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Most of the 20 best-paying jobs in the US were healthcare occupations, the latest data shows.Halfpoint Images/Getty ImagesPediatric surgeon was the highest-paying job in the US based on newly released average pay data.Business Insider ranked pay data for hundreds of occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Most of the top 20 best-paying gigs, on average, were healthcare jobs.Pediatric surgeons get paid well on average.The Bureau of Labor Statistics published on Wednesday new data that shows the average wages and employment estimates for over 800 occupations in May 2024.
With many people searching for jobs, Business Insider looked at the national data to see which jobs had the highest average annual wages. We excluded a set of catchall job categories covering miscellaneous titles because of the lack of specificity.Most of the 20 top-paying jobs were healthcare occupations, including radiologists and emergency medicine physicians.
Their annual averages far exceeded the overall annual average of $67,920.Below are the top 20, including their annual pay and employment.20.
OrthodontistsWestend61/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $254,620Employment: 5,15019. Family medicine physiciansHalfpoint Images/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $256,830Employment: 107,95018. ProsthodontistsVagengeym_Elena/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $258,660Employment: 76017.
Athletes and sports competitorsNisian Hughes/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $259,750Employment: 14,37016. General internal medicine physiciansHalfpoint/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $262,710Employment: 66,64015. Chief executivesMoMo Productions/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $262,930Employment: 211,85014.
PathologistsAbraham Gonzalez Fernandez/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $266,020Employment: 11,80013. PsychiatristsFiordaliso/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $269,120Employment: 24,80012. Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineersDigital Vision.
/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $280,570Employment: 99,30011. Obstetricians and gynecologistsJGI/Tom Grill/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $281,130Employment: 19,90010. Neurologistsyacobchuk/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $286,310Employment: 7,7009.
Ophthalmologists, except pediatricWeiquan Lin/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $301,500Employment: 12,1108. Emergency medicine physiciansNitat Termmee/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $320,700Employment: 33,6807. AnesthesiologistsPixelCatchers/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $336,640Employment: 41,8906.
DermatologistsAnchiy/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $347,810Employment: 10,0805. RadiologistsJose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $359,820Employment: 26,2904. Oral and maxillofacial surgeonsUnaihuiziphotography/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $360,240Employment: 5,3303.
Orthopedic surgeons, except pediatricDana Neely/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $365,060Employment: 14,1602. CardiologistsHalfpoint Images/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $432,490Employment: 18,0201. Pediatric surgeonsFS Productions/Getty ImagesAverage annual wage: $450,810Employment: 1,050Read the original article on Business Insider.
