The 5 highest paid careers in Colombia and with the highest demand

Meet the best positioned university programs in the market according to the Labor Observatory for Education and employment consultants.

Are you curious to know which are the highest paid careers in Colombia ? Do you think they will coincide with the most demanded degrees in our country?

Although the positions with more demand in Colombian territory are the engineer, coordinator, analyst, manager, professional practice, director, head of area and advisor . Many of them do not get such competitive compensation. That means that, although it may be easier to find a job in Colombia for any of these specialties, that position will not earn salaries as high as others. But wich ones?

Recently, the Ministry of Education presented the report prepared by the Labor Observatory for Education (OLE ) . This document, based on a study of the employment status of graduates of higher education institutions in the previous twelve months, allows us to know, among other things,  the 20 highest paid careers in Colombia .

Based on this, the Ministry's Sector Development Subdirectorate provided Universia with a list that may be useful to those who wish to clear up doubts as to which direction to direct their studies to have a better future . Know the results below and see the interactive table at the end of the note top paying engineering jobs

1.  Geology

According to the OLE measurements, graduates of Geology university programs in 2013 and employees in 2014 presented, on average, a linkage rate of 88% and a down payment salary of $ 3,327,357.

This makes these professionals, in charge of studying the composition of the soil of planet Earth, the most linked and best paid in Colombia.

2.  Medicine

The doctors, although they receive a lower average salary than the newly graduated geologists, are the professionals with the highest bonding rate of all: 94.20%.

This means that there are very few medical doctors who do not enter the labor market quickly. The average salary of these professionals is $ 3,017,283.

3.  Electromechanical Engineering

As defined by Antonio Nariño University, the Electromechanical Engineering degree  aims to train professionals trained to "design, innovate, project, direct, install, operate, control and maintain electromechanical systems and equipment at an industrial level."

According to the report, this program has a bonding rate of 93.50% and an average salary of $ 3,002,146.

4.  Mining Engineering

Mining engineering professionals, responsible for studying the exploitation and extraction of mineral resources from land, have a binding rate of 81.9% when they leave the labor market, as well as an average remuneration of $ 2,359,685. Discover which universities teach the Mining Engineering degree in Colombia .

5.  Statistics

Are you a friend of the numbers? Then consider this professional option. According to the OLE measurement, recent graduates of this career have a bonding rate of 89.20% and an average salary of $ 2,346,300.