Highest Paying Jobs In Salem, OR For 2024

The highest-paying jobs in Salem include a range of industries, including healthcare, technology, and finance. If you’re looking for a high-paying career in the Salem area, this list will help you narrow down your search to the best-paid professions available.

We cover the 25 highest-paying jobs in Salem in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in Salem require extensive experience, but there are also some well-paid entry-level roles for job seekers with the right educational background.

Overall, the highest-paying job in Salem is Anesthesiologist, with an average annual salary of $345,110 and an entry-level salary of $173,000.

Whether you’re considering a career change, thinking about moving to Salem, or a recent graduate planning for your future, this guide to the highest-paying jobs and best-paid industries in Salem can help you figure out your next move.

Here’s a quick look at the top 10 highest-paying jobs in Salem, Oregon:

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in Salem

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Anesthesiologist	$345,110	$173,000
2	Hospitalist Physician	$301,755	$214,000
3	Psychiatrist	$278,821	$153,000
4	Rheumatologist	$277,351	$135,000
5	Physician	$257,320	$139,000
6	Medical Director	$254,629	$166,000
7	Hospitalist	$252,969	$162,000
8	Physician-Internist	$241,461	$126,000
9	Primary Care Physician	$236,185	$132,000
10	Internal Medicine Physician	$233,640	$136,000
11	Family Medicine Physician	$233,325	$136,000
12	Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist	$233,318	$131,000
13	General Internist	$224,646	$137,000
14	Cardiologist	$224,326	$114,000
15	Pediatrician	$219,875	$138,000
16	Forensic Psychiatrist	$216,735	$119,000
17	Acute Care Physician	$216,256	$123,000
18	Pulmonary Physician	$207,314	$113,000
19	Family Practice Physician	$199,754	$119,000
20	Senior Director, Product Management	$199,304	$142,000
21	Owner/Operator	$197,518	$134,000
22	Executive Vice President Of Sales	$189,408	$130,000
23	Vice President, Business Development	$181,720	$108,000
24	Regional Sales Vice President	$177,435	$110,000
25	Product Management Director	$174,468	$127,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Salem for 2024

To figure out the highest-paying jobs in Salem, we looked at the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and others.

Zippia’s data science team then supplements that data by continuously scanning through millions of job postings each day to find published salaries. We match these published salaries to the companies, locations, and job titles in other datasets.

Finally, we calculate a weighted average of these inputs to produce an estimated salary for the particular job title in Salem.

In total, the team looked at the salary data set for all over 1,000 job titles in Salem to identify the jobs that get paid the most.

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2024. This is our eighth time ranking the highest paying jobs in Salem.

Author

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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