Top 50 Highest Paying Annual Job Codes (Standard Job Titles) in 2010

1. 1. Lawyers - Avg Salary: $162,130
2. 2. Physicians and Surgeons - Avg Salary: $127,389
3. 3. Dentists - Avg Salary: $117,747
4. 4. Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Managers and Officials - Avg Salary: $103,886
5. 5. Manufacturing Industry Managers and Officials - Avg Salary: $99,357
6. 6. Mining and Petroleum Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $98,661
7. 7. Pharmacists - Avg Salary: $98,189
8. 8. Miscellaneous Managers and Officials - Avg Salary: $95,901
9. 9. Geology - Avg Salary: $89,043
10. 10. Miscellaneous Professional, Technical, and Managerial Occupations - Avg Salary: $84,596
11. 11. Transportation, Communication, and Utilities Industry Managers and Officials - Avg Salary: $83,129
12. 12. Marine Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $81,553
13. 13. Electrical/Electronics Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $79,182
14. 14. Political Science - Avg Salary: $78,662
15. 15. Chemical Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $77,702
16. 16. Veterinarians - Avg Salary: $77,675
17. 17. Construction Industry Managers and Officials - Avg Salary: $77,595
18. 18. Aeronautical Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $77,426
19. 19. Advertising Management Occupations - Avg Salary: $77,197
20. 20. Mathematics - Avg Salary: $76,948
21. 21. Economics - Avg Salary: $76,730
22. 22. Computer System User Support - Avg Salary: $76,202
23. 23. Nuclear Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $75,614
24. 24. Other Computer- Related Occupations - Avg Salary: $75,231
25. 25. Physics - Avg Salary: $74,609
26. 26. Sales and Distribution Management Occupations - Avg Salary: $74,150
27. 27. Other Occupations In Architecture, Engineering, and Surveying - Avg Salary: $73,167
28. 28. Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $73,018
29. 29. Wholesale and Retail Trade Managers and Officials - Avg Salary: $72,684
30. 30. Meteorology - Avg Salary: $71,884
31. 31. Mechanical Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $71,100
32. 32. Industrial Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $70,767
33. 33. Other Occupations In Mathematics and Physical Sciences - Avg Salary: $69,725
34. 34. Other Occupations In Law and Jurisprudence - Avg Salary: $69,605
35. 35. Ceramic Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $68,466
36. 36. Purchasing Management Occupations - Avg Salary: $67,311
37. 37. Systems Analysis and Programming - Avg Salary: $67,134
38. 38. Budget and Management Systems Analysis Occupations - Avg Salary: $66,215
39. 39. Computer System Technical Support - Avg Salary: $65,626
40. 40. Civil Engineering Occupations - Avg Salary: $65,500
41. 41. Data Communications and Networks - Avg Salary: $65,131
42. 42. Chemistry - Avg Salary: $64,592
43. 43. Other Occupations In Museum, Library, and Archival Sciences - Avg Salary: $63,840
44. 44. Accountants, Auditors, and Related Occupations - Avg Salary: $62,819
45. 45. Other Occupations In Administrative Occupations - Avg Salary: $62,672
46. 46. Astronomy - Avg Salary: $61,207
47. 47. College and University Education - Avg Salary: $60,147
48. 48. Sound, Film - Avg Salary: $59,963
49. 49. Public Administration Managers and Officials - Avg Salary: $59,092
50. 50. Other Occupations In Medicine and Health - Avg Salary: $58,753