Glassdoor: Of the top 25 U.S. jobs for 2015, 10 are in the tech industry

Career website Glassdoor today released its report on the “Best Jobs in America for 2015.” In the list of the top 25 jobs, 10 of the jobs were in tech, more than any other industry.

Glassdoor’s list is ordered by a job score the firm gives each position. This score (based on a 5-point scale ranging from 1.0 as very low to 5.0 as very high) is determined by three key factors weighted equally: earning potential, career opportunities rating, and number of open job listings.

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Without further ado, here is the list of the top 10 U.S. tech jobs:

1. Software Engineer
2. Database Administrator
3. Product Manager
4. Data Scientist
5. Solutions Architect
6. QA Engineer
7. Network Engineer
8. IT Project Manager
9. Mobile Developer
10. Sales Engineer

Only the first three tech jobs placed in the top 10 of the full list. Software engineer was #1 in tech, and it placed second overall. Database administrator was second in tech, but seventh overall, and product manager was third in tech, but eighth overall. Software engineer jobs were found to be in highest demand, while solutions architect positions had the highest average annual base salary among tech jobs.

Glassdoor’s report is based on what employees anonymously say about their employer. In this case, job titles that were considered had to have at least 75 salary reports and at least 75 career opportunity ratings shared by U.S.-based employees over the past year. Job openings per job title (normalized to account for similar titles for the same position) were counted by adding up the total number posted on Glassdoor over the past three months.

Here is the full list of 25 best jobs in the U.S.:

1. Physician Assistant: 4.8 job score, 45,484 job openings, $111,376 average base salary, 3.5 career opportunities rating
2. Software Engineer: 4.6 job score, 104,828 job openings, $98,074 average base salary, 3.3 career opportunities rating
3. Business Development Manager: 4.6 job score, 11,616 job openings, $94,907 average base salary, 3.5 career opportunities rating
4. Human Resources Manager: 4.6 job score, 8,073 job openings, $96,443 average base salary, 3.6 career opportunities rating
5. Finance Manager: 4.6 job score, 9,728 job openings, $122,865 average base salary, 3.4 career opportunities rating
6. Marketing Manager: 4.6 job score, 14,647 job openings, $100,130 average base salary, 3.4 career opportunities rating
7. Database Administrator: 4.5 job score, 9,790 job openings, $97,835 average base salary, 3.4 career opportunities rating
8. Product Manager: 4.5 job score, 10,294 job openings, $113,363 average base salary, 3.3 career opportunities rating
9. Data Scientist: 4.4 job score, 3,449 job openings, $104,476 average base salary, 3.8 career opportunities rating
10. Sales Manager: 4.4 job score, 26,193 job openings, $76,556 average base salary, 3.3 career opportunities rating
11. Solutions Architect: 4.4 job score, 3,982 job openings, $121,657 average base salary, 3.4 career opportunities rating
12. Mechanical Engineer: 4.4 job score, 16,065 job openings, $73,015 average base salary, 3.3 career opportunities rating
13. QA Engineer: 4.3 job score, 26,383 job openings, $77,499 average base salary, 3.2 career opportunities rating
14. Business Analyst: 4.3 job score, 21,337 job openings, $74,638 average base salary, 3.2 career opportunities rating
15. Electrical Engineer: 4.3 job score, 10,435 job openings, $76,803 average base salary, 3.3 career opportunities rating
16. Network Engineer: 4.3 job score, 14,092 job openings, $87,518 average base salary, 3.2 career opportunities rating
17. Civil Engineer: 4.3 job score, 6,120 job openings, $73,383 average base salary, 3.5 career opportunities rating
18. Audit Manager: 4.3 job score, 4,585 job openings, $69,271 average base salary, 3.9 career opportunities rating
19. Physical Therapist: 4.3 job score, 27,579 job openings, $64,806 average base salary, 3.2 career opportunities rating
20. IT Project Manager: 4.3 job score, 5,700 job openings, $103,710 average base salary, 3.2 career opportunities rating
21. Client Services Manager: 4.2 job score, 2,377 job openings, $103,736 average base salary, 3.7 career opportunities rating
22. Supply Chain Manager: 4.2 job score, 3,754 job openings, $83,795 average base salary, 3.4 career opportunities rating
23. Mobile Developer: 4.2 job score, 4,651 job openings, $79,810 average base salary, 3.3 career opportunities rating
24. Nurse Practitioner: 4.2 job score, 15,341 job openings, $95,171 average base salary, 3.1 career opportunities rating
25. Sales Engineer: 4.2 job score, 6,007 job openings, $91,318 average base salary, 3.2 career opportunities rating