The first has an annual salary of $144,000

Jennifer Liu – CNBC

Legions of highly paid tech workers say they plan to leave their jobs, and health workers are not far behind.

Workers in these two fields dominate Payscale’s latest list of the top jobs that employees said they planned to leave within six months, based on data provided by more than 770,000 US workers between November 2022 and October 2023.

Not even six-figure salaries are enough To keep some workers in their jobs. A majority of senior managers, 66%, said last year that they planned to find a new job, even though their average annual salary was $144,000.

These are the 15 jobs workers are eager to leave:

• Senior Product Manager: 66% looking for a new job; Average salary: $144,000.
• Phlebotomist: 62% are looking for a new job; Average salary: $39,300.
• Line cook: 62% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $32,200.
• Patient Care Technician: 61% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $37,700.
• Emergency Nurse: 60% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $79,100.
• Patient Services Representative: 59% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $39,600.
• Cybersecurity Analyst: 59% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $82,900.

• Welding, cutting, copper: 58% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $48,400.
• Forklift Operator: 58% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $39,800.
• IT Administrator: 58% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $132,000.
• Intensive care nurse: 58% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $80,700.
• Retail sales representative: 58% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $30,700.
• Computer software development engineer: 58% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $86,800.
• Senior Data Analyst: 58% are looking for a new job. Average salary: $97,100.
• Patient Care Coordinator: 58% are looking for a new job. Average salary is $46,300.

According to Lexi Clark, chief human resources officer at Payscale, many workers say they are quitting due to a combination of an unstable economy, return-to-office commitments and stressful work environments.

Product managers, in particular, may have been dismayed by the large number of layoffs in the technology sector and made plans to find… More job security Clark said elsewhere.

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These senior managers may have had to work with limited resources during layoffs at their companies. “Downsizing impacts remaining employees, can impact their daily lives and workload, and can lead to more fatigue,” Clark told CNBC Make It.

This is especially true in the healthcare sector, which is notorious for high rates of burnout and employee turnover due to a stressful work environment. To address systemic issues, “the first thing the health sector can focus on is making sure it has the right number of people in those roles,” Clark said. “Making sure they’re paid fairly is another big part of it.”

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Workers may consider taking advantage of pay transparency data, now required in some states, to find higher-paying jobs elsewhere. According to Payscale, average wage growth rose 5.4% year over year in October. Employees tend to get… Much larger salary increases When they join a new company.

Layoffs may continue to slow in the new year, although much depends on the state of the economy, according to Clark.

According to Payscale data, companies expect an average salary increase of 3.8% for next year. Other data shows that the gap between wage growth and inflation is narrowing, but it may take until the end of 2024 to close for good.

“The stress of dealing with salaries “In an uncertain economy, inflation is a reality and could contribute to resignations,” Clark said.