OEWS Ranked
Highest Paying Healthcare Jobs
Healthcare pay spans certified nursing assistants to physicians. This ranking focuses on Healthcare Practitioners and Technical occupations (SOC 29) where credential intensity and specialty drive the top of the wage distribution.
$502,050
Top mean wage
$297,238
List average
25
Occupations ranked
National ranking
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| $502,050 | $502,050 | $241 | 1,190 | |
SOC: 29-1212 | $454,940 | $454,940 | $219 | 17,290 |
SOC: 29-1224 | $381,530 | $381,530 | $183 | 26,770 |
| $373,570 | $373,570 | $180 | 14,100 | |
| $363,939 | $364,360 | $175 | 49,490 | |
| $360,570 | $360,570 | $173 | 38,760 | |
| $346,490 | $346,490 | $167 | 4,910 | |
| $323,530 | $323,530 | $156 | 11,370 | |
| Find Dermatologists Jobs | ||||
| $317,480 | $317,480 | $153 | 32,880 | |
| $303,076 | $304,650 | $146 | 9,060 | |
| $285,420 | $285,420 | $137 | 11,110 | |
| $279,040 | $279,040 | $134 | 21,260 | |
SOC: 29-1210 | $277,212 | $277,260 | $133 | 755,310 |
SOC: 29-1223 | $269,940 | $269,940 | $130 | 27,980 |
SOC: 29-1217 | $267,630 | $267,630 | $129 | 10,590 |
| $267,200 | $267,200 | $128 | 67,150 | |
| Find General Internal Medicine Physicians Jobs | ||||
| $264,264 | $268,630 | $127 | 910 | |
SOC: 29-1023 | $259,400 | $259,400 | $125 | 6,210 |
| $255,820 | $255,820 | $123 | 107,510 | |
| $248,320 | $248,320 | $119 | 51,840 | |
| $248,320 | $248,320 | $119 | 51,840 | |
| $212,110 | $212,110 | $102 | 39,390 | |
| $202,266 | $202,280 | $97 | 141,750 | |
| $191,356 | $191,350 | $92 | 124,480 | |
| Find Dentists, General Jobs | ||||
SOC: 29-1080 | $175,480 | $175,480 | $84 | 9,680 |
Methodology
SOC major group 29 (Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations), ranked by national mean annual wage from BLS OEWS.
Full documentation: Wage Atlas methodology and data sources.