Highest paying jobs in Las Vegas that require a graduate degree

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#44. Postsecondary teachers, all other

- Median annual wage: $46,080
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,170 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#43. Athletic trainers

- Median annual wage: $47,120
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 160 people (0.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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

- Median annual wage: $59,760
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#41. Rehabilitation counselors

- Median annual wage: $60,570
- Median hourly wage: $29.12
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 90 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#40. Curators

- Median annual wage: $60,610
- Median hourly wage: $29.14
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 30 people (0.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#39. Mental health and substance abuse social workers

- Median annual wage: $60,630
- Median hourly wage: $29.15
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 560 people (0.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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

- Median annual wage: $61,030
- Median hourly wage: $29.34
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,140 people (1.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#37. Anthropologists and archeologists

- Median annual wage: $61,890
- Median hourly wage: $29.76
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#36. Counselors, all other

- Median annual wage: $62,510
- Median hourly wage: $30.05
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#35. Education teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $64,740
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 420 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#34. School psychologists

- Median annual wage: $65,400
- Median hourly wage: $31.44
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#33. Instructional coordinators

- Median annual wage: $65,720
- Median hourly wage: $31.60
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,160 people (1.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#32. Healthcare social workers

- Median annual wage: $66,370
- Median hourly wage: $31.91
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 910 people (0.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#31. Judicial law clerks

- Median annual wage: $70,300
- Median hourly wage: $33.80
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#30. Marriage and family therapists

- Median annual wage: $70,650
- Median hourly wage: $33.96
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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

- Median annual wage: $75,880
- Median hourly wage: $36.48
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#28. Librarians and media collections specialists

- Median annual wage: $78,890
- Median hourly wage: $37.93
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 400 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#27. Education administrators, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $80,240
- Median hourly wage: $38.58
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,020 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#26. Speech-language pathologists

- Median annual wage: $80,900
- Median hourly wage: $38.90
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 660 people (0.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#25. Orthotists and prosthetists

- Median annual wage: $81,180
- Median hourly wage: $39.03
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 90 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#24. Chiropractors

- Median annual wage: $82,780
- Median hourly wage: $39.80
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 210 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#23. Urban and regional planners

- Median annual wage: $91,520
- Median hourly wage: $44.00
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#22. Veterinarians

- Median annual wage: $99,730
- Median hourly wage: $47.95
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 480 people (0.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#21. Clinical and counseling psychologists

- Median annual wage: $100,550
- Median hourly wage: $48.34
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#20. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

- Median annual wage: $101,130
- Median hourly wage: $48.62
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.07 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: $101,290
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,180 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#18. Physical therapists

- Median annual wage: $101,980
- Median hourly wage: $49.03
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,160 people (1.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#17. Occupational therapists

- Median annual wage: $102,080
- Median hourly wage: $49.08
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 600 people (0.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#16. Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,470
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 290 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#15. Health specialties teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,580
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 600 people (0.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#14. Optometrists

- Median annual wage: $111,710
- Median hourly wage: $53.71
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 250 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#13. Psychologists, all other

- Median annual wage: $125,840
- Median hourly wage: $60.50
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 60 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#12. Nurse practitioners

- Median annual wage: $129,240
- Median hourly wage: $62.13
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,280 people (1.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#11. Pharmacists

- Median annual wage: $130,000
- Median hourly wage: $62.50
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 2,140 people (2.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#10. Lawyers

- Median annual wage: $131,690
- Median hourly wage: $63.31
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 4,660 people (4.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#9. Physician assistants

- Median annual wage: $149,490
- Median hourly wage: $71.87
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 980 people (0.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#8. Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates

- Median annual wage: $175,510
- Median hourly wage: $84.38
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 130 people (0.13 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: $212,710
- Median hourly wage: $102.27
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 440 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#6. Computer science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $226,600
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#5. Physicians, all other

- Median annual wage: $227,990
- Median hourly wage: $109.61
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 2,000 people (1.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#4. Family medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $232,560
- Median hourly wage: $111.81
- 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: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Dermatologists (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 (0.07 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: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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