28 December 2023

Occupations in San Diego - What a Ranking of Average Pay Reveals About the Value We Place On the Heart

Here's a list of occupations for San Diego County.

Curiously, radiologists top the list for average annual salary, followed by cardiologists and then by psychiatrists. So the order of value apparently is first wanting to know the condition of your heart, then addressing any obstacles to its main job of keeping you alive, and then finally, how what is is in your heart makes you feel
. These three heart-related occupations are the only ones that pay an average of more than $300,000 a year.

Even when it comes to careers, it appears that what we value most are matters of the heart.

What did Don Henley sing?

I've been tryin' to get down
To the heart of the matter
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's about
Forgiveness, forgiveness
Even if, even if
You don't love me anymor
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The full list is here:
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_41740.htm#00-0000


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