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title: "Jobs That Pay $80k a Year"
description: "Occupations whose national median annual wage is at least $80,000 and under $100,000, ranked by projected annual openings. The band has an upper end so…"
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# Jobs That Pay $80k a Year

Occupations whose national median annual wage is at least $80,000 and under $100,000, ranked by projected annual openings. The band has an upper end so each salary level gets its own list; higher-paying jobs are on the $100k and $200k lists.

30 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 | [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse) | $97,550 | +5.6% | Bachelor's |
| 2 | [Accountant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/accountant) | $83,680 | +5.0% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Business Continuity Planner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/business-continuity-planner) | $83,050 | +3.9% | Bachelor's |
| 4 | [Farmer or Agricultural Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farmer-or-agricultural-manager) | $89,900 | -3.4% | High school |
| 5 | [Compliance Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/compliance-officer) | $80,730 | +3.8% | Bachelor's |
| 6 | [Logistician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/logistician) | $82,320 | +17.6% | Bachelor's |
| 7 | [First-Line Supervisor of Non-Retail Sales Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-non-retail-sales-workers) | $87,520 | +0.5% | High school |
| 8 | [Social and Community Service Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/social-and-community-service-manager) | $80,390 | +7.2% | Bachelor's |
| 9 | [Occupational Health and Safety Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/occupational-health-and-safety-specialist) | $90,150 | +18.5% | Bachelor's |
| 10 | [Dental Hygienist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dental-hygienist) | $98,100 | +8.0% | Associate's |
| 11 | [Network and Computer Systems Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/network-and-computer-systems-administrator) | $99,130 | -4.1% | Bachelor's |
| 12 | [Radiologic Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/radiologic-technologist-and-technician) | $80,110 | +5.0% | Associate's |
| 13 | [Speech-Language Pathologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/speech-language-pathologist) | $97,870 | +16.6% | Master's |
| 14 | [Producer and Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/producer-and-director) | $90,360 | +4.0% | Bachelor's |
| 15 | [Electrical Power-Line Installer and Repairer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-power-line-installer-and-repairer) | $95,320 | +10.3% | High school |
| 16 | [Financial Quantitative Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-quantitative-analyst) | $81,100 | +4.1% | Bachelor's |
| 17 | [Respiratory Therapist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/respiratory-therapist) | $82,280 | +8.5% | Associate's |
| 18 | [Nursing Instructor and Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nursing-instructor-and-teacher-postsecondary) | $80,250 | +17.1% | Doctorate |
| 19 | [Detective and Criminal Investigator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/detective-and-criminal-investigator) | $93,790 | +0.2% | High school |
| 20 | [Business Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/business-teacher-postsecondary) | $99,080 | +5.9% | Doctorate |
| 21 | [Operations Research Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/operations-research-analyst) | $88,940 | +11.9% | Bachelor's |
| 22 | [Environmental Scientist and Specialist, Including Health](https://nuecareer.com/careers/environmental-scientist-and-specialist) | $82,220 | +6.1% | Bachelor's |
| 23 | [Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architect) | $99,280 | +4.3% | Bachelor's |
| 24 | [Insurance Underwriter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/insurance-underwriter) | $81,370 | -3.8% | Bachelor's |
| 25 | [First-Line Supervisor of Firefighting and Prevention Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-firefighting-and-prevention-workers) | $93,530 | +3.7% | Certificate |
| 26 | [Diagnostic Medical Sonographer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/diagnostic-medical-sonographer) | $96,590 | +13.9% | Associate's |
| 27 | [Chemist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chemist) | $91,240 | +6.4% | Bachelor's |
| 28 | [Web Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-developer) | $92,650 | +3.8% | Bachelor's |
| 29 | [Labor Relations Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/labor-relations-specialist) | $95,420 | +2.1% | Bachelor's |
| 30 | [Biological Science Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/biological-science-teacher-postsecondary) | $84,620 | +7.3% | 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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