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High Paying Careers


High Paying Careers / Occupations

Career / Occupations Average Salary
Management Occupations $96,150
Legal Occupations $88,450
Computer and Mathematical Occupations $72,190
Architecture and Engineering Occupations $68,880
Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations $65,020
Business and Financial Operations Occupations $62,410
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations $62,020
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations $48,410
Education, Training, and Library Occupations $46,610
Total, all Occupations $40,690
Construction and Extraction Occupations $40,620
Community and Social Services Occupations $40,540
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations $39,930
Protective Service Occupations $38,750
Sales and Related Occupations $35,240
Production Occupations $31,310
Office and Administrative Support Occupations $31,200
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations $30,680
Healthcare Support Occupations $25,600
Personal Care and Service Occupations $23,980
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations $23,560
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations $22,640
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations $19,440


Top 10 Highest Paying Careers


Profession Average Salary % Change
Anesthesiologists $192,780 4.6%
Surgeons $191,410 3.9%
Orthodontists $185,340 4.8%
Obstetricians and Gynecologists $183,600 3.1%
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons $178,440 8.3%
Prosthodontists $169,360 6.6%
Internists, General $167,270 4.0%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other $155,150 9.1%
Family and General Practitioners $153,640 2.5%
Chief Executives $151,370 4.7%


Top 10 Highest Paying Non-Medical Professions


Profession Average Salary % Change
Chief Executives $151,370 4.7%
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers $148,810 6.0%
Lawyers $118,280 4.1%
Engineering Managers $115,610 5.1%
Petroleum Engineers $113,890 12.1%
Computer and Information Systems Managers $113,880 6.2%
Marketing Managers $113,400 5.4%
Natural Sciences Managers $113,170 4.8%
Air Traffic Controllers $107,780 -2.3%
Sales Managers $106,790 4.0%


Highest Paying IT Jobs


IT Jobs / Professions Average Salary % Change
Computer and Information Scientists, Research $100,640 4.4%
Actuaries $95,420 3.9%
Mathematicians $90,930 4.8%
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software $90,780 4.0%
Computer Software Engineers, Applications $85,660 4.5%
Computer Systems Analysts $75,890 5.1%
Computer Specialists, All Other $72,310 4.2%
Computer and Mathematical Occupations $72,190 4.3%
Statisticians $72,150 4.4%
Computer Programmers $72,010 3.6%
Operations Research Analysts $71,640 3.7%
Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts $70,760 4.9%
Database Administrators $70,260 4.2%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators $67,850 4.0%
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other $61,100 -5.9%
Mathematical Technicians $48,490 5.4%
Computer Support Specialists $45,300 2.1%

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