According to dcjobsource.com Here are the Top 50 best paying careers for 2008
Rank |
Job Category |
Ave. Annual Earnings |
Median Annual Earnings |
Ave. Annual hrs of work |
Ave. weekly earnings |
Ave. hourly earnings |
1 | Chief executives |
$240,903 | $154,016 | 2,322 |
$4,633 | $103.76 |
2 | Physicians and surgeons |
$139,849 | $139,999 | 2,100 |
$2,690 | $66.59 |
3 | Dentists |
$133,777 | $112,000 | 2,032 |
$2,573 | $65.82 |
4 | Lawyers |
$126,530 | $115,003 | 2,179 |
$2,433 | $58.07 |
5 | Aircraft pilots and flight engineers |
$120,505 | $117,901 | 1,264 |
$2,327 | $95.31 |
6 | Engineering managers |
$113,388 | $110,053 | 2,120 |
$2,181 | $53.48 |
7 | Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
$111,338 | $68,078 | 2,079 |
$2,141 | $53.54 |
8 | Computer and information systems managers |
$106,087 | $100,674 | 2,099 |
$2,041 | $50.53 |
9 | Marketing and sales managers |
$100,491 | $86,599 | 2,137 |
$1,933 | $47.03 |
10 | Optometrists |
$100,419 |
$100,888 |
1,957 |
$1,931 |
$51.30 |
11 | Pharmacists |
$97,334 |
$97,762 |
2,067 |
$1,872 |
$47.09 |
12 | General and operations managers |
$96,777 |
$83,990 |
2,200 |
$1,861 |
$44.00 |
13 | Natural sciences managers |
$94,225 |
$100,982 |
2,079 |
$1,812 |
$45.32 |
14 | Computer and information scientists, research |
$93,256 |
$91,936 |
2,080 |
$1,793 |
$44.83 |
15 | Financial managers |
$86,794 |
$75,001 |
2,101 |
$1,669 |
$41.30 |
16 | Computer software engineers |
$86,668 |
$85,005 |
2,103 |
$1,667 |
$41.22 |
17 | Public relations managers |
$85,548 |
$76,045 |
2,061 |
$1,645 |
$41.51 |
18 | Announcers |
$84,919 |
$41,330 |
2,078 |
$1,633 |
$40.87 |
19 | Purchasing managers |
$84,626 |
$72,996 |
2,094 |
$1,627 |
$40.42 |
20 | Industrial production managers |
$82,513 |
$80,987 |
2,136 |
$1,587 |
$38.62 |
21 | Actuaries |
$81,454 |
$75,799 |
2,023 |
$1,566 |
$40.26 |
22 | Geological and petroleum technicians |
$80,835 |
$73,199 |
2,080 |
$1,555 |
$38.86 |
23 | Economists |
$79,585 |
$63,565 |
2,165 |
$1,530 |
$36.77 |
24 | Engineers |
$79,381 |
$76,091 |
2,110 |
$1,527 |
$37.63 |
25 | Elevator installers and repairers |
$79,144 |
$73,486 |
2,080 |
$1,522 |
$38.05 |
26 | Physician assistants |
$78,786 |
$74,178 |
2,076 |
$1,515 |
$37.96 |
27 | Computer systems analysts |
$78,419 |
$75,874 |
2,081 |
$1,508 |
$37.68 |
28 | Actors, producers, and directors |
$78,104 |
$50,382 |
2,088 |
$1,503 |
$37.40 |
29 | Medical and health services managers |
$76,354 |
$70,304 |
2,097 |
$1,468 |
$36.42 |
30 | Postsecondary teachers |
$75,645 |
$61,297 |
1,650 |
$1,787 |
$45.83 |
31 | Construction managers |
$75,202 |
$74,063 |
2,146 |
$1,450 |
$35.04 |
32 | Operations research analysts |
$75,006 |
$73,919 |
2,051 |
$1,442 |
$36.57 |
33 | Management analysts |
$73,640 |
$68,918 |
2,089 |
$1,416 |
$35.25 |
34 | Nuclear technicians |
$73,271 |
$70,616 |
2,080 |
$1,409 |
$35.23 |
35 | Sales engineers |
$73,186 |
$69,299 |
2,132 |
$1,407 |
$34.33 |
36 | Market and survey researchers |
$71,915 |
$62,614 |
2,124 |
$1,383 |
$33.86 |
37 | Physical scientists |
$71,660 |
$65,000 |
2,085 |
$1,382 |
$34.37 |
38 | Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
$71,512 |
$67,018 |
2,112 |
$1,375 |
$33.86 |
39 | Human resources managers |
$70,492 |
$56,152 |
2,086 |
$1,356 |
$33.80 |
40 | Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers |
$69,507 |
$57,524 |
2,015 |
$1,337 |
$34.49 |
41 | Financial analysts and advisors |
$69,091 |
$60,000 |
2,076 |
$1,329 |
$33.28 |
42 | Life scientists |
$68,821 |
$60,089 |
2,023 |
$1,326 |
$34.02 |
43 | Network systems and data communications analysts |
$67,956 |
$64,777 |
2,079 |
$1,307 |
$32.69 |
44 | Computer programmers |
$67,840 |
$66,000 |
2,087 |
$1,305 |
$32.50 |
45 | Architects, except naval |
$67,667 |
$63,333 |
2,130 |
$1,301 |
$31.77 |
46 | Advertising and promotions managers |
$67,018 |
$62,365 |
2,070 |
$1,289 |
$32.38 |
47 | Budget analysts |
$66,318 |
$54,427 |
2,132 |
$1,275 |
$31.11 |
48 | Loan counselors and officers |
$65,517 |
$49,999 |
2,083 |
$1,260 |
$31.45 |
49 | Database administrators |
$65,465 |
$64,584 |
2,081 |
$1,259 |
$31.46 |
50 | Statisticians |
$65,028 |
$61,360 |
2,053 |
$1,251 |
$31.67 |