Career Insights & Wage Trends
Explore career insights, salary trends, and wage data analysis across occupations, states, and industries.
Top Paying Occupations
| Rank | Occupation | Annual Median |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neurologists | — |
| 2 | Physicians | — |
| 3 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | — |
| 4 | Dermatologists | — |
| 5 | Musicians, Singers, and Related Workers | — |
| 6 | Musicians and Singers | — |
| 7 | Dancers | — |
| 8 | Cardiologists | — |
| 9 | Anesthesiologists | — |
| 10 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | — |
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Accommodation
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Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
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Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures
Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing
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Air Transportation
All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services
Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing
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Ambulatory Health Care Services
Amusement Parks and Arcades
Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
Animal Food Manufacturing
Animal Slaughtering and Processing
Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing
Apparel Knitting Mills
Apparel Manufacturing
Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers
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Biomass Electric Power Generation
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Broadcasting and Content Providers
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Building Material and Supplies Dealers
Business Schools and Computer and Management Training
Business Support Services
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Cable and Other Subscription Programming
Casino Hotels
Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing
Charter Bus Industry
Chemical Manufacturing
Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only)
Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only)
Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
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Civic and Social Organizations
Clay Product and Refractory Manufacturing
Clothing Stores
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers
Coal Mining
Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
Communications Equipment Manufacturing
Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services
Computer Systems Design and Related Services
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
Construction
Construction of Buildings
Consumer Goods Rental
Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
Couriers and Express Delivery Services
Couriers and Messengers
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 And 5223 only)
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only)
Cross-industry
Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing
Dairy Product Manufacturing
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
Death Care Services
Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation
Department Stores
Depository Credit Intermediation
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers
Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers
Direct Selling Establishments
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers
Drycleaning and Laundry Services
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
Educational Services
Educational Support Services
Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses
Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
Electronics and Appliance Retailers
Electronics and Appliance Stores
Elementary and Secondary Schools
Employment Services
Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing
Engineering Services
Exterminating and Pest Control Services
Fabric Mills
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only)
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)
Facilities Support Services
Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers
Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)
Federal, State, and Local Government (excluding state and local schools and hospitals)
Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation)
Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding state and local schools and hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OES Designation)
Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills
Finance and Insurance
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
Florists
Food Manufacturing
Food Services and Drinking Places
Food and Beverage Retailers
Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only)
Food and Beverage Stores
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)
Footwear Manufacturing
Forestry and Logging
Forging and Stamping
Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors
Foundries
Freight Transportation Arrangement
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing
Fuel Dealers
Full-Service Restaurants
Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
Furniture Stores
Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (3371 and 3372 only)
Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers
Gambling Industries
Gasoline Stations
Gasoline Stations and Fuel Dealers
General Freight Trucking
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
General Merchandise Retailers
General Merchandise Stores
General Rental Centers
Geothermal Electric Power Generation
Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing
Grain and Oilseed Milling
Grantmaking and Giving Services
Grocery Stores
Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers
Hardware Manufacturing
Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Health Care and Social Assistance
Health and Personal Care Retailers
Health and Personal Care Stores
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
Home Furnishings Stores
Home Health Care Services
Hospitals
Household Appliance Manufacturing
Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing
Household and Institutional Furniture and Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing
Hydroelectric Power Generation
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers
Individual and Family Services
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Information
Inland Water Transportation
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
Insurance Carriers
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds
Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation
Investigation and Security Services
Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services
Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing
Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing
Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Retailers
Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Stores
Junior Colleges
Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations
Land Subdivision
Landscaping Services
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Retailers
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores
Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
Legal Services
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)
Lessors of Real Estate
Lime and Gypsum Product Manufacturing
Local Government (OES Designation)
Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)
Local Messengers and Local Delivery
Logging
Lumber and Other Construction Materials Merchant Wholesalers
Machine Shops
Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing
Machinery Manufacturing
Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only)
Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
Manufacturing
Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media
Masonry Contractors
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers
Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only)
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4241, 4247, and 4249 only)
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only)
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)
Metal Ore Mining
Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers
Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing
Mining (except Oil and Gas)
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Miscellaneous Store Retailers
Miscellaneous Store Retailers (4532 and 4533 only)
Miscellaneous Store Retailers (4594 and 4595 only)
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries
Motion Picture and Video Exhibition
Motion Picture and Video Industries
Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers
Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Natural Gas Distribution
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing
Newspaper Publishers
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
Nondepository Credit Intermediation
Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing
Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
Nonresidential Building Construction
Nonscheduled Air Transportation
Nonstore Retailers
Nuclear Electric Power Generation
Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
Office Administrative Services
Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing
Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Stores
Offices of All Other Health Practitioners
Offices of Chiropractors
Offices of Dentists
Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)
Offices of Optometrists
Offices of Other Health Practitioners
Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists
Offices of Physicians
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers
Oil and Gas Extraction
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services
Other Amusement and Recreation Industries
Other Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Other Building Equipment Contractors
Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
Other Electric Power Generation
Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Other Financial Investment Activities
Other Food Manufacturing
Other Furniture Related Product Manufacturing
Other General Merchandise Stores
Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
Other Information Services
Other Insurance Related Activities
Other Investment Pools and Funds
Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Other Miscellaneous Retailers
Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers
Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
Other Personal Services
Other Pipeline Transportation
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Other Residential Care Facilities
Other Schools and Instruction
Other Services (except Public Administration)
Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Other Support Activities for Transportation
Other Support Services
Other Telecommunications
Other Textile Product Mills
Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Other Wood Product Manufacturing
Outpatient Care Centers
Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers
Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
Paper Manufacturing
Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers
Performing Arts Companies
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
Personal Care Services
Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance
Personal and Laundry Services
Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
Pharmacies and Drug Retailers
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
Photographic Services
Pipeline Transportation
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas
Plastics Product Manufacturing
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
Postal Service
Postal Service (Federal Government)
Postal Service (federal government)
Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors
Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction
Primary Metal Manufacturing
Printing and Related Support Activities
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals
Publishing Industries
Publishing Industries (except Internet)
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills
RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps
Radio Broadcasting
Radio Broadcasting Stations
Radio and Television Broadcasting
Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations
Rail Transportation
Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing
Real Estate
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
Religious Organizations
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
Remediation and Other Waste Management Services
Rental and Leasing Services
Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only)
Repair and Maintenance
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Residential Building Construction
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities
Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities
Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing
Restaurants and Other Eating Places
Retail Trade
Roofing Contractors
Rooming and Boarding Houses
Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps
Rubber Product Manufacturing
Satellite Telecommunications
Sawmills and Wood Preservation
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Other
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water
Scheduled Air Transportation
School and Employee Bus Transportation
Scientific Research and Development Services
Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage
Securities and Commodity Exchanges
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
Security Systems Services
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing
Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
Services to Buildings and Dwellings
Ship and Boat Building
Shoe Retailers
Shoe Stores
Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing
Social Advocacy Organizations
Social Assistance
Software Publishers
Solar Electric Power Generation
Sound Recording Industries
Special Food Services
Specialized Design Services
Specialized Freight Trucking
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals
Specialty Food Stores
Specialty Trade Contractors
Spectator Sports
Sporting Goods Retailers
Sporting Goods Stores
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores
Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Retailers
Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Stores
Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing
State Government (OES Designation)
State Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation)
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)
Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing
Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry
Support Activities for Air Transportation
Support Activities for Animal Production
Support Activities for Crop Production
Support Activities for Mining
Support Activities for Rail Transportation
Support Activities for Road Transportation
Support Activities for Transportation
Support Activities for Water Transportation
Taxi and Limousine Service
Technical and Trade Schools
Telecommunications
Telephone Call Centers
Television Broadcasting
Television Broadcasting Stations
Temporary Help Services
Testing Laboratories
Testing Laboratories and Services
Textile Furnishings Mills
Textile Mills
Textile Product Mills
Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills
Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters
Tobacco Manufacturing
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Transportation and Warehousing
Travel Agencies
Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services
Traveler Accommodation
Truck Transportation
Turned Product and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing
Urban Transit Systems
Used Merchandise Stores
Utilities
Utility System Construction
Vending Machine Operators
Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing
Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing
Veterinary Services
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Warehousing and Storage
Waste Collection
Waste Management and Remediation Services
Waste Treatment and Disposal
Water Transportation
Water, Sewage and Other Systems
Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers
Wholesale Trade
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
Wind Electric Power Generation
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacturing
Wood Product Manufacturing
