Highest paying jobs in Riverside that require a graduate degree

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#50. Speech-language pathologists

- Median annual wage: $101,090
- Median hourly wage: $48.60
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,860 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#49. Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $101,190
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 360 people (0.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#48. Chemistry teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $102,200
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#47. Education administrators, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $102,820
- Median hourly wage: $49.43
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#46. Instructional coordinators

- Median annual wage: $103,340
- Median hourly wage: $49.68
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 790 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#45. School psychologists

- Median annual wage: $103,980
- Median hourly wage: $49.99
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 910 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#44. Physical therapists

- Median annual wage: $104,670
- Median hourly wage: $50.32
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,890 people (1.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#43. Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $104,870
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 470 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#42. Statisticians

- Median annual wage: $105,970
- Median hourly wage: $50.95
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#41. Audiologists

- Median annual wage: $105,980
- Median hourly wage: $50.95
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#40. Biological science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,260
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 150 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#39. Veterinarians

- Median annual wage: $106,460
- Median hourly wage: $51.18
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 600 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#38. Business teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,480
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 200 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#37. Physics teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,900
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 30 people (0.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#36. English language and literature teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,970
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 280 people (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#35. Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,980
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 90 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#34. Engineering teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $108,440
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#33. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

- Median annual wage: $112,690
- Median hourly wage: $54.18
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 850 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#32. Dentists, general

- Median annual wage: $114,840
- Median hourly wage: $55.21
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,740 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#31. History teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $115,060
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#30. Optometrists

- Median annual wage: $115,390
- Median hourly wage: $55.48
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 580 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#29. Psychologists, all other

- Median annual wage: $119,350
- Median hourly wage: $57.38
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#28. Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $121,430
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 230 people (0.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#27. Computer science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $122,510
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#26. Clinical and counseling psychologists

- Median annual wage: $123,090
- Median hourly wage: $59.18
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 660 people (0.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#25. Computer and information research scientists

- Median annual wage: $124,630
- Median hourly wage: $59.92
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#24. Physicists

- Median annual wage: $128,340
- Median hourly wage: $61.70
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 60 people (0.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#23. Political science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $128,950
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#22. Law teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $129,180
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 30 people (0.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#21. Physician assistants

- Median annual wage: $131,350
- Median hourly wage: $63.15
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,330 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#20. Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $131,550
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#19. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

- Median annual wage: $134,150
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 2,750 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#18. Education teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $135,340
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 200 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#17. Nurse practitioners

- Median annual wage: $137,840
- Median hourly wage: $66.27
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,920 people (1.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#16. Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers

- Median annual wage: $141,940
- Median hourly wage: $68.24
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#15. Communications teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $141,980
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 170 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#14. Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other

- Median annual wage: $144,050
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 120 people (0.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#13. Lawyers

- Median annual wage: $145,520
- Median hourly wage: $69.96
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 3,080 people (1.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#12. Pharmacists

- Median annual wage: $152,510
- Median hourly wage: $73.32
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 3,000 people (1.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#11. Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $165,000
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 180 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#10. Podiatrists

- Median annual wage: $168,740
- Median hourly wage: $81.13
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#9. Family medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $209,240
- Median hourly wage: $100.60
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#8. Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates

- Median annual wage: $214,320
- Median hourly wage: $103.04
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 90 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#7. General internal medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $214,420
- Median hourly wage: $103.09
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 520 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#6. Pediatricians, general

- Median annual wage: $223,390
- Median hourly wage: $107.40
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Nurse anesthetists (tie)

- Median annual wage: Exact median salary unknown; at least $239,200 per year or $115 per hour
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 210 people (0.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#1. Cardiologists (tie)

- Median annual wage: Exact median salary unknown; at least $239,200 per year or $115 per hour
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 120 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Obstetricians and gynecologists (tie)

- Median annual wage: Exact median salary unknown; at least $239,200 per year or $115 per hour
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Physicians, pathologists (tie)

- Median annual wage: Exact median salary unknown; at least $239,200 per year or $115 per hour
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Psychiatrists (tie)

- Median annual wage: Exact median salary unknown; at least $239,200 per year or $115 per hour
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 380 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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