OEWS Ranked
Best Paying Jobs in the United States
These are the highest-paid occupations in the federal OEWS survey — employer-reported wages, not job-board estimates. Rankings use national mean annual wage; open any row for state-level percentiles, real (RPP-adjusted) pay, and outlook.
$502,050
Top mean wage
$309,469
List average
25
Occupations ranked
National ranking
Click any occupation for state-level salaries, percentiles, and real (cost-of-living adjusted) pay.
| $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 | |
| $291,342 | $288,650 | $140 | 203,140 | |
| $285,420 | $285,420 | $137 | 11,110 | |
| $279,040 | $279,040 | $134 | 21,260 | |
SOC: 29-1210 | $277,212 | $277,260 | $133 | 755,310 |
| $270,999 | $269,630 | $130 | 234,930 | |
| $270,999 | $269,630 | $130 | 234,930 | |
| Find Chief Executives Jobs | ||||
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 | |
| $264,264 | $268,630 | $127 | 910 | |
SOC: 29-1023 | $259,400 | $259,400 | $125 | 6,210 |
| $255,820 | $255,820 | $123 | 107,510 | |
| $253,639 | $243,730 | $122 | 277,770 | |
| $248,320 | $248,320 | $119 | 51,840 | |
| Find Nurse Anesthetists Jobs | ||||
| $248,320 | $248,320 | $119 | 51,840 | |
Methodology
Ranked by national annual mean wage from the latest BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics release. Equity and bonus compensation are largely excluded from OEWS figures, so tech and finance totals can understate total pay.
Full documentation: Wage Atlas methodology and data sources.