Salary's not everything, of course, but it can be useful to know which jobs for business majors currently pay the highest salaries or have the potential to pay the highest at mid-career. Our sister site ThinkAdvisor pulled data from PayScale's extensive College Salary Report for 2019. The College Salary Report collected alumni compensation data from 3.2 million employees, representing more than 4,000 universities across the U.S. to determine, among other things, mid-career salary potential of these jobs and related majors. Mid-career is figured as 10 years in the chosen field of work. To figure the salary, PayScale combined base annual salary or hourly wage, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime, and other forms of cash earnings, but not stock compensation.

Financial advisors still love their jobs more

In the business arena, most people are looking for a big payday but there are some jobs in the business world that are actually high on the meaningful side. Like last year's report, PayScale found that 70% of financial advisors said their jobs were meaningful, which is far above the 19 other jobs listed, with the closest, again, being finance director, at 56%. READ MORE: 6 companies with the very best retirement plans 10 industries with the best benefits packages 10 best cities for paying down debt

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Ronald Pechtimaldjian

Ron, who is Executive Editor of ThinkAdvisor, has worked for the website since 2010, when he helped design and launch the site. Previously, he was a staff editor at The New York Times News Service for 18 years, editing TimesDigest, a daily digest of The Times distributed worldwide. He also edited The New York Times International Weekly, a syndicated news section with a global readership of over 6 million. Ron received a B.S. in Communications from University of Texas at Austin. He also attended University of London, studying Art, Architecture and Theater.

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