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$413,070

$64,927

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers leads this state with an average annual salary of $413,070.

General and Operations Managers has one of the largest employment totals in the state with 58,570 jobs.

Average annual salary for the highest-paying occupations in this state.

Total employment for the occupations with the broadest job base in this state.

Ranked by average annual salary among detailed occupations in this state.

#	Job Title	Average Salary	Hourly Wage	Total Jobs
1	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$413,070	$0.00	0
2	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$354,210	$170.30	100
3	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$307,100	$147.64	510
4	Physicians, All Other	$295,360	$142.00	3,280
5	Physicians, Pathologists	$285,200	$137.12	0
6	Anesthesiologists	$280,130	$134.68	710
7	Family Medicine Physicians	$277,570	$133.45	1,520
8	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$265,570	$127.68	310
9	Psychiatrists	$238,150	$114.49	200
10	Pediatricians, General	$236,980	$113.93	260
11	Nurse Anesthetists	$224,920	$108.13	1,050
12	Chief Executives	$208,380	$100.18	2,950
13	Podiatrists	$186,830	$89.82	60
14	Dentists, General	$179,380	$86.24	910
15	Physicists	$178,660	$85.89	30
16	Personal Financial Advisors	$162,520	$78.13	1,870
17	Optometrists	$154,120	$74.10	500
18	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$143,050	$68.78	1,420
19	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$142,980	$68.74	2,870
20	Sales Managers	$140,670	$67.63	6,950

Ranked by total employment to show the occupations with the largest job base in this state.

#	Job Title	Total Jobs	Average Salary	Hourly Wage
1	General and Operations Managers	58,570	$96,350	$46.32
2	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	58,120	$41,550	$19.98
3	Stockers and Order Fillers	49,470	$38,370	$18.45
4	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	49,390	$45,430	$21.84
5	Registered Nurses	48,170	$83,900	$40.34
6	Retail Salespersons	47,680	$33,270	$15.99
7	Cashiers	44,220	$26,860	$12.91
8	Customer Service Representatives	43,970	$40,720	$19.58
9	Fast Food and Counter Workers	41,890	$26,600	$12.79
10	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	33,430	$60,060	$28.87
11	Office Clerks, General	29,400	$37,790	$18.17
12	Waiters and Waitresses	27,800	$29,120	$14.00
13	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	27,620	$35,990	$17.30
14	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	27,110	$33,150	$15.94
15	Nursing Assistants	22,910	$37,960	$18.25
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	22,780	$47,150	$22.67
17	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	21,370	$49,000	$23.56
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	20,550	$39,380	$18.93
19	Cooks, Fast Food	20,250	$25,090	$12.06
20	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	19,940	$64,630	$31.07