America’s 25 Best Paying Jobs
Out of 25 best paying jobs 13 are from medicine or related fields and 12 from all other professions.
| Career | Mean Annual Wage | One-Year Change | No. In Employment |
| Anesthesiologists | $184,340 | 5.8% | 29,890 |
| Surgeons | $184,150 | 3.6% | 51,900 |
| Obstetricians And Gynecologists | $178,040 | 3.6% | 22,520 |
| Orthodontists | $176,900 | 8.3% | 5,200 |
| Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons | $164,760 | 2.6% | 5,320 |
| Internists, General | $160,860 | 2.8% | 48,700 |
| Prosthodontists | $158,940 | 8.8% | 480 |
| Psychiatrists | $149,990 | 2.6% | 24,730 |
| Family And General Practitioners | $149,850 | 6.8% | 109,400 |
| Chief Executives | $144,600 | 3.4% | 299,520 |
| Physicians& Surgeons, All Other | $142,220 | 2.4% | 208,960 |
| Pediatricians, General | $141,440 | 1.6% | 28,930 |
| Dentists, General | $140,950 | 5.4% | 86,110 |
| Airline Pilots, Copilots & Flight Engineers | $140,380 | 4.0% | 75,810 |
| Podiatrists | $118,500 | 6.5% | 9,020 |
| Lawyers | $113,660 | 2.8% | 547,710 |
| Air Traffic Controllers | $110,270 | 4.2% | 23,240 |
| Engineering Managers | $110,030 | 4.3% | 183,960 |
| Dentists, All Other Specialists | $108,340 | 6.3% | 4,560 |
| Natural Sciences Managers | $107,970 | 8.9% | 38,660 |
| Marketing Managers | $107,610 | 5.5% | 159,950 |
| Computer And Information Systems Managers | $107,250 | 4.8% | 251,210 |
| Sales Managers | $102,730 | 4.3% | 307,960 |
| Petroleum Engineers | $101,620 | 4.4% | 15,060 |
| Financial Managers | $101,450 | 5.0% | 468,270 |
Notes
The numbers are drawn from the U.S. government’s National, State and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates.
The latest ones available use 2006 data and are based on a national survey of employers of every size and in all industry sectors. They examine 800 occupations.
The survey covers full- and part-time workers who are paid a wage or salary. It does not include the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, household workers and unpaid family workers.
It asks about basic pay, incentive bonuses and commissions, but not overtime pay or non-wage compensation, such as stock options.
Year-earlier comparisons are to the 2005 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates.
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