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title: "Jobs That Pay $200k a Year"
description: "Occupations whose national median annual wage is $200,000 or more, ranked by projected annual openings. A $200,000 median means half the people already…"
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# Jobs That Pay $200k a Year

Occupations whose national median annual wage is $200,000 or more, ranked by projected annual openings. A $200,000 median means half the people already in the job earn more than that.

22 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive) | $213,990 | +3.2% | Bachelor's |
| 2 | [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot) | $232,140 | +8.3% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist) | $265,930 | +3.4% | Doctorate |
| 4 | [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician) | $244,180 | +3.3% | Doctorate |
| 5 | [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist) | $236,590 | +9.7% | Master's |
| 6 | [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician) | $256,560 | +4.0% | Doctorate |
| 7 | [Anesthesiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/anesthesiologist) | $391,490 | +3.6% | Doctorate |
| 8 | [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general) | $210,040 | +1.5% | Doctorate |
| 9 | [Emergency Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/emergency-medicine-physician) | $335,550 | +3.2% | Doctorate |
| 10 | [Psychiatrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/psychiatrist) | $281,870 | +7.2% | Doctorate |
| 11 | [Radiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/radiologist) | $420,860 | +3.4% | Doctorate |
| 12 | [Cardiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cardiologist) | $496,010 | +4.8% | Doctorate |
| 13 | [Obstetrician and Gynecologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/obstetrician-and-gynecologist) | $292,910 | +1.7% | Doctorate |
| 14 | [Orthopedic Surgeon, Except Pediatric](https://nuecareer.com/careers/orthopedic-surgeon) | $358,550 | +4.0% | Doctorate |
| 15 | [Dermatologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dermatologist) | $328,730 | +6.8% | Doctorate |
| 16 | [Pathologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pathologist) | $312,400 | +4.8% | Doctorate |
| 17 | [Neurologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/neurologist) | $248,560 | +6.4% | Doctorate |
| 18 | [Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon](https://nuecareer.com/careers/oral-and-maxillofacial-surgeon) | $352,220 | +5.6% | Doctorate |
| 19 | [Ophthalmologist, Except Pediatric](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ophthalmologist) | $300,080 | +4.5% | Doctorate |
| 20 | [Orthodontist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/orthodontist) | $289,140 | +6.0% | Doctorate |
| 21 | [Pediatric Surgeon](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatric-surgeon) | $559,030 | +2.0% | Doctorate |
| 22 | [Prosthodontist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/prosthodontist) | $311,180 | +5.8% | Doctorate |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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