These Are The 100 Highest Paying Jobs In Philadelphia, PA 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 Philadelphia 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 Anesthesiologists are the highest paid people in Philadelphia.

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

1. Anesthesiologists
2. Chief Executives
3. Family and General Practitioners
4. Pediatricians, General
5. Surgeons
6. Obstetricians and Gynecologists
7. Nurse Anesthetists
8. Financial Managers
9. Sales Managers
10. Marketing Managers

Everyone’s favorite, dentists, place number 16 on the list of highest paid professions in Philadelphia. 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 Philadelphia and Pennsylvania job scene here:

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• These Are The 10 Best Jobs In Pennsylvania For Recent College Grads

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Philadelphia For 2018

We looked at the BLS’s data set for all 542 job classifications in Philadelphia 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.

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Detailed List Of Highest Paying Jobs In Philadelphia

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary	# Of People
1	Anesthesiologists	$250,270	$58,570	170
2	Chief Executives	$224,220	$113,460	1,560
3	Family and General Practitioners	$212,460	$117,590	1,220
4	Pediatricians, General	$203,510	$130,880	160
5	Surgeons	$181,680	$53,860	650
6	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$173,420	$53,660	70
7	Nurse Anesthetists	$167,520	$122,410	200
8	Financial Managers	$166,560	$77,700	3,330
9	Sales Managers	$161,940	$73,770	1,380
10	Marketing Managers	$161,360	$84,240	970
11	Podiatrists	$160,750	$51,570	70
12	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$157,170	$108,300	860
13	Psychiatrists	$157,000	$54,970	320
14	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$152,240	$91,430	2,240
15	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$151,060	$70,220	140
16	Dentists, General	$148,500	$47,040	640
17	Optometrists	$146,250	$40,940	150
18	Human Resources Managers	$144,390	$75,130	750
19	Construction Managers	$142,340	$74,350	640
20	Natural Sciences Managers	$140,610	$66,740	290
21	General and Operations Managers	$139,840	$61,600	9,240
22	Lawyers	$139,530	$58,290	9,120
23	Purchasing Managers	$134,280	$78,940	310
24	Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	$131,920	$70,720	450
25	Physicists	$129,560	$51,200	80
26	Industrial Production Managers	$125,730	$74,620	530
27	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	$124,980	$51,000	3,560
28	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$124,080	$56,800	1,100
29	Personal Financial Advisors	$122,870	$37,330	1,560
30	Training and Development Managers	$121,710	$68,740	270
31	Law Teachers, Postsecondary	$117,380	$52,430	180
32	Petroleum Engineers	$116,860	$57,410	50
33	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$114,020	$52,520	1,820
34	Pharmacists	$113,170	$78,760	2,610
35	Actuaries	$112,870	$66,460	460
36	Medical and Health Services Managers	$112,300	$62,090	2,240
37	Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	$108,400	$37,360	310
38	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$108,260	$50,010	1,300
39	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	$107,980	$45,270	480
40	Chemical Engineers	$107,860	$66,540	250
41	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$107,640	$44,600	1,540
42	Administrative Services Managers	$107,310	$60,820	1,530
43	Managers, All Other	$106,640	$59,890	3,210
44	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$106,290	$62,050	440
45	Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary	$105,870	$55,880	80
46	Computer Network Architects	$104,160	$66,430	670
47	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$103,430	$37,960	2,330
48	Software Developers, Applications	$102,540	$64,930	4,120
49	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	$101,660	$55,130	370
50	Electrical Engineers	$101,390	$68,900	980
51	Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School	$101,330	$64,490	1,160
52	Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, All Other	$101,000	$64,550	130
53	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$100,700	$42,280	1,570
54	Economists	$99,410	$51,630	180
55	Funeral Service Managers	$99,300	$83,070	50
56	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$98,020	$56,950	370
57	Management Analysts	$97,690	$51,110	3,150
58	Transportation Inspectors	$97,290	$48,560	90
59	Computer Hardware Engineers	$96,640	$49,640	160
60	Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$96,080	$54,390	70
61	Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	$96,010	$51,690	560
62	Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$95,410	$52,130	380
63	Software Developers, Systems Software	$94,570	$63,280	1,300
64	Industrial Engineers	$94,390	$63,650	830
65	Radiation Therapists	$94,100	$67,650	260
66	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$93,930	$54,880	190
67	Mechanical Engineers	$93,220	$55,440	1,500
68	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$92,960	$47,760	850
69	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$92,760	$40,730	660
70	Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$92,050	$49,730	190
71	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$92,050	$49,000	1,210
72	Computer Systems Analysts	$91,660	$53,870	3,600
73	Nurse Practitioners	$91,000	$39,850	1,060
74	Sales Engineers	$90,740	$55,940	260
75	Financial Analysts	$90,680	$46,720	2,470
76	Information Security Analysts	$90,430	$55,100	630
77	Computer Occupations, All Other	$89,980	$57,740	2,050
78	Engineers, All Other	$89,910	$30,460	800
79	Civil Engineers	$89,680	$53,130	1,370
80	Financial Specialists, All Other	$89,130	$44,190	1,200
81	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$88,730	$53,840	1,730
82	Environmental Engineers	$88,200	$48,450	380
83	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$87,690	$43,760	390
84	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$87,560	$52,820	430
85	Physical Therapists	$87,000	$55,630	1,370
86	Financial Examiners	$86,810	$49,010	380
87	Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$86,790	$43,760	1,000
88	Psychologists, All Other	$86,700	$47,500	200
89	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$86,270	$53,910	1,190
90	Loan Officers	$85,820	$42,570	2,360
91	Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	$85,770	$42,440	250
92	Chemists	$85,610	$48,080	600
93	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$85,220	$36,880	2,000
94	Materials Scientists	$84,830	$63,520	40
95	Speech-Language Pathologists	$84,830	$53,710	500
96	Insurance Underwriters	$84,820	$47,690	1,360
97	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$84,440	$65,510	1,190
98	Chiropractors	$84,060	$68,180	80
99	Operations Research Analysts	$83,870	$52,530	380
100	Computer Programmers	$82,940	$50,170	2,160