[Greece Greek Pharmacist Drugs]REUTERS/John Kolesidis * Some high-paying jobs allow employees to work less than the typical American. * Using Census data, we found 13 jobs where you can work less than 40 hours per week and earn a high annual salary. * Dentists, optometrists, and pharmacists were at the top of the list. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. More and more people are interested in a shorter workweek. In its survey of over 3,000 workers, Kronos Workforce Institute found roughly 40% of full-time Americans want a four-day workweek. Some companies have experimented with a shorter workweek to observe its potential benefits, including its effect on productivity. However, there are some jobs where employees already typically work less than 40 hours and still earn a large income. To find jobs that allow you to maintain work-life balance but still get paid well, we analyzed US Census data for about 478 occupations distilled by the Minnesota Population Center's 2018 American Community Survey Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. According to this data, the average working American logs about 40 hours a week, and the average earned income — a sum of wage, salary, and business income — across all occupations is over $58,000. While some may work more or less than the average depending on their employer or where they are in their career, people with the following professions report typically working an average of less than 40 hours a week and estimated average total earnings of at least $70,000 a year. We included only specific occupations and excluded catchall occupation categories, like "other psychologists." Read on to see the 13 highest-paying jobs where the typical employee works less than 40 hours a week sorted by average annual income, along with their responsibilities according to the Labor Department's Occupational Information Network (O*NET) description: 13. COURT REPORTERS Comstock/Getty Images AVERAGE INCOME: $70,000 AVERAGE HOURS TYPICALLY WORKED A WEEK: 39.10 WHAT THEY DO: Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. 12. AUDIOLOGISTS Rachel Murray/Getty Images AVERAGE INCOME: $72,000 AVERAGE HOURS TYPICALLY WORKED A WEEK: 37.61 WHAT THEY DO: Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. 11. PHYSICAL THERAPISTS David Rogers/Getty Images AVERAGE INCOME: $75,000 AVERAGE HOURS TYPICALLY WORKED A WEEK: 38.52 WHAT THEY DO: Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury. SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER SEE ALSO: * 35 of the most powerful women in the world in 2020 * 11 charts that track the progress America has made in racial equality — and all the visceral ways we still have left to go * Do these 2 simple things every night if you want to be more productive in the morning SEE ALSO: THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IN THE FASTEST-GROWING JOBS IN AMERICA DON'T MISS: THE 25 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR, BASED ON EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION
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