Highest Paying Jobs In Tucson, AZ For 2024

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

We cover the 31 highest-paying jobs in Tucson in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in Tucson 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 Tucson is Anesthesiologist, with an average annual salary of $299,852 and an entry-level salary of $150,000.

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

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

Anesthesiologist – $299,852
Dermatologist – $262,966
Radiologist – $257,312
Operator And Truck Driver – $253,874
Hospitalist Physician – $251,620
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist – $235,288
Assistant Professor Of Surgery – $233,200
Psychiatrist – $231,894
Medical Director – $228,692
Orthodontist – $228,042

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in Tucson

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Anesthesiologist	$299,852	$150,000
2	Dermatologist	$262,966	$141,000
3	Radiologist	$257,312	$131,000
4	Operator And Truck Driver	$253,874	$135,000
5	Hospitalist Physician	$251,620	$179,000
6	Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist	$235,288	$145,000
7	Assistant Professor Of Surgery	$233,200	$119,000
8	Psychiatrist	$231,894	$134,000
9	Medical Director	$228,692	$146,000
10	Orthodontist	$228,042	$132,000
11	Physician	$227,186	$123,000
12	Vascular Surgeon	$223,895	$122,000
13	Physician-Internist	$212,423	$114,000
14	Nephrologist	$205,114	$122,000
15	Staff Physician	$204,902	$119,000
16	Internal Medicine Physician	$204,518	$122,000
17	Medical Consultant	$202,853	$113,000
18	Family Medicine Physician	$202,270	$120,000
19	Internist	$200,539	$113,000
20	Acute Care Physician	$199,568	$116,000
21	Neurologist	$198,480	$111,000
22	Primary Care Physician	$196,628	$111,000
23	Internal Medicine Hospitalist	$191,747	$101,000
24	Hospitalist	$191,327	$123,000
25	Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist	$190,611	$103,000
26	Family Practice Physician	$189,509	$116,000
27	Endocrinologist	$182,179	$111,000
28	General Internist	$180,209	$110,000
29	Senior Vice President	$178,423	$106,000
30	Law Professor	$171,949	$100,000
31	Medical Staff Physician	$169,370	$92,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Tucson for 2024

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

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

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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