Top 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Southwestern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area

The top 100 highest paying jobs in Southwestern 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 Southwestern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area are also shown. We note from the table that the highest paying profession in Southwestern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area is other physicians and surgeons with an average annual salary of $201,040. The second highest paying job is physical therapists (average salary $107,650). The salary and the employment information in Southwestern 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 Southwestern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl i
1	Other Physicians and Surgeons	$201,040	$114,040	50
2	Physical Therapists	$107,650	$70,190	70
3	All Other Managers	$97,240	$64,760	150
4	Nurse Practitioners	$89,820	$51,390	30
5	Natural Sciences Managers	$87,320	$43,920	30
6	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$86,210	$68,620	100
7	Medical and Health Services Managers	$85,100	$66,560	50
8	Industrial Production Managers	$84,770	$58,150	30
9	Occupational Therapists	$84,630	$25,400	40
10	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$82,900	$40,480	270
11	Lawyers	$78,250	$60,330	30
12	Dental Hygienists	$75,140	$66,000	30
13	Geoscientists (Except Hydrologists and Geographers)	$74,760	$53,170	70
14	Other Physical Scientists	$73,930	$51,540	30
15	Administrative Services Managers	$73,490	$45,400	60
16	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$72,850	$65,320	30
17	Speech-Language Pathologists	$72,710	$51,990	70
18	Electrical Engineers	$72,560	$44,660	40
19	Compliance Officers	$72,170	$39,690	90
20	Civil Engineers	$70,250	$54,440	30
21	Engineers, All Other	$70,200	$45,180	40
22	Mining and Geological Engineers	$69,380	$53,860	90
23	Financial Managers	$66,970	$44,320	60
24	Anthropologists and Archeologists	$66,950	$55,110	0
25	Computer Programmers	$64,430	$35,520	30
26	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$63,940	$42,060	80
27	General and Operations Managers	$62,430	$23,840	400
28	Environmental Engineers	$60,360	$44,850	30
29	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	$59,310	$42,900	0
30	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators	$58,240	$26,600	40
31	Instructional Coordinators	$56,860	$43,240	0
32	Construction Managers	$56,680	$38,910	50
33	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$56,470	$34,690	50
34	Geological and Petroleum Technicians	$56,170	$36,290	50
35	Other Business Operations Specialists	$55,000	$27,430	150
36	Other Social Workers	$54,780	$35,510	50
37	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$54,500	$28,310	50
38	First-line supervisors of transportation moving workers	$53,880	$33,660	0
39	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	$53,730	$34,130	60
40	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$53,280	$23,690	50
41	Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	$53,150	$34,220	30
42	Healthcare Social Workers	$50,680	$28,520	60
43	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$50,390	$32,300	40
44	All Other Special Education Teachers	$49,590	$34,990	30
45	Management Analysts	$47,980	$33,480	50
46	Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	$47,220	$28,230	30
47	Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	$46,680	$39,630	0
48	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	$45,020	$31,010	60
49	Accountants and Auditors	$43,900	$32,120	100
50	Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians	$43,130	$29,570	40
51	Training and Development Specialists	$42,210	$31,920	30
52	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$41,780	$33,490	70
53	Human Resources Specialists	$41,350	$31,430	50
54	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	$41,050	$25,030	30
55	Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	$39,470	$30,450	50
56	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$39,330	$31,380	70
57	First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers	$38,540	$32,230	0
58	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators	$37,480	$27,220	0
59	Librarians	$37,390	$22,770	30
60	Civil Engineering Technicians	$36,560	$28,000	30
61	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$35,720	$29,140	0
62	Other Production Workers	$34,770	$27,790	270
63	Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	$34,660	$26,690	0
64	Property, Real Estate Managers	$34,270	$17,850	30
65	Other Financial Specialists	$33,590	$28,470	30
66	Social and Human Service Assistants	$32,360	$24,430	60
67	Other Community and Social Service Specialists	$32,080	$20,510	30
68	Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	$31,950	$23,520	40
69	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$31,430	$23,220	40
70	Other Biological Scientists	$31,320	$24,920	40
71	Protective Service Workers, All Other	$31,240	$17,050	40
72	Other Sales Representatives	$30,940	$16,840	40
73	Computer User Support Specialists	$30,660	$22,100	50
74	All Occupations	$30,030	$17,590	26,570
75	Other Postsecondary Teachers	$29,610	$18,090	30
76	Biological Technicians	$29,370	$26,160	30
77	Forest and Conservation Technicians	$29,370	$26,160	250
78	Firefighters	$28,430	$21,570	40
79	Chefs and Head Cooks	$26,980	$19,450	0
80	Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHelpers	$25,940	$21,650	40
81	Tire Repairers and Changers	$25,780	$17,460	50
82	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$22,350	$19,500	50
83	Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$20,120	$17,100	50
84	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$20,020	$17,060	40
85	All other assemblers and fabricators	$19,880	$16,410	70
86	Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs	$19,700	$16,810	50
87	Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$19,390	$16,790	50
88	Food Batchmakers	$19,290	$17,140	220
89	Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$19,260	$16,510	50
90	Extraction Workers Helpers	$18,990	$17,010	30
91	Coaches and Scouts	$18,840	$16,590	40
92	Tour and Travel Guides	$18,760	$16,870	0
93	Legislators	$18,520	$16,600	70
94	Nonfarm Animal Caretakers	$18,020	$16,260	30

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