Highest Hourly Wage Jobs (Median)
If any of high paying career fields below or on the previous page jump out at you, read further and find out more about just what it takes to do these jobs. Fascinated by computers? Always had a hankering for John Grisham’s legal descriptions? Have knack for selling? Learn more about all of these careers and get a line on your dream job on the following pages.
Top 50 Highest Paying Jobs by Median Hourly wage
(From America’s Career Info Net)
- Airline pilots, co pilots, flight engineers – hourly N/A, $145, 600 and up
- Anesthesiologists – $70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Chief executives – $70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Family & general practitioners –$70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Internists, general – $70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Obstetricians & gynecologists – $70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Oral and maxillofacial surgeons – $70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Orthodontists – $70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Physicians & surgeons, other – $70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Prosthodontists – $70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Psychiatrists – $70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Surgeons – $70.01 and up hourly, $145,600 and up yearly
- Pediatricians, general – $67.64 hourly, $140, 700 yearly
- Dentists, general – $66.17 hourly, $137,600 yearly
- Air traffic controller – $54.29 hourly, $112,900 yearly
- Engineering managers – $53.37 hourly, $111,000 yearly
- Podiatrists – $53.13 hourly, $110,500 yearly
- Computer & information systems managers – $51.96 hourly, $108,100 yearly
- Judges, magistrate judges, & magistrates – $51.55 hourly, $107,200 yearly
- Lawyers – $51.02 hourly, $106,100 yearly
- Dentists, all other specialists – $50.69 hourly, $105,400 yearly
- Marketing managers – $50.19 hourly, $104,400 yearly
- Natural sciences managers – $50.02 hourly, $104,000 yearly
- Petroleum engineers – $49.98 hourly, $104,000 yearly
- Pharmacists – $48.31 hourly, $100,500 yearly
Seven Fields where the top-earning 25% of workers earn over $100,000 yearly:
- Sales Managers
- Securities, Commodities and Financial Services Sales Agents
- Financial Managers
- Computer and Information Services
- Actuaries (insurance assessors)
- Personal Finance Advisors
- Public Relations Managers
Source: AOL article