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- Median annual wage: $100,690
- Median hourly wage: $48.41
- Total employment: 100 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#50. Genetic counselors
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- Median annual wage: $100,810
- Median hourly wage: $48.47
- Total employment: 1,440 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Librarians and media collections specialists
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- Median annual wage: $101,500
- Median hourly wage: $48.80
- Total employment: 6,230 people (2.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
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- Median annual wage: $102,950
- Median hourly wage: $49.50
- Total employment: 2,100 people (1.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Statisticians
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- Median annual wage: $103,410
- Median hourly wage: $49.71
- Total employment: 1,390 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Urban and regional planners
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- Median annual wage: $103,950
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 80 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Library science teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $104,120
- Median hourly wage: $50.06
- Total employment: 2,260 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Occupational therapists
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- Median annual wage: $104,940
- Median hourly wage: $50.45
- Total employment: 1,780 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Speech-language pathologists
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- Median annual wage: $105,720
- Median hourly wage: $50.83
- Total employment: 3,000 people (1.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Physical therapists
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- Median annual wage: $107,100
- Median hourly wage: $51.49
- Total employment: 620 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other
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- Median annual wage: $107,730
- Median hourly wage: $51.79
- Total employment: 400 people (0.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Biochemists and biophysicists
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- Median annual wage: $110,310
- Median hourly wage: $53.04
- Total employment: 1,070 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Education administrators, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $110,760
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 100 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Environmental science teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $112,790
- Median hourly wage: $54.23
- Total employment: 120 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Physicists
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- Median annual wage: $114,110
- Median hourly wage: $54.86
- Total employment: 670 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. School psychologists
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- Median annual wage: $117,790
- Median hourly wage: $56.63
- Total employment: 590 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Clinical and counseling psychologists
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- Median annual wage: $119,190
- Median hourly wage: $57.30
- Total employment: 130 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Audiologists
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- Median annual wage: $119,640
- Median hourly wage: $57.52
- Total employment: 290 people (0.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Psychologists, all other
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- Median annual wage: $126,460
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 490 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Engineering teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $128,850
- Median hourly wage: $61.95
- Total employment: 180 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
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- Median annual wage: $129,280
- Median hourly wage: $62.16
- Total employment: 250 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Economists
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- Median annual wage: $130,580
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: Not available

#29. Law teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $132,960
- Median hourly wage: $63.92
- Total employment: 540 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
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- Median annual wage: $135,510
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 3,630 people (1.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Health specialties teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $136,050
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 110 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $140,970
- Median hourly wage: $67.78
- Total employment: 100 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Political scientists
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- Median annual wage: $142,940
- Median hourly wage: $68.72
- Total employment: 2,850 people (1.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Nurse practitioners
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- Median annual wage: $145,370
- Median hourly wage: $69.89
- Total employment: Not available

#23. Nurse midwives
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- Median annual wage: $159,130
- Median hourly wage: $76.50
- Total employment: 1,020 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Veterinarians
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- Median annual wage: $162,680
- Median hourly wage: $78.21
- Total employment: 9,440 people (4.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Lawyers
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- Median annual wage: $162,820
- Median hourly wage: $78.28
- Total employment: 550 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Optometrists
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- Median annual wage: $163,090
- Median hourly wage: $78.41
- Total employment: 430 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Pediatricians, general
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- Median annual wage: $163,460
- Median hourly wage: $78.59
- Total employment: 1,910 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Physician assistants
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- Median annual wage: $165,270
- Median hourly wage: $79.46
- Total employment: 4,850 people (2.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Pharmacists
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- Median annual wage: $170,150
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 3,250 people (1.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
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- Median annual wage: $176,000
- Median hourly wage: $84.61
- Total employment: 110 people (0.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Mathematicians
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- Median annual wage: $208,810
- Median hourly wage: $100.39
- Total employment: 1,670 people (0.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Dentists, general
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- Median annual wage: $232,120
- Median hourly wage: $111.60
- Total employment: 2,070 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Computer and information research scientists
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- Median annual wage: $237,310
- Median hourly wage: $114.09
- Total employment: 410 people (0.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Nurse anesthetists
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 480 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. General internal medicine physicians (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 220 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Physicians, pathologists (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 810 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Family medicine physicians (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: Not available

#1. Emergency medicine physicians (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 3,850 people (1.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Physicians, all other (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 560 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Surgeons, all other (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 150 people (0.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Neurologists (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 140 people (0.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Podiatrists (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 280 people (0.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Psychiatrists (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 1,690 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Radiologists (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: Not available

This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou, writing by Jill Jaracz, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 363 metros.

#1. Ophthalmologists, except pediatric (tie)
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