Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA are those of family medicine physician, with an average annual salary of $218,640. The second highest-paying jobs are those of judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates, with an average salary of $214,320.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$218,640	$147,700	560
2	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$214,320	$214,320	110
3	Nurse Anesthetists	$198,220	$150,680	310
4	Physicians, Pathologists	$196,020	$165,900	120
5	Psychiatrists	$194,190	$141,440	380
6	Nurse Midwives	$181,550	$144,150	80
7	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$178,810	$86,190	290
8	Air Traffic Controllers	$174,470	$117,730	230
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$174,250	$126,420	1,840
10	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$163,810	$94,070	110
11	Radiation Therapists	$163,500	$133,860	60
12	Lawyers	$161,240	$83,440	6,770
13	Pharmacists	$159,990	$64,680	2,260
14	Physician Assistants	$156,670	$81,050	750
15	General Dentists	$155,380	$108,160	900
16	Chief Executives	$154,840	$52,000	3,770
17	Natural Sciences Managers	$154,510	$104,330	640
18	Nurse Practitioners	$150,820	$110,610	1,350
19	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$148,300	$111,250	3,510
20	Mining and Geological Engineers	$145,680	$78,150	200
21	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$142,150	$110,830	730
22	Marketing Managers	$141,510	$77,880	1,680
23	Medical and Health Services Managers	$140,770	$75,650	3,420
24	Other Psychologists	$139,860	$81,600	130
25	Database Architects	$139,470	$80,610	160
26	Genetic Counselors	$138,750	$102,020	40
27	Financial Managers	$138,440	$84,100	4,990
28	Power Plant Operators	$138,420	$76,290	190
29	Registered Nurses	$137,940	$97,850	23,180
30	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$137,680	$106,420	100
31	Petroleum Engineers	$136,280	$77,770	100
32	Human Resources Managers	$135,010	$83,250	1,200
33	All Other Managers	$134,980	$75,690	4,000
34	Software Developers	$133,980	$80,990	6,200
35	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$133,620	$82,110	570
36	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$133,180	$78,340	1,740
37	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$132,830	$80,800	120
38	Purchasing Managers	$131,850	$88,530	270
39	Sales Engineers	$131,140	$69,510	460
40	Public Relations Managers	$130,790	$82,070	430
41	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$130,470	$85,940	130
42	Information Security Analysts	$130,090	$67,020	490
43	Training and Development Managers	$129,530	$83,050	270
44	Audiologists	$128,850	$98,030	70
45	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$128,690	$64,490	890
46	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$127,610	$92,720	210
47	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$127,540	$78,900	170
48	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$127,500	$85,580	60
49	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$127,460	$66,050	510
50	Optometrists	$127,240	$97,260	510
51	Postsecondary Physics Teachers	$127,030	$62,970	30
52	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$126,030	$79,210	540
53	Commercial Pilots	$125,950	$62,200	240
54	Civil Engineers	$125,700	$75,020	4,610
55	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$125,370	$46,900	300
56	Physical Therapists	$125,250	$83,990	1,520
57	Veterinarians	$124,090	$62,020	560
58	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$122,740	$58,510	680
59	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$122,350	$79,090	940
60	Electrical Engineers	$121,930	$75,570	1,340
61	Environmental Engineers	$121,620	$82,020	1,400
62	Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes	$119,930	$59,990	50
63	Industrial Engineers	$119,860	$71,730	800
64	Industrial Production Managers	$117,710	$71,640	770
65	Gas Plant Operators	$116,230	$114,950	40
66	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$116,110	$62,980	710
67	Actuaries	$115,910	$77,880	140
68	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$115,750	$101,500	570
69	Construction Managers	$115,160	$73,350	2,660
70	Fundraising Managers	$112,730	$71,700	110
71	General and Operations Managers	$111,890	$57,680	15,060
72	Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	$111,520	$80,520	140
73	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$111,040	$63,020	180
74	Engineers, All Other	$110,980	$65,290	1,060
75	Surveyors	$110,810	$74,360	340
76	Occupational Therapists	$110,710	$87,390	800
77	Materials Engineers	$110,320	$76,440	110
78	Aerospace Engineers	$110,150	$64,460	120
79	Physicists	$109,530	$71,200	80
80	Database Administrators	$109,320	$59,260	410
81	Sociologists	$108,780	$73,760	120
82	Geoscientists (Except Hydrologists and Geographers)	$108,730	$63,880	440
83	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$108,670	$78,980	110
84	Legislators	$108,650	$37,190	290
85	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$107,910	$57,620	1,050
86	Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers	$107,900	$49,800	60
87	Radiologic Technologists	$107,840	$58,050	1,240
88	Art Directors	$107,160	$65,150	190
89	Computer Systems Analysts	$106,960	$62,940	2,470
90	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$106,840	$63,640	100
91	Respiratory Therapists	$106,800	$67,530	1,120
92	School Psychologists	$106,680	$79,510	900
93	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$106,600	$60,370	90
94	Speech-Language Pathologists	$106,600	$77,040	1,180
95	Epidemiologists	$106,390	$80,750	190
96	Acupuncturists	$106,350	$51,110	80
97	Other Education Administrators	$106,120	$59,920	570
98	Biochemists and Biophysicists	$106,070	$64,840	150
99	Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$105,760	$52,740	190
100	Computer Programmers	$105,140	$62,820	1,740

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Physicians, Pathologists	$196,020
2	Psychiatrists	$184,850
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$178,650
4	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$175,330
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$168,110
6	General Dentists	$167,230
7	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$167,170
8	Nurse Midwives	$166,170
9	Other Postsecondary Social Sciences Teachers	$165,780
10	Petroleum Engineers	$165,330

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	General Dentists	$199,320
2	Psychiatrists	$180,390
3	Other Postsecondary Social Sciences Teachers	$176,530
4	Air Traffic Controllers	$163,280
5	Nurse Midwives	$163,140
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$161,980
7	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$155,530
8	Pharmacists	$155,130
9	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$152,700
10	Lawyers	$151,070

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$200,160
2	Psychiatrists	$183,270
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$156,510
4	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$154,700
5	General Dentists	$153,440
6	Pharmacists	$151,940
7	Air Traffic Controllers	$150,230
8	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$150,110
9	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$149,190
10	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$147,410

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