite a bit. Now, this is one of those fields where technology is evolving so quickly, it's evolving every single day. And so you really have to be on your toes and you have to stay updated. Technology is also one of those careers. And I've said this so many other times, where you can get a job pretty much anywhere in the world. There's a lot of careers out there where sure, you can get a job, but you're going to have to move somewhere and it might not be a place that's desirable. With a lot of the different technology careers, you can literally move anywhere you want, some of them you can even be remote. There's a lot more to this career than asking people whether they tried turning it on and off again, you'll have to constantly be learning, getting new certifications, but you're also going to get rewarded really well for that. This is a great career if you're somebody who likes problem solving and being really helpful. Number seven on the list is going to be data analyst. Now, you're probably noticing a turn here. There's a lot of technology related careers. And basically what you're going to be doing here is you're going to be studying, modeling, inspecting all different types of data. And the goal of doing this is to organize and understand the data in such a way where you can make real life decisions. Now, in 2015, they were making around $57,000 a year. In 2018, it's $61,000. And in 2019, it's about $63,000. That means it's grown about 2.7% in the last year. And over the last four years, it's grown 10%. Now, this one will be a really good combination of hard analytical skills as well as communication skills. You're going to have to be able to understand and analyze the data on a pretty high level. But at the same time, you're also going to be able to communicate that data in layman's terms to business people who aren't as technical. You're going to be talking to managers and executives and telling them what your conclusions are based off of the data and why that is. Then you can suggest changes that you can make in order to make things more efficient. So there's some other careers that I've talked about before, like data scientists, for instance, that's definitely more on the analytical and technical side of things. Whereas data analysts basically just understand the data so that they can communicate that data to managers and executives. So it's a little bit less technical and a little bit more communication. Number six on the list is going to be a design engineer. All right, so design engineering is basically exactly what it sounds like. So as a design engineer, you're going to be focused on the engineering side of things, so the practical side of things. But it also does have a little bit of an artistic side as well. So in 2015, they were making around $69,000 a year. In 2018, they're making $71,000. And in 2019, they're making $74,000. This is a one-year wage growth of about 3.6% and a four-year wage growth of 8%. Now, there's a lot of mechanical engineers, for instance, that go into design engineering. There is some art to this, but unfortunately, when I was looking it up, it's not as much as you might think. You will be working with computer aided design, also known as CAD, but it's mostly about making things work. You're going to be paying a lot of attention to schedule, cost, efficiency, and manufacturability. You have to balance all of these different things and make a final product that makes everybody within the company happy. Number five on the list is going to be a sales manager. So basically, you are going to be a manager of your own sales team, and you're going to coach and prepare that team to make as many sales as possible within a company. In 2015, they were making around $58,000 a year. In 2018, they're making $63,000. And in 2019, they're making $65,000 on average. That means the one-year wage growth is about 2.8% and the four-year wage growth is 11.9%, almost 12%. So one unique thing about this role is you're going to be in the field seeing customers because you're going to be watching your sales team interact with customers. You're either going to be directly there out in the field or you're going to be listening to them talking on the phone. But at the same time, you're also going to be interacting with people within the organization. So that gives you a unique perspective. A lot of the time, people within the organization don't actually interact with customers. And so that gives you a really good perspective and a unique chance to teach them. Now, of course, you'll be keeping track of what's known as KPI or Key Performance Indicators. You'll be motivating your sales people, figuring out how to get the best performance out of them. You're going to really want to get to know your team, what motivates them, what their strengths are, what their weaknesses are. This is another really good one and it's growing extremely fast. Number four on the list is going to be a surprise and it's going to be a truck driver. I don't think I need to explain what this one is. In 2015, they're making $49,000 a year. In 2018, they're making $55,000 and in 2019, they're making $56,500. That's a one-year wage growth of 2.6% and a four-year wage growth of 13.4%. Now, the cool thing about this one is you don't need any schooling whatsoever to get into it. You can literally graduate from high school and within a month, you can be a professional truck driver. Now, the money is going to vary quite a bit here. It really depends on what specialty that you go into. There's plenty of truck drivers out there that are making six figures a year. You can make even more than that if you own your own truck, if you get a little bit entrepreneurial. And one really cool thing about this one is you can save up a ton of money, especially if you're young and you don't have a family that depends on you. And the reason for this is because you don't need to own a car or a house and those are usually the two biggest expenses. You can pretty much just live out of the truck and that way you get to save a ton of money on rent as well as car payments. So because of this, a lot of people are able to just bank money as a young person working as a truck driver. Now, of course, this gets a little bit harder as you grow older, you probably want to start a family, you're going to have to rent a house and have a car in that case. But this is also a great career if you want to travel and see the country. Now, of course, there's going to be a lot of downsides to this, especially if you're a long haul driver where you're going to be away from your family for weeks or even months at a time. But this is a really good one to look into. Number three on the list is going to be a property manager. So basically in layman's terms, let's say there's a landlord who owns like 20 or 30 houses and they've been managing it all by themselves. Eventually they get tired of managing all of those houses and getting those three o'clock calls in the middle of the night to fix their toilet. And so they look into hiring someone to do most of the work themselves. This is where the property manager comes in. There's somebody that you can hire to manage all of your properties. So in 2015, they were making on average $48,000 a year. In 2018, it was $52,000. And in 2019, it's $54,000. This is a one year wage growth of 3.51% and a four year wage growth of 13.3%. This is also another career where you do not have to have a college degree in order to get into it. You can get into property management right out of high school if you want to. It's kind of similar to being a real estate agent. So there's a ton of different things you do here. You would of course advertise to find tenants. You would also kick them out. If you have to, you'd be collecting rent. You'd be keeping up maintenance on the properties as well as maintaining the properties themselves. And you'd be taking care of all the legal aspects of owning and renting a property. It's a lot of work, but that's why they get paid so well. Number two on the list is going to be a claims adjuster. So this is basically the person that you talk to after you've gotten into an accident, for instance. So I'm sure a lot of people who are watching this video have been re-rendered or they've had a minor accident before. So you give your insurance company a call. You tell them what happened. And then a few days later, somebody calls you back and that person is usually the claims adjuster. So in 2015, they were making $48,000 a year. In 2018, they're making $53,000. And in 2019, they're making $55,000 a year. This is a one year wage growth of 3.69% and a four year wage growth of 12.9%. This is another one where you don't have to have a degree in order to get into, although there will be some training. So you're going to spend quite a bit of your day talking to people on the phone about whatever accident happened to their house, whatever insurance claim that they're filing. For instance, you might be talking to people about the details of a car wreck. So a few years ago, I was driving on the Las Vegas Strip and all of a sudden I hear this huge crash right behind me, this huge bang sound. And then about half a second later, as I'm looking back, my car gets hit. So what basically happened here was the person who was parked right behind me at a stoplight got hit so hard that it actually hit that car into my car. So the person who hit them was going way too fast. Now of course the person who hit them tried to claim that the car that was in the middle hit me first, stopped all of a sudden and then they subsequently hit them. So the claims adjuster called me just to clarify details and I told them what really happened. And so the person who was in the very back was 100% responsible for the entire accident and the person in the middle and I had zero responsibility. As a car insurance claims adjuster, for instance, you'd be talking to different mechanics and all kinds of different people who might be working on the car that got into the accident. And in rare cases, you might even go and look at the car in person. Number one on the list is going to be a financial advisor. Now this is a really good one. It's one I've talked about before on this channel. So you're basically going to be talking to everyday people and giving them advice on their personal finance needs. So in a roundabout way, I'm kind of a financial advisor, although I'm not talking one-on-one with people, I'm just giving advice on my YouTube videos. But this is a really good career and I think it's one that's getting more and more popular and you'll be giving people advice on investing, saving, you know, getting real estate as well as planning for retirement. Now in 2015, they were making around $48,000 a year. In 2018, it's $54,000. And in 2019, it's $57,000. So this is a one-year wage growth of 4.8%, which is insane, and a four-year wage growth of about 17.8%. Again, this one makes me really happy because I like seeing normal people get educated about personal finance. I think this is something that should be taught in school. It should be mandatory, but for some reason it isn't. Now I will say that not all financial advisors give the best advice when it comes to investing. I've done extensive research on this and I've seen some here on YouTube that will give you good advice, but not the best advice. So for instance, I always advise investing in what's known as an index fund and you can look that up if you haven't already. I've made many videos about it. However, a lot of personal financial advisors will tell you to invest in a mutual fund, which is similar to an index fund, but it's just not quite as good. The big difference there is a lot of mutual funds will give some type of incentive to people in order to recommend their service. So the personal financial advisor will likely get some kind of payment for you if you decide to sign up. Whereas with index funds, that's really rare just because of the fact that there's such a low cost in order to sign up for an index fund. They don't really make all that much money off of you. So again, this is good advice, but it's not great advice. I'm not saying they're scammers or anything like that. I'm just saying that they're not giving you the best advice because of the fact that they're incentivized to give you the second best advice. Another thing that I've been seeing is them recommending that you sign up for life insurance when the truth is that not everybody needs life insurance. It's something that's good for a very specific type of person. It can be a great investment, but for the most part, there's quite a few people out there that absolutely do not need whole life insurance. They might be better with term insurance, for instance, but whole life insurance, you don't need it most of the time. But again, they're incentivized to get people to sign up for it. So a lot of people end up promoting that. If you haven't done it already, go ahead and smash the like button, hit the subscribe button, ring the notification bell, comment down below any thoughts, comments, criticisms, etc that you have on the video. And before you go, make sure to check out my other videos right here. I made them just for you.