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- Median annual wage: $81,090
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 170 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#50. Communications teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $81,410
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: Not available

#49. Health specialties teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $82,060
- Median hourly wage: $39.45
- Total employment: 40 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Genetic counselors
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- Median annual wage: $82,300
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 80 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. History teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $84,240
- Median hourly wage: $40.50
- Total employment: 160 people (0.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Urban and regional planners
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- Median annual wage: $85,060
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 130 people (0.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $86,300
- Median hourly wage: $41.49
- Total employment: Not available

#44. Orthotists and prosthetists
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- Median annual wage: $87,690
- Median hourly wage: $42.16
- Total employment: 1,130 people (1.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Occupational therapists
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- Median annual wage: $87,740
- Median hourly wage: $42.18
- Total employment: 1,080 people (1.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Speech-language pathologists
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- Median annual wage: $88,310
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 120 people (0.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Chemistry teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $88,400
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 270 people (0.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. English language and literature teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $93,030
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 110 people (0.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Computer science teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $93,810
- Median hourly wage: $45.10
- Total employment: 90 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Audiologists
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- Median annual wage: $97,020
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 220 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Biological science teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $101,620
- Median hourly wage: $48.86
- Total employment: 1,640 people (2.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Physical therapists
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- Median annual wage: $103,690
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: Not available

#35. Political science teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $104,290
- Median hourly wage: $50.14
- Total employment: 540 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. School psychologists
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- Median annual wage: $104,550
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 80 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $105,270
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 380 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Business teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $105,540
- Median hourly wage: $50.74
- Total employment: 390 people (0.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Veterinarians
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- Median annual wage: $105,710
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: Not available

#30. Engineering teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $107,550
- Median hourly wage: $51.71
- Total employment: 380 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Psychologists, all other
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- Median annual wage: $110,620
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 50 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Physics teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $110,910
- Median hourly wage: $53.32
- Total employment: 260 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Clinical and counseling psychologists
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- Median annual wage: $114,950
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: Not available

#26. Sociology teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $121,430
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 890 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
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- Median annual wage: $129,170
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: Not available

#24. Economics teachers, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $129,760
- Median hourly wage: $62.39
- Total employment: 1,940 people (2.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Nurse practitioners
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- Median annual wage: $131,000
- Median hourly wage: $62.98
- Total employment: 3,610 people (4.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Lawyers
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- Median annual wage: $132,820
- Median hourly wage: $63.86
- Total employment: 1,230 people (1.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Physician assistants
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- Median annual wage: $133,350
- Median hourly wage: $64.11
- Total employment: 40 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
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- Median annual wage: $137,560
- Median hourly wage: $66.13
- Total employment: 340 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Education administrators, postsecondary
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- Median annual wage: $142,380
- Median hourly wage: $68.45
- Total employment: 220 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Optometrists
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- Median annual wage: $148,740
- Median hourly wage: $71.51
- Total employment: 1,590 people (1.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Pharmacists
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- Median annual wage: $156,030
- Median hourly wage: $75.02
- Total employment: 70 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Podiatrists
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- Median annual wage: $181,400
- Median hourly wage: $87.21
- Total employment: 600 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Dentists, general
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- Median annual wage: $196,680
- Median hourly wage: $94.56
- Total employment: 80 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Physicists
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- Median annual wage: $214,690
- Median hourly wage: $103.21
- Total employment: 110 people (0.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Ophthalmologists, except pediatric
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- Median annual wage: $218,460
- Median hourly wage: $105.03
- Total employment: 2,680 people (3.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Physicians, all other
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- Median annual wage: $232,480
- Median hourly wage: $111.77
- Total employment: 30 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Dentists, all other specialists
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- Median annual wage: $239,080
- Median hourly wage: $114.94
- Total employment: 80 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Pediatricians, general
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 380 people (0.46 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: 190 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

#1. Radiologists (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 30 people (0.04 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 (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Obstetricians and gynecologists (tie)
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- Median annual wage: At least $239,200
- Median hourly wage: At least $115.00
- Total employment: 70 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

#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: 450 people (0.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#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: 170 people (0.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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. Psychiatrists (tie)
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