Highest Paying Occupations

Highest paying occupations: 20 occupations with the highest median annual pay.

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OCCUPATION	2021 MEDIAN PAY
Family medicine physicians	This wage is equal to or greater than $208,000 per year
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons	This wage is equal to or greater than $208,000 per year
Orthodontists	This wage is equal to or greater than $208,000 per year
Physicians, all other; and ophthalmologists, except pediatric	This wage is equal to or greater than $208,000 per year
Anesthesiologists	This wage is equal to or greater than $208,000 per year
General internal medicine physicians	This wage is equal to or greater than $208,000 per year
Obstetricians and gynecologists	This wage is equal to or greater than $208,000 per year
Surgeons, except ophthalmologists	This wage is equal to or greater than $208,000 per year
Psychiatrists	This wage is equal to or greater than $208,000 per year
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers	$202,180 per year
Nurse anesthetists	$195,610 per year
Chief executives	$179,520 per year
Dentists, all other specialists	$175,160 per year
Pediatricians, general	$170,480 per year
Dentists, general	$160,370 per year
Computer and information systems managers	$159,010 per year
Physicists	$152,430 per year
Architectural and engineering managers	$152,350 per year
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates	$148,030 per year
Podiatrists	$145,840 per year

Last Modified Date: Friday, April 29, 2022