Top 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area

The top 100 highest paying jobs in Northwest Massachusetts 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 Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area are also shown. We note from the table that the highest paying profession in Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area is chief executive with an average annual salary of $130,820. The second highest paying job is public relations and fundraising manager (average salary $107,710). The salary and the employment information in Northwest Massachusetts 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 Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl i
1	Chief Executives	$130,820	$67,160	70
2	Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	$107,710	$51,830	40
3	Nurse Practitioners	$107,130	$70,480	50
4	Management Analysts	$101,200	$60,640	50
5	Industrial Production Managers	$99,090	$66,720	30
6	Sales Managers	$97,790	$62,200	80
7	Financial Managers	$96,880	$46,890	120
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$95,260	$65,410	30
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$94,660	$45,090	40
10	Medical and Health Services Managers	$91,660	$68,670	120
11	Human Resources Managers	$91,550	$57,080	40
12	Administrative Services Managers	$90,780	$63,490	100
13	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$89,800	$52,000	130
14	Marketing Managers	$87,500	$68,780	50
15	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$83,850	$52,040	180
16	Lawyers	$81,620	$54,580	60
17	Industrial Engineers	$78,630	$58,460	40
18	General and Operations Managers	$75,570	$52,750	510
19	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$72,580	$51,650	50
20	Civil Engineers	$69,050	$50,050	0
21	Mechanical Engineers	$68,050	$44,870	40
22	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	$66,980	$53,830	30
23	Instructional Coordinators	$64,280	$46,260	30
24	Other Sales Representatives	$63,880	$42,920	60
25	Physical Therapist Assistants	$62,470	$48,840	40
26	Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	$62,040	$42,550	100
27	Accountants and Auditors	$59,870	$36,060	180
28	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$59,590	$29,980	50
29	Property, Real Estate Managers	$58,880	$37,080	40
30	Loan Officers	$58,400	$43,190	50
31	Computer Systems Analysts	$58,370	$42,580	40
32	Fundraisers	$57,930	$18,190	40
33	Music Directors and Composers	$56,590	$24,560	30
34	Social and Community Service Managers	$55,160	$34,980	100
35	Food Service Managers	$55,040	$35,990	80
36	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators	$54,910	$35,430	0
37	Construction and Building Inspectors	$54,790	$24,350	30
38	Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$53,830	$35,620	30
39	Purchasing Managers	$52,420	$33,600	30
40	Sheet Metal Workers	$50,610	$27,520	60
41	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$50,430	$35,460	50
42	Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$49,880	$40,340	40
43	Cost Estimators	$49,880	$37,040	40
44	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators	$49,710	$26,240	40
45	Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$49,000	$31,050	0
46	Training and Development Specialists	$48,900	$37,240	40
47	First-line supervisors of transportation moving workers	$48,780	$28,000	40
48	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$48,510	$40,300	30
49	Mental Health Counselors	$48,430	$33,130	180
50	Human Resources Specialists	$48,210	$27,040	90
51	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	$45,550	$32,470	160
52	Computer User Support Specialists	$43,490	$32,860	80
53	Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic	$43,170	$28,180	30
54	Audio and Video Equipment Technicians	$42,450	$22,510	30
55	Medical Records and Health Information Technicians	$41,930	$33,170	50
56	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$41,440	$27,350	50
57	Preschool Special Education Teachers	$41,050	$33,220	0
58	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,940	$33,330	40
59	Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers	$39,670	$24,420	30
60	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$39,030	$32,790	30
61	All Occupations	$37,760	$23,650	27,430
62	Community Health Workers	$37,580	$24,410	80
63	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$37,200	$24,240	50
64	Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$37,190	$24,330	40
65	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$36,860	$32,110	60
66	School or Special Client Bus Drivers	$36,090	$26,460	200
67	Labor Relations Specialists	$35,960	$17,830	40
68	Phlebotomists	$35,850	$28,350	30
69	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$35,560	$29,610	60
70	Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$35,170	$26,590	40
71	Legal Secretaries	$34,930	$27,670	30
72	All other assemblers and fabricators	$32,810	$24,140	60
73	Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$32,320	$22,890	50
74	Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	$31,750	$22,030	70
75	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$31,460	$20,820	50
76	Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	$31,340	$22,890	40
77	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$31,240	$25,950	120
78	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	$31,100	$26,090	150
79	Tour and Travel Guides	$30,420	$23,620	110
80	Carpenters Helpers	$29,900	$25,720	0
81	Short Order Cooks	$29,780	$26,660	150
82	Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$29,350	$20,330	40
83	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$28,870	$25,550	60
84	Other Production Workers	$27,700	$19,900	0
85	Food Batchmakers	$25,870	$17,540	0
86	Tour Guides and Escorts	$24,780	$21,320	80
87	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	$24,380	$23,200	0
88	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	$24,140	$22,890	40
89	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	$23,700	$22,890	60
90	Sewing Machine Operators	$23,290	$20,010	0
91	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$20,820	$20,800	40
92	Legislators	$19,500	$18,870	30

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