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Despite a rocky 2018, the tech industry is still an attractive gig for millions of talented workers. Look no further than Glassdoor\u2019s \u201c50 Best Jobs in America for 2019\u201d for proof of that.<\/p>\n

Of the 50 jobs on this year\u2019s list, tech jobs constitute 19 of them, with the role of Data Scientist taking the top spot for the fourth year in a row, followed closely by Product Manager (#5), Devops Engineer (#6), Data Engineer (#8) and Software Engineer (#10). Glassdoor does not officially define the data scientist role, however these specialized workers essentially use their coding and analytical skills to organize large chunks of data.<\/p>\n

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Glassdoor\u2019s annual \u201c50 Best Jobs in America\u201d report lists the top 50 jobs with the highest \u201cGlassdoor Job Score.\u201d The score is calculated by weighing three factors, including the job\u2019s median annual base salary, the overall job satisfaction rating, and the number of postings for that role.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal published an investigation suggesting that some companies might enlist their own employees to boost their ratings.<\/p>\n

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According to Glassdoor, the data scientist role currently commands a median annual salary of $110,000 with a 4.3 out of 5 job satisfaction score on Glassdoor. Companies including Apple (AAPL), Lyft, Microsoft (MSFT), Caterpillar (CAT), Walmart (WMT) are just a few of the companies that have posted 6,500-plus job openings on the site.<\/p>\n

\u201cData scientists aren\u2019t only needed at tech companies but companies across industries, including healthcare and retail,\u201d says Glassdoor Economic Research Analyst Amanda Stansell. \u201cData scientists are needed to compile and analyze data that inform business decisions, especially as companies across industries continue to collect more data.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harvard Business Review, meanwhile, once called the job the \u201csexiest job of the 21st century.\u201d Those are sensational words, to be sure, but Michael Roytman, Chief Data Scientist at the San Francisco-based startup Kenna Security, contends data scientists are vital to companies\u2019 strategies, whether they\u2019re an agile 15-person startup or a long-established publicly traded company.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe job itself is niche and at the same time incredibly useful to the industry, and involves a broad skills applicable anywhere across the world: statistics, machine learning, visualization, productization, internal metrics, database development,\u201d Roytman explains. \u201cThe output can be a new product, a way to scale an expert\u2019s knowledge, or insight about the customers that can\u2019t be derived without data at scale. The most exciting part about being a data scientist is the ability to both analyze and use that insight to create. From insight to product: you get to be both creative and methodical and scientist, use every part of your brain.\u201d<\/p>\n

One tech job that debuted for the first time on Glassdoor\u2019s Best Jobs list? Security engineer (#17), a specialized field of engineering that focuses on shoring up security-related aspects in a company\u2019s design system. Given companies have made numerous headlines in recent years for hacks and data breaches, it\u2019s not surprising organization are looking to beef up all aspects of their security teams.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 19 tech jobs which made Glassdoor\u2019s \u201c50 Best Jobs in America for 2019<\/a>\u201d:<\/p>\n

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