1. Chief Information Officer (CIO)

CIOs are top IT executives who direct and lead their respective organization's technological strategies. These professionals supervise how information is stored, processed and communicated to help a company achieve its objectives.

Gone are the days which asserted the death of the CIO role. Presently, CIOs are being viewed as not only essential, but are highly sought-after as a strategic partner within the C Suite (an organizations most important senior executive) as per the experts. Technology is a major competitive differentiator and having a hardened, progressive and forward-thinking, CIO can be a boon.

With a median wage that is approximately in the range of 11.83 lakh to 75.53 lakh (according to PayScale) per annum, this line of work garnered the top honors in the list of IT jobs with the highest pay.

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