What's your take on the best-paid graphic art jobs?

A few years ago, at the height of the boom, I learned to my delight that the companies that prepare stock-market IPOs pay a lot for artwork (investment bankers, financial printers). Also law firms on big-money corporate lawsuits. And, here in southern California, there's a current mini-boom for graphic artists to convert older movies like 'Bambi' into 3D [ Bambi Goes Ballistic? ] ...and continuing good graphics work in the military-industrial complex, e.g. Predator mission simulations. Take that, Bin Laden!

As a rule, jobs with a really tight, absolutely fixed deadline pay much better than others. And the customer has no time to make stupid changes or to play designer. You can charge more for an ad with an upcoming publication date than you can for a brochure with a flexible deadline. And some industries are just plain richer than others. Aerospace, cellular, pharmaceuticals vs. production art for your local newspaper...

Anyway, what have you run into? What pays the most money for the least work?

As a starting place, found this on the web today -- top five graphics jobs, they say:

"1. Graphic Designer for the Executive Branch of the United States Government: That’s right, the President of the United States has a team of graphic designers. These people receive the highest salaries out of any graphic designers in the country, not to mention the fact that you get to do graphic design for the President himself, making this job number one on the list of the top graphic design jobs and career pathways.

2. Animator: Companies like Pixar have really set the bar high when it comes to animated movies, and getting a chance to work with professionals who have been in the industry years is a great way to do what you love.

3. Video Game Artist: Getting to work on modern video games will allow graphic designers to really show their skills, and a huge array of different designers is needed for any given game. There are animators, modelers, concept artists, interface artists, FMV animators, and on and on. Working on games is a popular and lucrative business.

4. Web Design: There is always a huge demand for web design artists, and being at the forefront of electronic media is definitely a cool job.

5. Corporate Graphic Design: Designing things like corporate logos, the looks of different products, and even company stationary is a well-paid and fun position."

... and I'd add graphics for eLearning ... corporate training ... to the list. E-learning production always runs over budget and past deadline and they will throw money at the project trying to keep it on track.