Highest paying jobs in Reno that require a graduate degree

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#40. Mental health and substance abuse social workers

- Median annual wage: $43,940
- Median hourly wage: $21.13
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 160 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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

- Median annual wage: $48,130
- Median hourly wage: $23.14
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 400 people (1.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#38. Rehabilitation counselors

- Median annual wage: $51,080
- Median hourly wage: $24.56
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#37. Counselors, all other

- Median annual wage: $56,160
- Median hourly wage: $27.00
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 60 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#36. Clinical and counseling psychologists

- Median annual wage: $57,050
- Median hourly wage: $27.43
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 90 people (0.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#35. Marriage and family therapists

- Median annual wage: $63,120
- Median hourly wage: $30.34
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#34. Instructional coordinators

- Median annual wage: $65,790
- Median hourly wage: $31.63
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 460 people (1.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#33. English language and literature teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $65,880
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#32. Anthropologists and archeologists

- Median annual wage: $66,330
- Median hourly wage: $31.89
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 60 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#31. Healthcare social workers

- Median annual wage: $66,370
- Median hourly wage: $31.91
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 230 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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

- Median annual wage: $66,470
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#29. Librarians and media collections specialists

- Median annual wage: $73,540
- Median hourly wage: $35.35
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#28. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

- Median annual wage: $79,310
- Median hourly wage: $38.13
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#27. Orthotists and prosthetists

- Median annual wage: $81,320
- Median hourly wage: $39.10
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#26. Education administrators, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $82,370
- Median hourly wage: $39.60
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 260 people (1.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#25. Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $83,820
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#24. Education teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $83,920
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#23. Speech-language pathologists

- Median annual wage: $93,460
- Median hourly wage: $44.94
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 250 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#22. Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other

- Median annual wage: $95,220
- Median hourly wage: $45.78
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 60 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#21. Urban and regional planners

- Median annual wage: $96,740
- Median hourly wage: $46.51
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#20. Veterinarians

- Median annual wage: $100,020
- Median hourly wage: $48.09
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 150 people (0.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#19. Physical therapists

- Median annual wage: $102,340
- Median hourly wage: $49.20
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 250 people (1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#18. Occupational therapists

- Median annual wage: $104,070
- Median hourly wage: $50.04
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#17. Biological science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,140
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 120 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#16. Chiropractors

- Median annual wage: $106,200
- Median hourly wage: $51.06
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#15. Psychology teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $107,120
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 30 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#14. Dentists, general

- Median annual wage: $118,000
- Median hourly wage: $56.73
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 230 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#13. Physician assistants

- Median annual wage: $121,790
- Median hourly wage: $58.55
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 170 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#12. Optometrists

- Median annual wage: $125,850
- Median hourly wage: $60.51
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#11. Lawyers

- Median annual wage: $129,120
- Median hourly wage: $62.08
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 710 people (2.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#10. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

- Median annual wage: $129,760
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 350 people (1.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#9. Nurse practitioners

- Median annual wage: $134,710
- Median hourly wage: $64.77
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 340 people (1.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#8. Business teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $136,480
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 60 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#7. Pharmacists

- Median annual wage: $136,900
- Median hourly wage: $65.82
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 440 people (1.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#6. Health specialties teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $139,160
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 170 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#5. General internal medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $223,900
- Median hourly wage: $107.65
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: Not available
- 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: 300 people (1.22 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: 100 people (0.41 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: 40 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- 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: 460 people (1.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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