Financial planning resource Investopedia recently ranked 25 of the highest-paying jobs based on Bureau of Labor and Statistics data of mean wages, and healthcare took 14 of the spots.
Fourteen high-paying jobs in healthcare:
1. Anesthesiologists – $265,990
2. Surgeons, general – $265,990 (tie)
3. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons – $242,740
4. OB-GYN – $235,240
5. Orthodontists – $229,380
6. Psychiatrists – $216,090
7. Physicians, general – $214,700
8. Family medicine physicians – $208,560
9. Internists – $198,370
10. Prosthodontists – $196,050
11. Dentists – $187,540
12. Pediatricians – $180,010
13. Nurse Anesthetists – $169,450
14. Podiatrists – $148,470
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