Highest-Paying Jobs of 2021: If you’re an IT professional wondering where you should set your sights in 2021 to bump up your earnings, below is a list of jobs that are likely to pay the most in the new year.

Several reports agree that ‘Data Scientist’ is the sexist job of the 21st century. Not suprising then that it is at the top of the list highest paid jobs.

A Data Scientist is a professional who makes use of different statistical methods, data analysis techniques, and machine learning to comprehend and analyze data to arrive at crucial business conclusions.

A data scientist is required to be proficient in Microsoft Excel, SQL, etc. and know programming languages like Python, R, and Java. In addition, they also need to understand machine learning and deep learning concepts, and be familiar with Apache Hive, Pig, Spark etc.

A data scientist with a fair amount of experience can make up to US$800K in the US, and in India, nearly 90 lakh rupees per annum.