Jobs with the Greatest Gains

While nurses are not nearly as well-paid as chief executives, their salaries are rising faster. That's one of many revealing data points in a Bureau of Labor Statistics study of compensation for the top 100 U.S. job categories, from 2000 to 2009. Is one of them yours?

Getty Images

1: General and Operations Managers

2009 salary: $92,650*

Gain in pay from 2000 to 2009: 51 percent

*All data courtesy of Bureau of Labor Statistics

2: Financial Managers

2009 salary: $101,190

Gain in pay from 2000 to 2009: 51 percent

Getty Images

3: Computer and Information Systems Managers

2009 salary: $113,720

Gain in pay from 2000 to 2009: 44 percent

4: Registered Nurses

2009 salary: $63,750

Gain in pay from 2000 to 2009: 42 percent

Getty Images

5: Sales Managers

2009 salary: $96,790

Gain in pay from 2000 to 2009: 41 percent

6: Chief Executives

2009 salary: $160,720

Gain in pay from 2000 to 2009: 41 percent

Getty Images

7: Accountants and Auditors

2009 salary: $60,340

Gain in pay from 2000 to 2009: 39 percent

8: Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

2009 salary: $24,540

Gain in pay from 2000 to 2009: 38 percent

Getty Images

9: Management Analysts

2009 salary: $75,250

Gain in pay from 2000 to 2009: 37

10: Pharmacy Technicians

2009 salary: $28,070

Gain in pay from 2000 to 2009: 36 percent

___

Popular Stories on Yahoo!:

• World's Most Valuable Brands

• Rush Limbaugh Falls for Strange Hoax

• Social Media Blackout Ignites Debate

___

Follow Yahoo! Finance on Twitter; become a fan on Facebook.