Hourly PayJobs that pay over $75 an hour: 34 occupations, May 2025
Occupations in the United States whose median hourly wage was over $75 an hour in May 2025, with the range from the lowest-paid tenth to the highest-paid tenth. Together they hold 4,300,490 jobs, about 3% of all jobs counted.
No occupation in this pay band matches.
| Occupation | Median an hour | Lowest 10% below | Top 10% above | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Managers | $80.08 | $45.34 | $155.42 | 841,710 |
| Lawyers | $76.76 | $37.67 | $169.04 | 754,500 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $84.20 | $51.71 | $143.03 | 670,570 |
| Marketing Managers | $80.19 | $43.39 | $141.16 | 395,240 |
| Physicians, All Other | $127.85 | $33.26 | $217.48 | 342,720 |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | $82.34 | $58.08 | $126.33 | 220,260 |
| Chief Executives | $102.88 | $36.39 | $244.10 | 204,350 |
| Dentists, General | $82.19 | $41.47 | $153.67 | 124,390 |
| Natural Sciences Managers | $80.39 | $38.32 | $152.33 | 108,690 |
| Family Medicine Physicians | $117.39 | $36.94 | $206.03 | 107,510 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | $77.76 | $44.68 | $108.33 | 76,660 |
| General Internal Medicine Physicians | $123.35 | $35.37 | $228.57 | 67,150 |
| Nurse Anesthetists | $113.75 | $74.64 | $163.22 | 51,840 |
| Pediatricians, General | $100.98 | $43.98 | $162.74 | 39,390 |
| Anesthesiologists | $188.22 | $48.78 | $267.85 | 38,760 |
| Emergency Medicine Physicians | $161.32 | $49.81 | $238.42 | 32,880 |
| Psychiatrists | $135.51 | $40.41 | $214.67 | 27,980 |
| Radiologists | $202.34 | $42.79 | $285.78 | 26,770 |
| Surgeons, All Other | $199.04 | $38.62 | $315.06 | 25,140 |
| Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $140.82 | $45.52 | $210.24 | 21,260 |
| Physicists | $82.81 | $39.48 | $131.79 | 20,430 |
| Cardiologists | $238.47 | $51.53 | $342.37 | 17,290 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $172.38 | $40.46 | $316.97 | 14,100 |
| Dermatologists | $158.04 | $49.43 | $278.15 | 11,370 |
| Physicians, Pathologists | $150.19 | $44.49 | $216.33 | 11,110 |
| Neurologists | $119.50 | $40.08 | $216.72 | 10,590 |
| Podiatrists | $77.07 | $31.74 | $148.88 | 9,680 |
| Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $144.27 | $48.16 | $235.44 | 8,950 |
| Orthodontists | $139.01 | $48.01 | $200.00 | 6,210 |
| Dentists, All Other Specialists | $108.17 | $50.06 | $193.61 | 5,230 |
| Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | $169.34 | $41.47 | $299.35 | 4,910 |
| Pediatric Surgeons | $268.76 | $103.56 | $349.35 | 1,190 |
| Prosthodontists | $149.61 | $49.77 | $165.75 | 870 |
| Industrial-Organizational Psychologists | $93.24 | $37.99 | $118.86 | 790 |
In short
- The occupations with the most jobs in this band are Financial Managers (841,710 jobs, $80.08 an hour), Lawyers (754,500 jobs, $76.76 an hour), Computer and Information Systems Managers (670,570 jobs, $84.20 an hour).
- The median for all occupations in the country was $24.51 an hour.
- A median is the middle: in every occupation here, half the workers earn more than the figure shown and half earn less, so the columns for the lowest and top tenth matter as much as the median.
- Sorted by number of jobs, largest first.
What is in this band
Inside the band, the medians run from $76.76 an hour (Lawyers) to $268.76 (Pediatric Surgeons). For full-time work of 2,080 hours, $75.00 an hour comes to $156,000 a year before tax. The band has no upper edge. The three largest occupations hold 53% of the 4,300,490 jobs in the band.
The kinds of work
Counted by the Bureau's broad groups of occupations, the band holds most occupations from healthcare practitioners and technical (24), management (6), life, physical, and social science (2) and architecture and engineering (1).
How wide the pay is inside an occupation
A median hides how far pay stretches inside one occupation. The widest range here is Cardiologists: the lowest-paid tenth earn under $51.53 an hour and the highest-paid tenth over $342.37, a gap of $290.84. The narrowest is Computer Hardware Engineers, from $44.68 to $108.33. In all 34 occupations, even the lowest-paid tenth earn more than the national median of $24.51.
Other bands: under $15 an hour, $15 to $20 an hour, $20 to $25 an hour, $25 to $30 an hour, $30 to $40 an hour, $40 to $50 an hour, $50 to $75 an hour.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; checked in November 2026. Figures are for employees, before tax, and leave out overtime pay. Official statistics, not advice or a pay offer; original tables at bls.gov/oes.