Highest Paying Jobs In Boston For 2023

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

We cover the 31 highest-paying jobs in Boston in 2023 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in Boston 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 Boston is Anesthesiologist, with an average annual salary of $328,427 and an entry-level salary of $155,000.

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

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

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Boston for 2023

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

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

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in Boston

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Anesthesiologist	$328,427	$155,000
2	Anesthesia Assistant	$320,770	$159,000
3	Rheumatologist	$320,730	$149,000
4	Surgeon’s Assistant	$314,952	$172,000
5	Radiologist	$298,913	$144,000
6	Pulmonologist	$279,752	$129,000
7	Operator And Truck Driver	$275,493	$141,000
8	Oncologist	$264,468	$133,000
9	Anesthesia Resident	$256,686	$116,000
10	Anesthesiology Resident	$253,689	$116,000
11	Finance Services Director	$250,541	$182,000
12	President/Chief Executive Officer	$248,931	$142,000
13	Anesthesia Associate	$247,841	$108,000
14	Staff Anesthesiologist	$246,505	$93,000
15	Radiology Resident	$244,238	$103,000
16	Executive Vice President	$242,927	$135,000
17	Cardiologist	$231,158	$120,000
18	Internist	$227,142	$128,000
19	Medical Director	$226,846	$152,000
20	Physician	$226,174	$127,000
21	Neonatologist	$222,700	$94,000
22	Vice President/Managing Director	$222,283	$148,000
23	Associate Medical Director	$220,567	$137,000
24	Otolaryngologist	$220,009	$133,000
25	Periodontist	$219,062	$137,000
26	Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer	$218,995	$145,000
27	Nephrologist	$218,785	$137,000
28	Associate Professor, Physician	$218,632	$116,000
29	Revenue Officer	$217,896	$113,000
30	Hospitalist Physician	$217,331	$156,000
31	Doctor	$216,104	$112,000

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2023. This is our eighth time ranking the highest paying jobs in Boston.

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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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