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America's Top 50 Salaries


By CareerBuilder.com

It's only natural that you're curious. Who doesn't want to sneak a peek at the paychecks of America's wealthiest workers?

In the spirit of disclosure, here's a look at the median salaries of America's 50 highest-paying jobs, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The list of America's top earners contains many expected results (chief executives and lawyers), as well as some that may come as a surprise (air traffic controllers, construction managers). And, of course, there's proof positive that it pays to have an MD: surgeons and physicians dominate the list.

1. Surgeons -- $177,690

2. Anesthesiologists -- $174,240

3. Obstetricians and Gynecologists -- $171,810

4. Orthodontists -- $163,410

5. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons -- $160,660

6. Internists, General -- $156,550

7. Psychiatrists -- $146,150

8. Prosthodontists -- $146,080

9. Family and General Practitioners -- $140,370

10. Chief Executives -- $139,810

11. Pediatricians, General -- $139,230

12. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers -- $135,040

13. Dentists, General -- $133,680

14. Podiatrists -- $111,250

15. Lawyers -- $110,520

16. Air Traffic Controllers -- $105,820

17. Engineering Managers -- $105,470

18. Computer and Information Systems Managers -- $102,360

19. Marketing Managers -- $101,990

20. Astronomers -- $101,360

21. Natural Sciences Managers -- $99,140

22. Sales Managers -- $98,510

23. Petroleum Engineers -- $97,350

24. Financial Managers -- $96,620

25. Law Teachers, Postsecondary -- $95,570

26. Optometrists -- $95,500

27. General and Operations Managers -- $95,470

28. Computer and Information Scientists, Research -- $94,030

29. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates -- $91,500

30. Physicists -- $91,480

31. Actuaries -- $90,760

32. Nuclear Engineers -- $90,690

33. Industrial-Organizational Psychologists -- $89,980

34. Human Resources Managers -- $89,950

35. Pharmacists -- $88,650

36. Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents -- $87,990

37. Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners -- $87,630

38. Computer Hardware Engineers -- $87,170

39. Public Relations Managers -- $85,820

40. Aerospace Engineers -- $85,450

41. Political Scientists -- $84,820

42. Physical Scientists -- $84,380

43. Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software -- $84,310

44. Personal Financial Advisors -- $82,970

45. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary -- $82,450

46. Chiropractors -- $82,060

47. Industrial Production Managers -- $81,960

48. Construction Managers -- $81,760

49. Purchasing Managers -- $81,440

50. Advertising and Promotions Managers -- $81,250









Where you at on the list?

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PrivateSoftcore

So where on that list does an undergraduate history or english degree place me

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v6RIOT

Brad96StangGT

-$100,000/yr.

pb24dagrk

#17

i love my career

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3kds1dg

that would be in the "Thanks for the Pizza Kid now get off of my porch!" catageory

KickerStang

46. Chiropractors -- $82,060

The bad thing about this study is this only takes into account the chiros that are still in practice and not even the ones that failed. And this probably includes being an associate in some other doc's practice which sucks as far as pay goes. This does seem really low though. I have seen some studies where they break it down by how long you have been in practice etc. This is close to the entry level for being in practice less than 5 years.

The good thing is since you own your own practice and you can make as much as your ambition lies. So you got some docs who have been practicing 20 years and they have made their money and now they are only working a couple of hours per day 3 days per week seeing 30-50 patients per week and you got some docs that are in their first 5-10 years of practice seeing 500-1000 per week. There is a big differnce in income potential...

v6RIOT

i dont know how accurate that pay is though... i wouldnt work for 180K as a surgeon

PrivateSoftcore

making copies and faxes in an civil engineering office doesn't mean you are an actual civil engineer

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beanbat

My job isn't on that list, but my salary falls at #16.

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phllp4656

Most surgeons make well over that, especially if they specialize. My friends dad is in orthopedics and makes over 1 mil/year. Of course, he's an exception.
<-leaning towards anesthesiology

phllp4656

LUCC

Where is pro athelete on that list?
Musicians too.

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FemmeFDI

nuclear engineers are below podiatrists. that sucks.

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PrivateSoftcore

I think the average musician makes like $10,000 a year, and that's with all the multimilionare musicians averaged in

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pb24dagrk

all they do is sit around monitoring equipment....if homer simpson can do it

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pb24dagrk

werd

one of my friend's dad is an established doctor and he makes well into the million dollar range

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KickerStang

Exactly. Closer to $250k...

v6RIOT

ortho = $$$$$$

95% chance ill be doing IM and even then there is no way id work for less than 180K (not including % of what i bill)