Highest paying jobs in Charlotte that require a graduate degree

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#50. Speech-language pathologists

- Median annual wage: $77,720
- Median hourly wage: $37.36
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,090 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#49. Urban and regional planners

- Median annual wage: $77,830
- Median hourly wage: $37.42
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 300 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#48. Health specialties teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $78,010
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 360 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#47. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

- Median annual wage: $80,820
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 2,260 people (1.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#46. Education administrators, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $81,080
- Median hourly wage: $38.98
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 870 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#45. Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $82,200
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#44. History teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $82,400
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 130 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#43. Political science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $82,420
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#42. Orthotists and prosthetists

- Median annual wage: $83,540
- Median hourly wage: $40.16
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#41. Engineering teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $83,700
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 250 people (0.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#40. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

- Median annual wage: $84,110
- Median hourly wage: $40.44
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 150 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#39. Computer science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $84,820
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 230 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#38. Chemistry teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $85,000
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#37. Clinical and counseling psychologists

- Median annual wage: $85,180
- Median hourly wage: $40.95
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 380 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#36. Geography teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $85,880
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#35. Genetic counselors

- Median annual wage: $87,340
- Median hourly wage: $41.99
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#34. Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates

- Median annual wage: $87,990
- Median hourly wage: $42.31
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 50 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

#33. Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other

- Median annual wage: $88,690
- Median hourly wage: $42.64
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 190 people (0.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#32. Occupational therapists

- Median annual wage: $91,630
- Median hourly wage: $44.06
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 720 people (0.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#31. Physical therapists

- Median annual wage: $92,870
- Median hourly wage: $44.65
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,460 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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

- Median annual wage: $95,870
- Median hourly wage: $46.09
- 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: Short-term on-the-job training

#29. Economics teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $98,080
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#28. Physics teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $99,040
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#27. Statisticians

- Median annual wage: $101,320
- Median hourly wage: $48.71
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#26. Architecture teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,140
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#25. Nurse practitioners

- Median annual wage: $106,710
- Median hourly wage: $51.30
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,770 people (1.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#24. Computer and information research scientists

- Median annual wage: $107,070
- Median hourly wage: $51.48
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 60 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#23. Library science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $107,570
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#22. Psychologists, all other

- Median annual wage: $108,660
- Median hourly wage: $52.24
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#21. Veterinarians

- Median annual wage: $111,810
- Median hourly wage: $53.76
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 820 people (0.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#20. Physician assistants

- Median annual wage: $123,510
- Median hourly wage: $59.38
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,820 people (1.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#19. Nurse midwives

- Median annual wage: $128,560
- Median hourly wage: $61.81
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#18. Optometrists

- Median annual wage: $136,460
- Median hourly wage: $65.61
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 260 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#17. Pharmacists

- Median annual wage: $136,930
- Median hourly wage: $65.83
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 2,510 people (1.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#16. Lawyers

- Median annual wage: $147,280
- Median hourly wage: $70.81
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 4,210 people (3.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#15. Podiatrists

- Median annual wage: $159,640
- Median hourly wage: $76.75
- 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: Internship/residency

#14. Physicists

- Median annual wage: $196,620
- Median hourly wage: $94.53
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#13. Dentists, general

- Median annual wage: $205,870
- Median hourly wage: $98.97
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 870 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#12. Nurse anesthetists

- Median annual wage: $215,930
- Median hourly wage: $103.81
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 410 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#11. Family medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $217,200
- Median hourly wage: $104.42
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 390 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#10. Pediatricians, general

- Median annual wage: $232,220
- Median hourly wage: $111.64
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 280 people (0.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#1. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons (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: 80 people (0.06 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: 190 people (0.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- 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: 90 people (0.07 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: 180 people (0.14 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: 210 people (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- 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: 2,080 people (1.64 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: 60 people (0.05 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: 130 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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