Top 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Los Alamos County, New Mexico nonmetropolitan area

The top 100 highest paying jobs in Los Alamos County, New Mexico nonmetropolitan area (ranked by annual average salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid workers) and the number of employment of each job in Los Alamos County, New Mexico nonmetropolitan area are also shown. We note from the table that the highest paying profession in Los Alamos County, New Mexico nonmetropolitan area is general and operations manager with an average annual salary of $206,280. The second highest paying job is architectural and engineering manager (average salary $163,790). The salary and the employment information in Los Alamos County, New Mexico nonmetropolitan area is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2018 [1].

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Los Alamos County, New Mexico nonmetropolitan area

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl i
1	General and Operations Managers	$206,280	$68,050	180
2	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$163,790	$134,510	200
3	Lawyers	$159,050	$102,660	30
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$150,790	$95,180	130
5	Physicists	$149,100	$111,250	1,380
6	All Other Managers	$140,870	$87,590	80
7	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$140,440	$97,560	40
8	Nuclear Engineers	$138,050	$101,470	560
9	Environmental Engineers	$135,790	$100,290	30
10	Engineers, All Other	$133,910	$95,060	420
11	Other Physical Scientists	$133,640	$85,870	420
12	Mechanical Engineers	$132,610	$86,730	30
13	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$126,890	$95,950	60
14	Administrative Services Managers	$125,280	$94,060	110
15	Environmental Scientists and Health Specialists	$125,110	$82,100	370
16	Family and General Practitioners	$124,670	$81,690	30
17	Database Administrators	$122,760	$85,440	40
18	Financial Managers	$120,320	$87,280	50
19	Other Computer Occupations	$120,120	$51,650	60
20	Industrial Engineers	$116,990	$89,820	60
21	Management Analysts	$115,530	$67,380	240
22	Computer Programmers	$114,680	$82,050	60
23	Purchasing Managers	$111,720	$85,320	30
24	Civil Engineers	$111,640	$78,230	110
25	Computer Systems Analysts	$98,990	$50,710	80
26	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$98,120	$72,740	260
27	Protective Service Workers, All Other	$96,120	$54,370	180
28	Information Security Analysts	$95,630	$65,250	210
29	Other Business Operations Specialists	$95,590	$57,300	230
30	Logisticians	$95,520	$63,600	110
31	Applications Software Developers	$91,870	$66,710	80
32	Technical Writers	$91,430	$68,230	40
33	All Occupations	$88,890	$28,620	16,050
34	Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians	$88,330	$66,010	70
35	Budget Analysts	$88,200	$67,540	160
36	Other Engineering Technicians	$87,420	$58,170	700
37	Training and Development Specialists	$85,880	$55,970	120
38	Other First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers	$85,180	$65,700	40
39	Cost Estimators	$84,430	$53,860	30
40	Librarians	$84,390	$59,670	50
41	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$84,370	$54,340	140
42	Dental Hygienists	$83,310	$67,350	40
43	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$83,120	$57,620	130
44	Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	$82,080	$53,110	140
45	Public Relations Specialists	$81,030	$50,390	70
46	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$79,410	$57,920	90
47	Machinists	$78,310	$48,810	120
48	Accountants and Auditors	$77,250	$51,110	150
49	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$76,280	$63,910	190
50	Human Resources Specialists	$75,530	$52,860	100
51	Security Guards	$74,290	$66,260	140
52	Computer Network Support Specialists	$73,340	$61,460	170
53	Registered Nurses	$71,370	$55,280	160
54	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$71,340	$54,590	370
55	Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$70,850	$54,460	90
56	Library Technicians	$67,830	$22,850	90
57	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$65,340	$25,160	270
58	Electricians	$64,470	$40,850	60
59	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$50,200	$31,190	0
60	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$48,420	$34,870	30
61	Computer User Support Specialists	$46,250	$30,340	40
62	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$45,150	$34,040	50
63	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$37,700	$19,870	0
64	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$37,010	$23,580	40
65	Dental Assistants	$34,630	$26,060	30
66	Medical Secretaries	$30,310	$24,930	40
67	Medical Assistants	$28,810	$21,320	40
68	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$27,440	$22,330	30
69	Nursing Assistants	$25,940	$18,950	0
70	Teacher Assistants	$24,650	$20,410	150
71	Stock Clerks and Order Fillers	$24,240	$20,550	110
72	Recreation Workers	$23,350	$17,810	0
73	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$21,790	$17,650	30
74	Short Order Cooks	$21,720	$17,880	50
75	Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	$20,080	$16,890	160
76	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	$19,560	$16,640	60
77	Coaches and Scouts	$18,450	$16,770	50

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