Highest paying jobs in Portland, Oregon that require a graduate degree

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#50. Business teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $100,240
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 370 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#49. History teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $100,660
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 100 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#48. Speech-language pathologists

- Median annual wage: $101,100
- Median hourly wage: $48.61
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,030 people (0.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#47. Psychology teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $101,280
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.11 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: $101,770
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 130 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#45. Sociology teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $102,370
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#44. Audiologists

- Median annual wage: $102,720
- Median hourly wage: $49.38
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#43. Veterinarians

- Median annual wage: $103,240
- Median hourly wage: $49.63
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 920 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#42. Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other

- Median annual wage: $104,840
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 90 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#41. Genetic counselors

- Median annual wage: $105,580
- Median hourly wage: $50.76
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 40 people (0.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#40. Physics teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,120
- 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

#39. Chemistry teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $106,380
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#38. Economics teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $109,160
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- 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: None

#37. Engineering teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $109,840
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#36. Biological science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $110,710
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 250 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#35. Biochemists and biophysicists

- Median annual wage: $116,900
- Median hourly wage: $56.20
- 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

#34. Psychologists, all other

- Median annual wage: $119,950
- Median hourly wage: $57.67
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 140 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#33. Optometrists

- Median annual wage: $125,030
- Median hourly wage: $60.11
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 390 people (0.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#32. Health specialties teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $128,200
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 3,820 people (3.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#31. Clinical and counseling psychologists

- Median annual wage: $128,350
- Median hourly wage: $61.71
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 270 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#30. Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $128,810
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 360 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#29. Computer science teachers, postsecondary

- Median annual wage: $129,480
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 190 people (0.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#28. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

- Median annual wage: $130,300
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 2,080 people (1.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#27. Nurse midwives

- Median annual wage: $133,470
- Median hourly wage: $64.17
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 120 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#26. Lawyers

- Median annual wage: $136,120
- Median hourly wage: $65.44
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 5,330 people (4.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#25. Nurse practitioners

- Median annual wage: $136,170
- Median hourly wage: $65.47
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 1,100 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#24. Physician assistants

- Median annual wage: $137,670
- Median hourly wage: $66.19
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 770 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#23. Pharmacists

- Median annual wage: $146,140
- Median hourly wage: $70.26
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 2,430 people (2.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#22. Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates

- Median annual wage: $154,690
- Median hourly wage: $74.37
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 130 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#21. Podiatrists

- Median annual wage: $163,230
- Median hourly wage: $78.48
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 480 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#20. Dentists, general

- Median annual wage: $163,430
- Median hourly wage: $78.57
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 880 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#19. Economists

- Median annual wage: $163,830
- Median hourly wage: $78.76
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 240 people (0.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#18. Pediatricians, general

- Median annual wage: $168,240
- Median hourly wage: $80.88
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 390 people (0.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#17. Computer and information research scientists

- Median annual wage: $171,700
- Median hourly wage: $82.55
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 520 people (0.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#16. Physicists

- Median annual wage: $171,830
- Median hourly wage: $82.61
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 70 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#15. Nurse anesthetists

- Median annual wage: $213,670
- Median hourly wage: $102.73
- Education required: Master's degree
- Total employment: 240 people (0.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#14. Family medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $213,830
- Median hourly wage: $102.80
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 690 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#13. General internal medicine physicians

- Median annual wage: $215,760
- Median hourly wage: $103.73
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 280 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

#12. Physicians, pathologists

- Median annual wage: $222,660
- Median hourly wage: $107.05
- 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

#11. Physicians, all other

- Median annual wage: $233,230
- Median hourly wage: $112.13
- Education required: Doctoral or professional degree
- Total employment: 3,860 people (3.27 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: 500 people (0.42 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: 180 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. 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: 320 people (0.27 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: 300 people (0.25 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: 210 people (0.18 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: 180 people (0.15 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: 150 people (0.13 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: 220 people (0.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Internship/residency

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