America's 20 fastest growing salaries - Which jobs saw the best pay increases in the past year?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/q8/ar5l5ty6zwjtb46rylq8.gif?time=12/10/2010%205:25:13%20pm" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/q8/ar5l5ty6zwjtb46rylq8.gif?time=12/10/2010%205:25:13%20pm" /></a></div>America's 20 fastest growing salaries - Which jobs saw the best pay increases in the past year?<br />Anthony Balderrama, CareerBuilder Writer <br /><br />When you interview for a job, conventional wisdom says you shouldn't bring up salary. Let the employer broach the topic first. After all, the last thing you want is to give the impression that you're only taking the job for the money.<br /><br />If you think about it, the whole formality of salary discussion is strange. Understandably, an employer wants someone who is passionate about the job. But we all know that money is important, otherwise you'd be volunteering full time.<br /><br />While salary is probably not the only motivation you have for choosing a job, it is an important one. Websites like CBSalary.com and the Bureau of Labor Statistics contain salary information for thousands of jobs so that you can find out what your position typically pays and how it compares with other parts of the country. For example, the average hourly pay increased 1.7 percent over the last year. Did you fare as well?<br /><br />Here, at the comfort of your computer monitor, you don't have to pretend that money means nothing to you. If you're frustrated with the compensation trends for your job, you can vent and no one will know. Or you can see what other industries pay, just out of curiosity.<br /><br />To appease your curiosity or give you some direction for your next job hunt, we put together a list of some of America's fastest growing salaries. Their year-over-year pay increases outpaced the national average by several percentage points.<br /><br />Here are 20 of the jobs with the fastest growing salaries*:<br /><br />Endodontist<br />2009 salary: $141,373<br />2010 salary: $166,874<br />Increase: 18.03 percent<br /><br />Oral pathologist<br />2009 salary: $159,759<br />2010 salary: $188,577<br />Increase: 18.03 percent<br /><br />Periodontist<br />2009 salary: $150,023<br />2010 salary: $177,084<br />Increase: 18.03 percent<br /><br />Pharmacologist<br />2009 salary: $90,012<br />2010 salary: $99,370<br />Increase: 10.39 percent<br /><br />Toxicologist<br />2009 salary: $63,655<br />2010 salary: $70,273<br />Increase: 10.39 percent<br /><br />Academic dean<br />2009 salary: $93,126<br />2010 salary: $100,771<br />Increase: 8.2 percent<br /><br />Dean of student affairs<br />2009 salary: $86,201<br />2010 salary: $93,278<br />Increase: 8.2 percent<br /><br />Director of nursing school<br />2009 salary: $72,315<br />2010 salary: $78,252<br />Increase: 8.2 percent<br /><br />Experimental psychologist<br />2009 salary: $86,010<br />2010 salary: $93,057<br />Increase: 8.19 percent<br /><br />Social psychologist<br />2009 salary: $79,272<br />2010 salary: $85,766<br />Increase: 8.19 percent<br /><br />Numerical control programmer<br />2009 salary: $57,945<br />2010 salary: $62,620<br />Increase: 8.06 percent<br /><br />General surgeon<br />2009 salary: $317,494<br />2010 salary: $342,971<br />Increase: 8.02 percent<br /><br />Medical officer<br />2009 salary: $476,753<br />2010 salary: $515,010<br />Increase: 8.02 percent<br /><br />Neurosurgeon<br />2009 salary: $465,937<br />2010 salary: $503,326<br />Increase: 8.02 percent<br /><br />Orthopedic surgeon<br />2009 salary: $346,076<br />2010 salary: $373,847<br />Increase: 8.02 percent<br /><br />Plastic surgeon<br />2009 salary: $264,349<br />2010 salary: $285,561<br />Increase: 8.02 percent<br /><br />Orthopedic podiatrist<br />2009 salary: $179,889<br />2010 salary: $193,920<br />Increase: 7.79 percent<br /><br />Early childhood development teacher<br />2009 salary: $34,418<br />2010 salary: $37,072<br />Increase: 7.71 percent<br /><br />Insurance salesperson<br />2009 salary: $49,121<br />2010 salary: $52,743 <br />Increase: 7.37 percent<br /><br />Credit reference clerk<br />2009 salary: $28,549<br />2010 salary: $30,393<br />Increase: 6.45 percent<br /><br />*Based on data from the ERI Economic Research Institute, Inc.<br /><br />Anthony Balderrama is a writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com and its job blog, The Work Buzz. He researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues.

America's 20 fastest growing salaries - Which jobs saw the best pay increases in the past year?

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