Instant Alert: The 17 highest-paying jobs for people who are great at multitasking

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   The 17 highest-paying jobs for people who are great at multitasking by Alexa Pipia and Jacquelyn Smith on Mar 30, 2016, 11:12 AM Advertisement If you pride yourself on being able to juggle multiple tasks at once, a job that requires you to sit at a desk and concentrate on the same task all day might not be the best fit.  Fortunately, there are a number of high-paying careers for multitaskers.  We recently combed through data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a US Department of Labor database that compiles detailed information on hundreds of jobs, to find the jobs that have a high "time sharing" importance score. We then we checked the US Bureau of Labor Statistics to find which of those  jobs pay an average salary of over $60,000 a year. O*NET judges how important "the ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information" is in any job, assigning each a score between one and 100. Positions that require more multitasking, like pilot or taxi driver, rank between 60 and 100, while jobs such as costume attendant and technical writer received scores under 25. Here are the 17 highest-paying jobs for multitaskers: SEE ALSO: 22 high-paying jobs for people who hate math 17. Instructional coordinator Average annual salary: $64,040 Multitasking importance: 53 Coordinators are responsible for creating instructional material, arranging educational content, and bringing current technology into fields to help educators and instructors that are responsible for developing a curriculum for a course. They are also considered educational consultants and instructional material directors. 16. First-line supervisor of mechanics, installers, or repairers Average annual salary: $64,670 Multitasking importance: 53 These first-line supervisors supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. 15. Food scientist or technologist Average annual salary: $66,870 Multitasking importance: 53 Food scientists and technologists analyze food to determine nutritional makeup. They study what causes food to deteriorate and research ways to process and package food. The job combines knowledge of chemistry, microbiology, and engineering. See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011