A recent survey by Money Magazine and Salary.com ranked the top job titles in the United States and found that <A HREF="http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=20184">software engineer positions are at the top of the list,</A> followed by college professors and financial advisers. The survey of 26,000 U.S. employees with 166 different job titles took into account such factors as potential growth, compensation, flexibility and stress levels, among others. Software engineers make an average yearly salary of $80,500, with a 10-year growth rate of 46 percent and an average of 44,800 jobs opening yearly, according to the survey. Computer IT analysts took the seventh ranking, with average yearly salaries of $83,500, a 10-year growth rate of 36 percent and an average of 67,300 job openings per year, according to the survey.