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How climate change impacts extreme weather across America

December 14, 2021 at 10:06 p.m.

Increased drought could lead to food instability | Increased food prices and food insecurity likely will result as droughts intensify in both frequency and severity, according to C2ES. When droughts...

50 cute baby names with holiday meanings

November 15, 2021 at 7:34 p.m.

50 cute baby names with holiday meanings | Stacker compiled a list of 50 baby names with holiday meanings. (Canva) Jesus | It's impossible to discuss holiday-themed names without mentioning...

Depending on your occupation, where you live has a big effect on what you earn. Stacker shows which states pay the highest wages for some of the most popular jobs in the United States. What you learn might help you match your occupation with the right location.

Highest-paying state for 50 different jobs

March 29, 2021 at 6:58 p.m.

Depending on your occupation, where you live has a big effect on what you earn. Stacker shows which states pay the highest wages for some of the most popular jobs...

From the dawn of e-commerce in 1994 to today, Amazon evolved from an online bookstore to a global corporate powerhouse. Stacker chronicled how it happened.

Inside Amazon: America’s biggest online retailer

February 8, 2021 at 3:19 p.m.

From the dawn of e-commerce in 1994 to today, Amazon evolved from an online bookstore to a global corporate powerhouse. Stacker chronicled how it happened. For more galleries visit Stacker...

States that pay their politicians the most

May 20, 2022 at 2:14 p.m.

Depending on the position, a politician can stand to make a good living. If you're planning to get rich on a politician's salary, however, stay away from Maine. Their state...

How Christmas is celebrated around the world

December 2, 2020 at 5:54 p.m.

Stacker shows you how Christmas is celebrated around the world.

Stacker chronicles some of the most important, outrageous, most consequential moments in sports history. Told through the language of headline writers over the course of 100 years, these moments defined a century of sports.

Major sports headlines from the year you were born

January 19, 2021 at 6:20 p.m.

Stacker chronicles some of the most important, outrageous, most consequential moments in sports history. Told through the language of headline writers over the course of 100 years, these moments defined...

JOBS WITH THE HIGHEST VARIANCE IN PAY | Some careers come with a reasonably predictable salary spectrum that gives job hunters a good idea of what they can expect to earn when entering the field and advancing in their careers. Others, not so much.

In some industries, those in the bottom 10th percentile of earners take home less than the country's median salary—$39,810, according to <a href="https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/home.htm">Bureau of Labor Statistics data from May 2019</a>—while those in the 90th percentile earn into the six figures, sometimes more than $200,000 per year.

This list explores 50 occupations with a six-figure gulf between those in the profession who earn the least and those who earn the most, all of whom do the same job—technically, at least.

In some industries, like postsecondary education, two different professors could earn radically different salaries depending on whether they work at a private university, public college, or junior college. Their pay might vary based on their tenure status, their history of securing grants or other awards, or the amount of research they've published.

Salaries in other industries, like sales, are based mainly on commission, which means earnings can vary wildly based on factors like the quality of leads, the competitiveness of the industry, and, of course, the salesperson's talent for selling.

Using 2019 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' <a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm">Occupational Employment Statistics</a>, released on March 31, 2020, <a href="https://stacker.com/">Stacker</a> compiled the top 50 jobs with the highest variance in annual pay between the 90th percentile and the 10th percentile. Jobs with "all other" in the name were excluded, as these were aggregates of several jobs, and the wage data was not accurate to one specific job.

Keep reading to learn about the careers where the pay variance is so vast that the difference between the lowest earners and the highest is often more than the entire salary of those on the bottom end of the pay scale.

Talk about a raise: These are the 50 jobs with the highest pay variance

October 1, 2020 at 9:41 p.m.

Using 2019 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics, Stacker examines which jobs have the biggest gaps between the highest-paid employees and the lowest-paid employees. Visit...

Steve Young | Average passing yards rank, first 5 seasons: 36.6 - First season in top 15: #14 in 8th season - Best season rank: #2 in 11th season.

NFL late bloomer quarterbacks

September 9, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Stacker profiles the quarterbacks who got late jumps in hitting their strides. The timeline ranges from the 1930s to today.

Looking for a great read without actually having to read? These audiobooks have sold the most copies and earned the most glowing reviews.

50 bestselling audiobooks

August 26, 2020 at 1:44 p.m.

Looking for a great read without actually having to read? These audiobooks have sold the most copies and earned the most glowing reviews, according to Audible.

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