Highest paying jobs in Raleigh that require a graduate degree

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#50. English language and literature teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $63,680
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 150 people (0.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#49. Epidemiologists

- Median annual wage: $63,810
- Median hourly wage: $30.68
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#48. Education teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $63,820
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 270 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#47. Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other

- Median annual wage: $64,770
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#46. Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $65,700
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#45. School psychologists

- Median annual wage: $65,970
- Median hourly wage: $31.72
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 190 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#44. Computer science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $66,240
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 200 people (0.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#43. Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $66,470
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 120 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#42. Social work teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $66,510
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 450 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#41. Historians

- Median annual wage: $69,340
- Median hourly wage: $33.34
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 30 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#40. Urban and regional planners

- Median annual wage: $76,540
- Median hourly wage: $36.80
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 290 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#39. Speech-language pathologists

- Median annual wage: $76,640
- Median hourly wage: $36.85
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 710 people (1.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#38. Audiologists

- Median annual wage: $77,330
- Median hourly wage: $37.18
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#37. Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other

- Median annual wage: $77,900
- Median hourly wage: $37.45
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 50 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#36. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

- Median annual wage: $79,290
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,220 people (1.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#35. Physical therapists

- Median annual wage: $80,660
- Median hourly wage: $38.78
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,110 people (1.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#34. Economists

- Median annual wage: $82,060
- Median hourly wage: $39.45
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#33. Chemistry teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $82,190
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 80 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#32. Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $83,200
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 330 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#31. Health specialties teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $83,280
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 390 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#30. Occupational therapists

- Median annual wage: $83,300
- Median hourly wage: $40.05
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 610 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#29. Business teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $83,320
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 310 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#28. Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $83,980
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#27. Nurse midwives

- Median annual wage: $85,020
- Median hourly wage: $40.88
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#26. Education administrators, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $87,240
- Median hourly wage: $41.94
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 580 people (0.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#25. Clinical and counseling psychologists

- Median annual wage: $87,360
- Median hourly wage: $42.00
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 340 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#24. Chiropractors

- Median annual wage: $91,140
- Median hourly wage: $43.82
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 170 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#23. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

- Median annual wage: $99,840
- Median hourly wage: $48.00
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 480 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#22. Veterinarians

- Median annual wage: $100,230
- Median hourly wage: $48.19
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 610 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#21. Biochemists and biophysicists

- Median annual wage: $102,150
- Median hourly wage: $49.11
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#20. Computer and information research scientists

- Median annual wage: $106,830
- Median hourly wage: $51.36
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#19. Biological science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $107,120
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 200 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#18. Environmental science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $107,160
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 110 people (0.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#17. Engineering teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $108,460
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 420 people (0.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#16. Nurse practitioners

- Median annual wage: $116,290
- Median hourly wage: $55.91
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,100 people (1.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#15. Lawyers

- Median annual wage: $118,910
- Median hourly wage: $57.17
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 3,460 people (5.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#14. Statisticians

- Median annual wage: $122,990
- Median hourly wage: $59.13
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 380 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#13. Physician assistants

- Median annual wage: $125,320
- Median hourly wage: $60.25
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,010 people (1.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#12. Pharmacists

- Median annual wage: $133,410
- Median hourly wage: $64.14
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 1,450 people (2.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#11. Optometrists

- Median annual wage: $134,610
- Median hourly wage: $64.72
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 180 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#10. Physicists

- Median annual wage: $173,240
- Median hourly wage: $83.29
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#9. General internal medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $179,390
- Median hourly wage: $86.25
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 120 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#8. Dentists, general

- Median annual wage: $201,710
- Median hourly wage: $96.98
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 710 people (1.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#7. Family medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $209,450
- Median hourly wage: $100.70
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 210 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#6. Pediatricians, general

- Median annual wage: $225,230
- Median hourly wage: $108.28
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 170 people (0.26 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: Not available
- 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: 80 people (0.12 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: 1,080 people (1.6 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: 50 people (0.07 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: 110 people (0.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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