Highest paying jobs in Denver that require a graduate degree

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#50. Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $79,920
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 60 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#49. Clinical and counseling psychologists

- Median annual wage: $80,270
- Median hourly wage: $38.59
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 700 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#48. Survey researchers

- Median annual wage: $81,210
- Median hourly wage: $39.05
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#47. Computer science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $81,590
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 300 people (0.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#46. Urban and regional planners

- Median annual wage: $81,930
- Median hourly wage: $39.39
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 640 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#45. Historians

- Median annual wage: $82,260
- Median hourly wage: $39.55
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#44. Architecture teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $82,620
- 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

#43. Environmental science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $83,890
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#42. Statisticians

- Median annual wage: $85,170
- Median hourly wage: $40.95
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 970 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#41. Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $87,170
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 570 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#40. Physics teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $94,650
- 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

#39. Veterinarians

- Median annual wage: $98,440
- Median hourly wage: $47.33
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,200 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#38. Physical therapists

- Median annual wage: $98,850
- Median hourly wage: $47.53
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 2,630 people (1.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#37. Occupational therapists

- Median annual wage: $99,110
- Median hourly wage: $47.65
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 2,300 people (1.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#36. Audiologists

- Median annual wage: $100,320
- Median hourly wage: $48.23
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 360 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#35. Biochemists and biophysicists

- Median annual wage: $100,910
- Median hourly wage: $48.52
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 250 people (0.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#34. Speech-language pathologists

- Median annual wage: $101,160
- Median hourly wage: $48.63
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 2,530 people (1.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#33. Education administrators, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $101,490
- Median hourly wage: $48.79
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 750 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#32. School psychologists

- Median annual wage: $102,970
- Median hourly wage: $49.50
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 670 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#31. Economics teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $103,970
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- 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: None

#30. Economists

- Median annual wage: $104,020
- Median hourly wage: $50.01
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 170 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#29. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

- Median annual wage: $105,760
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 2,430 people (1.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#28. Nurse midwives

- Median annual wage: $106,710
- Median hourly wage: $51.31
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#27. Computer and information research scientists

- Median annual wage: $107,000
- Median hourly wage: $51.44
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 120 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#26. Chiropractors

- Median annual wage: $107,340
- Median hourly wage: $51.61
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 470 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#25. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

- Median annual wage: $108,430
- Median hourly wage: $52.13
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,350 people (0.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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

- Median annual wage: $110,970
- Median hourly wage: $53.35
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 160 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#23. Psychologists, all other

- Median annual wage: $117,890
- Median hourly wage: $56.68
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#22. Nurse practitioners

- Median annual wage: $121,200
- Median hourly wage: $58.27
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,910 people (1.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#21. Physician assistants

- Median annual wage: $122,670
- Median hourly wage: $58.98
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,400 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#20. Dentists, general

- Median annual wage: $126,520
- Median hourly wage: $60.83
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,550 people (1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#19. Physicists

- Median annual wage: $135,620
- Median hourly wage: $65.20
- 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

#18. Pharmacists

- Median annual wage: $136,100
- Median hourly wage: $65.44
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 2,990 people (1.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#17. Dermatologists

- Median annual wage: $136,670
- Median hourly wage: $65.71
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 300 people (0.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#16. Optometrists

- Median annual wage: $154,790
- Median hourly wage: $74.42
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 280 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#15. Nurse anesthetists

- Median annual wage: $170,610
- Median hourly wage: $82.03
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#14. Lawyers

- Median annual wage: $171,400
- Median hourly wage: $82.41
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 11,550 people (7.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#13. Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates

- Median annual wage: $178,440
- Median hourly wage: $85.79
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 300 people (0.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#12. Pediatricians, general

- Median annual wage: $188,700
- Median hourly wage: $90.72
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 330 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#11. Family medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $210,100
- Median hourly wage: $101.01
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,680 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#10. General internal medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $225,570
- Median hourly wage: $108.45
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 410 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#9. Obstetricians and gynecologists

- Median annual wage: $229,530
- Median hourly wage: $110.35
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 260 people (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#8. Psychiatrists

- Median annual wage: $235,920
- Median hourly wage: $113.42
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 130 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#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: 150 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- 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. Radiologists (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, all other (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: 950 people (0.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Ophthalmologists, except pediatric (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: 70 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric (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: 150 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Surgeons, all other (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 (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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