12 high-paying jobs for people who love to talk

Being a Chatty Cathy isn't always a bad thing - especially if you're an eloquent speaker.

Turns out a lot of lucrative jobs require strong verbal communication skills. So, all you articulate chatterboxes out there may be able to cash in on your gabbiness.

Business Insider recently combed through the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a US Department of Labor database that compiles detailed information on hundreds of jobs, and looked at salary data on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' website to find positions with a median annual salary of over $70,000 that require strong "oral expression" skills.

O*NET ranks how important "the ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand" is in any job, assigning each an "oral importance importance level" between 1 and 100.

Here are 12 high-paying positions with an importance level of 90 or higher: