These Are The 100 Highest Paying Jobs In Boise City, ID For 2018

Ever wonder who gets paid the most? Or how much your dentist makes for all the pain they put you through?

We had that same burning desire to know more about the highest paid professions in the Boise City area. And if you can’t tell by that sentence, we’re a bit of what you’d call data nerds.

We decided to go directly to the source: The Bureau of Labor Statistics.

After scrounging through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we discovered that Dentists, General are the highest paid people in Boise City.

Here’s a quick look at the top ten highest paying jobs in Boise City:

Dentists, General
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other
Family and General Practitioners
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Chief Executives
Optometrists
Marketing Managers
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
Pharmacists
Computer and Information Systems Managers

Everyone’s favorite, dentists, place number 1 on the list of highest paid professions in Boise City. So the next time you sit there while they drill you can dwell on the fact that they are getting extremely well paid for it.

If you’re interested, you can read more about the Boise City and Idaho job scene here:

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Boise City For 2018

We looked at the BLS’s data set for all 435 job classifications in Boise City in order to identify those that get paid the most.

Pretty straightforward and easy to do when the government does your job for you 🙂

We used the most recently released BLS data for this analysis which came out on March 30, 2018.

For more reading, check out:

These Are The 100 Lowest Paying Jobs In Idaho

Detailed List Of Highest Paying Jobs In Boise City

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary	# Of People
1	Dentists, General	$224,190	$108,480	160
2	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	$204,540	$62,640	450
3	Family and General Practitioners	$193,700	$88,990	380
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$140,920	$85,000	620
5	Chief Executives	$131,090	$25,910	430
6	Optometrists	$128,480	$80,350	150
7	Marketing Managers	$125,190	$59,880	500
8	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$119,750	$70,200	90
9	Pharmacists	$118,290	$102,500	670
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$110,350	$69,540	700
11	Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	$106,600	$46,330	50
12	Lawyers	$102,990	$52,660	1,250
13	Sales Managers	$101,450	$43,970	1,000
14	Computer Hardware Engineers	$99,800	$67,990	250
15	Physician Assistants	$98,310	$78,330	250
16	Veterinarians	$98,020	$66,280	210
17	Natural Sciences Managers	$97,160	$68,980	250
18	Financial Managers	$96,850	$44,230	900
19	Nurse Practitioners	$96,820	$69,940	320
20	Human Resources Managers	$92,780	$50,810	330
21	Industrial Engineers	$92,580	$65,140	420
22	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$92,070	$59,440	70
23	Personal Financial Advisors	$90,990	$36,780	510
24	Electrical and Electronics Drafters	$89,930	$45,730	70
25	Construction Managers	$89,890	$51,000	600
26	Environmental Engineers	$88,210	$56,360	120
27	Managers, All Other	$86,920	$33,980	540
28	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$85,700	$53,570	50
29	Electrical Engineers	$85,680	$53,490	990
30	Purchasing Managers	$85,520	$45,050	170
31	Commercial Pilots	$85,490	$40,730	60
32	Medical and Health Services Managers	$85,220	$48,180	820
33	Sales Engineers	$84,940	$42,600	140
34	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$84,920	$57,810	200
35	Insurance Sales Agents	$82,260	$36,420	490
36	Management Analysts	$81,940	$38,960	1,120
37	Industrial Production Managers	$81,790	$40,870	200
38	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$81,690	$38,410	230
39	Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School	$81,100	$64,380	360
40	General and Operations Managers	$80,700	$34,040	5,390
41	Computer Occupations, All Other	$80,670	$58,030	610
42	Computer Systems Analysts	$80,180	$49,230	990
43	Computer Network Architects	$79,390	$47,810	270
44	Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	$78,560	$41,180	130
45	Mechanical Engineers	$77,910	$47,540	440
46	Software Developers, Applications	$77,760	$47,300	1,630
47	Information Security Analysts	$77,640	$48,150	140
48	Statisticians	$77,460	$51,010	40
49	Financial Analysts	$76,800	$48,690	240
50	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$74,910	$37,690	100
51	Training and Development Managers	$74,680	$36,280	40
52	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$74,600	$43,700	510
53	Logisticians	$73,750	$45,130	260
54	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$73,650	$38,520	180
55	Financial Examiners	$73,470	$47,720	70
56	Physical Therapists	$72,610	$42,370	460
57	Soil and Plant Scientists	$72,220	$43,710	50
58	Civil Engineers	$71,710	$40,920	1,010
59	Public Relations Specialists	$71,690	$35,680	320
60	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$70,880	$35,800	40
61	Dental Hygienists	$70,780	$63,260	730
62	Conservation Scientists	$70,780	$39,580	80
63	Hydrologists	$70,710	$46,570	90
64	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$69,810	$33,120	780
65	Biological Scientists, All Other	$69,660	$31,940	90
66	Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	$69,270	$40,160	190
67	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$69,160	$43,880	50
68	Financial Specialists, All Other	$69,080	$40,380	180
69	Social Workers, All Other	$69,030	$50,010	60
70	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$69,010	$18,340	40
71	Operations Research Analysts	$67,600	$42,630	260
72	Accountants and Auditors	$66,870	$42,210	2,060
73	Computer Programmers	$66,650	$41,300	390
74	Occupational Therapists	$66,640	$41,920	180
75	Surveyors	$65,900	$42,450	120
76	Multimedia Artists and Animators	$65,310	$37,690	30
77	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$65,150	$36,360	860
78	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$65,020	$51,920	180
79	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$65,020	$41,310	270
80	Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$64,670	$31,930	1,360
81	Budget Analysts	$64,660	$48,620	100
82	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$64,650	$28,230	3,410
83	Writers and Authors	$64,180	$29,860	60
84	Speech-Language Pathologists	$64,120	$36,470	220
85	Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other	$63,630	$19,540	60
86	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$63,570	$29,890	100
87	Administrative Services Managers	$63,520	$34,020	560
88	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$62,990	$27,010	520
89	Registered Nurses	$62,390	$46,390	5,710
90	Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$62,380	$31,770	210
91	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$62,250	$50,420	190
92	Human Resources Specialists	$62,170	$33,050	880
93	Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	$61,800	$29,190	140
94	Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary	$61,620	$47,980	30
95	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$60,920	$37,540	130
96	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	$60,910	$46,900	280
97	Urban and Regional Planners	$60,350	$43,930	120
98	Database Administrators	$60,100	$35,820	260
99	Occupational Therapy Assistants	$59,690	$42,460	30
100	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$59,680	$36,590	890

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Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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