Highest paying jobs in Des Moines that require a graduate degree

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#50. English language and literature teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $58,100
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#49. History teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $58,840
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#48. Healthcare social workers

- Median annual wage: $60,720
- Median hourly wage: $29.19
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 230 people (0.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#47. Librarians and media collections specialists

- Median annual wage: $60,840
- Median hourly wage: $29.25
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 290 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#46. Psychology teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $61,100
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#45. Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $62,080
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 90 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#44. Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors

- Median annual wage: $62,120
- Median hourly wage: $29.87
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 600 people (1.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#43. Business teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $62,810
- 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. Chemistry teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $63,130
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 30 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#41. School psychologists

- Median annual wage: $65,690
- Median hourly wage: $31.58
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 120 people (0.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#40. Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other

- Median annual wage: $66,390
- Median hourly wage: $31.92
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#39. Epidemiologists

- Median annual wage: $68,020
- Median hourly wage: $32.70
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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

- Median annual wage: $71,880
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#37. Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $72,400
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 60 people (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#36. Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $74,670
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#35. Chiropractors

- Median annual wage: $74,980
- Median hourly wage: $36.05
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 260 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#34. Biological science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $75,980
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#33. Survey researchers

- Median annual wage: $76,190
- Median hourly wage: $36.63
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#32. Speech-language pathologists

- Median annual wage: $77,760
- Median hourly wage: $37.39
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 340 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#31. Urban and regional planners

- Median annual wage: $79,610
- Median hourly wage: $38.28
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#30. Health specialties teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $79,870
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 290 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#29. Physical therapists

- Median annual wage: $81,530
- Median hourly wage: $39.20
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 520 people (1.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#28. Occupational therapists

- Median annual wage: $81,880
- Median hourly wage: $39.37
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 250 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#27. Instructional coordinators

- Median annual wage: $83,490
- Median hourly wage: $40.14
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 790 people (2.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#26. Education administrators, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $87,490
- Median hourly wage: $42.06
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 370 people (1.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#25. Statisticians

- Median annual wage: $91,510
- Median hourly wage: $44.00
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#24. Clinical and counseling psychologists

- Median annual wage: $93,280
- Median hourly wage: $44.85
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 130 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#23. Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates

- Median annual wage: $95,390
- Median hourly wage: $45.86
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#22. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

- Median annual wage: $96,450
- Median hourly wage: $46.37
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#21. Veterinarians

- Median annual wage: $96,550
- Median hourly wage: $46.42
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 220 people (0.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#20. Lawyers

- Median annual wage: $104,780
- Median hourly wage: $50.38
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,660 people (4.46 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: $121,270
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 700 people (1.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#18. Nurse practitioners

- Median annual wage: $126,460
- Median hourly wage: $60.80
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 520 people (1.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#17. Physician assistants

- Median annual wage: $129,010
- Median hourly wage: $62.02
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 180 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#16. Pharmacists

- Median annual wage: $132,590
- Median hourly wage: $63.74
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 630 people (1.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#15. Economics teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $133,020
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#14. Optometrists

- Median annual wage: $135,550
- Median hourly wage: $65.17
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#13. Dentists, general

- Median annual wage: $166,700
- Median hourly wage: $80.14
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 190 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#12. Physicists

- Median annual wage: $175,820
- Median hourly wage: $84.53
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#11. Nurse anesthetists

- Median annual wage: $206,260
- Median hourly wage: $99.16
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#10. Pediatricians, general

- Median annual wage: $236,100
- Median hourly wage: $113.51
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 60 people (0.17 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: $237,620
- Median hourly wage: $114.24
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#8. Physicians, all other

- Median annual wage: $238,080
- Median hourly wage: $114.46
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 460 people (1.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Anesthesiologists (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. 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: 90 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Emergency medicine physicians (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: 90 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Family medicine physicians (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: 210 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. General internal medicine physicians (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 (0.31 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: 40 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- 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: 40 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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