Top 20 Occupations by Average Annual
Wage
|
| SOC Code |
Occupational Title |
Estimated Employment |
Average Hourly Wage |
Average Annual Wage |
| 29-1067 |
Surgeons |
2,010 |
$68.21 |
$141,870 |
| 29-1061 |
Anesthesiologists |
270 |
$68.05 |
$141,550 |
| 29-1064 |
Obstetricians and gynecologists |
** |
$67.35 |
$140,090 |
| 29-1020 |
Dentists |
1,480 |
$63.96 |
$133,040 |
| 29-1066 |
Psychiatrists |
140 |
$59.14 |
$123,000 |
| 29-1065 |
Pediatricians, general |
270 |
$57.99 |
$120,620 |
| 11-1011 |
Chief executives |
5,890 |
$55.91 |
$116,300 |
| 29-1062 |
Family and general practitioners |
700 |
$51.29 |
$106,690 |
| 29-1069 |
Physicians and surgeons, all other |
** |
$49.53 |
$103,020 |
| 11-9041 |
Engineering managers |
5,130 |
$43.76 |
$91,030 |
| 11-3021 |
Computer and information systems managers |
6,430 |
$43.02 |
$89,480 |
| 19-2012 |
Physicists |
350 |
$42.38 |
$88,140 |
| 23-1023 |
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
310 |
$42.34 |
$88,060 |
| 23-1011 |
Lawyers |
6,720 |
$41.69 |
$86,700 |
| 29-1081 |
Podiatrists |
40 |
$41.48 |
$86,290 |
| 53-2021 |
Air traffic controllers |
680 |
$41.20 |
$85,690 |
| 15-1011 |
Computer and information scientists, research |
240 |
$40.85 |
$84,970 |
| 17-2171 |
Petroleum engineers |
420 |
$40.60 |
$84,440 |
| 29-1041 |
Optometrists |
330 |
$39.41 |
$81,980 |
| 19-2032 |
Materials scientists |
** |
$39.38 |
$81,910 |
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