Majors in business and engineering may maximize chances of getting a high-paying job

Most people go to college to get a high-paying job when they graduate. The problems is the jobs that pay a lot aren't always the jobs hiring and the jobs hiring aren't always the jobs that pay a lot. Here is the best of both. - photo by Matthew Jelalian

54e5468b5ea8875f35226a2d37498167d5cfe5e76242bbef3a318a34a61b75cc — Most people go to college to get a high-paying job when they graduate. The problems is the jobs that pay a lot aren't always the jobs hiring and the jobs hiring aren't always the jobs that pay a lot. Here is the best of both. - photo by Matthew Jelalian

Matthew Jelalian

Deseret News

Published: Apr 13, 2015, 3:49 PM

For many high school and college students, the main reason they prepare for and go to college is to have a stable, high-paying job after graduation. The trick is to find the major that will maximize job opportunities as well as earning power.

But jobs that pay well aren't always plentiful and those that are don't always come with a good salary.

Combining recent findings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics with a report from CNNMoney, it appears degrees in business and engineering are students' best bets for maximizing job-finding potential while at the same time securing a high paying job after graduation.

Vox reported on a recent study published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that ranked annual wages of 22 major occupational groups.

The top 10 are:

1. Management

2. Computer and mathematical

3. Legal

4. Architecture and engineering

5. Business and engineering

6. Health care practitioners and technical

7. Life, physical and social sciences

8. Education, training and library

9. Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media

10. Installation, maintenance and repair

Careers within the highest-paying occupational groups are not necessarily where the job openings are for new college grads.

For example, the BLSs Occupational Outlook Handbook states that graphic designers, who belong in the arts, design, entertainment, sports and media group, is only growing by 7 percent, which is slower than the average occupations job growth.

CNNMoney recently published a piece reporting on the top 10 fastest-growing professions in America. All 10 of these jobs happen to be in the BLS's 10 highest paid occupation groups reported on by Vox.

Below is CNNMoney's list of fastest growing jobs followed by the amount of growth they are predicted to experience in the next 10 years combined with the BLS occupational group (in parentheses) each of these jobs are are part of.

1. Info assurance analyst - 37 percent (computer and mathematical)

2. IT security consultant - 37 percent (computer and mathematical)

3. Hand therapist - 36 percent (health care practitioners and technical)

4. Lead physical therapist - 36 percent (health care practitioners and technical)

5. Product analyst - 32 percent (business and engineering)

6. Product marketing specialist - 32 percent (business and engineering)

7. Research analyst - 32 percent (business and engineering)

8. Marketing consultant - 32 percent (business and engineering)

9. Content strategist - 32 percent (business and engineering)

10. Laboratory supervisor - 30 percent (management)

As shown above, five of the fastest growing occupations are in the business and engineering group.

Record April boosts Savannah's container trade at port

The Port of Savannah moved 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units in April, an increase of 7.1 percent. - photo by Provided

GardenCityTerminal — The Port of Savannah moved 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units in April, an increase of 7.1 percent. - photo by Provided

Bryan County News

Updated: May 23, 2018, 1:59 AM

Published: May 23, 2018, 2:00 AM

The Georgia Ports Authority's busiest April ever pushed its fiscal year-to-date totals to more than 3.4 million 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), an increase of 8.8 percent, or 280,000 TEUs, compared to the first 10 months of fiscal 2017.

"We're on track to move more than 300,000 TEUs in every month of the fiscal year, which will be a first for the authority," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. "We're also anticipating this to be the first fiscal year for the Port of Savannah to handle more than 4 million TEUs."

April volumes reached 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units, up 7.1 percent or 23,700 units. As the fastest growing containerport in the nation, the Port of Savannah has achieved a compound annual growth rate of more than 5 percent a year over the past decade.

"As reported in the recent economic impact study by UGA's Terry College of Business, trade through Georgia's deepwater ports translates into jobs, higher incomes and greater productivity," said GPA Board Chairman Jimmy Allgood. "In every region of Georgia, employers rely on the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to help them become more competitive on the global stage."

To strengthen the Port of Savannah's ability to support the state's future economic growth, the GPA Board approved $66 million in terminal upgrades, including $24 million for the purchase of 10 additional rubber-tired gantry cranes.

"The authority is committed to building additional capacity ahead of demand to ensure the Port of Savannah remains a trusted link in the supply chain serving Georgia and the Southeast," Lynch said.

The crane purchase will bring the fleet at Garden City Terminal to 156 RTGs. The new cranes will support three new container rows, which the board approved in March. The additional container rows will increase annual capacity at the Port of Savannah by 150,000 TEUs.

The RTGs will work over stacks that are five containers high and six deep, with a truck lane running alongside the stacks. Capable of running on electricity, the cranes will have a lift capacity of 50 metric tons.

The cranes will arrive in two batches of five in the first and second quarters of calendar year 2019.

Also at Monday's meeting, the GPA Board elected its officers, with Jimmy Allgood as chairman, Will McKnight taking the position of vice chairman and Joel Wooten elected as the next secretary/treasurer.

For more information, visit gaports.com, or contact GPA Senior Director of Corporate Communications Robert Morris at (912) 964-3855 or rmorris@gaports.com.

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