Highest Paying Jobs In Worcester, MA For 2024

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

We cover the 28 highest-paying jobs in Worcester in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in Worcester 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 Worcester is Anesthesiologist, with an average annual salary of $328,538 and an entry-level salary of $155,000.

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

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

Anesthesiologist – $328,538
Radiologist – $299,288
Operator And Truck Driver – $274,318
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist – $260,586
Consulting Psychiatrist – $233,085
Urologist – $232,642
Internist – $227,208
Physician – $226,638
Medical Director – $226,488
Internal Medicine Hospitalist – $219,046

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in Worcester

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Anesthesiologist	$328,538	$155,000
2	Radiologist	$299,288	$145,000
3	Operator And Truck Driver	$274,318	$140,000
4	Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist	$260,586	$180,000
5	Consulting Psychiatrist	$233,085	$161,000
6	Urologist	$232,642	$128,000
7	Internist	$227,208	$128,000
8	Physician	$226,638	$127,000
9	Medical Director	$226,488	$151,000
10	Internal Medicine Hospitalist	$219,046	$116,000
11	Hospitalist Physician	$217,796	$156,000
12	General Internist	$213,775	$136,000
13	Neurologist	$211,882	$121,000
14	Hospitalist	$210,952	$147,000
15	Psychiatrist	$208,720	$137,000
16	Staff Psychiatrist	$208,306	$146,000
17	Internal Medicine Physician	$200,054	$135,000
18	Primary Care Physician	$190,257	$125,000
19	Anesthesiologist/Physician	$188,381	$100,000
20	Staff Physician	$186,848	$124,000
21	Family Practice Physician	$186,463	$124,000
22	Professor	$184,863	$107,000
23	Dentist	$183,488	$124,000
24	Pediatric Hospitalist	$178,578	$117,000
25	General Dentist	$176,926	$120,000
26	Owner/Operator	$176,890	$120,000
27	Pediatric Dentist	$174,367	$109,000
28	Physician Assistant	$170,605	$102,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Worcester for 2024

To figure out the highest-paying jobs in Worcester, 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 Worcester.

In total, the team looked at the salary data set for all over 1,000 job titles in Worcester 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 Worcester.

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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