Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Oregon

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Oregon, 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 Oregon are those of physicians, pathologist, with an average annual salary of $222,660. The second highest-paying jobs are those of nurse anesthetists, with an average salary of $218,370.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Oregon 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 Oregon in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Oregon (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Physicians, Pathologists	$222,660	$66,560	80
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$218,370	$140,710	340
3	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$215,750	$162,120	380
4	Chief Executives	$214,280	$53,450	950
5	Family Medicine Physicians	$213,030	$49,980	1,200
6	Physicists	$187,030	$70,840	110
7	Other Specialists Dentists	$184,890	$92,120	240
8	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$171,700	$133,270	540
9	General Dentists	$169,880	$89,130	1,460
10	General Pediatricians	$168,240	$123,220	530
11	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$154,690	$65,610	380
12	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$154,020	$101,610	4,410
13	Other Therapists	$150,800	$65,860	250
14	Medical Dosimetrists	$145,520	$107,480	50
15	Pharmacists	$141,380	$104,600	3,660
16	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$140,310	$86,630	6,300
17	Nurse Midwives	$133,470	$111,410	150
18	Lawyers	$132,690	$76,270	7,400
19	Physician Assistants	$132,660	$107,490	1,580
20	Nurse Practitioners	$132,230	$107,950	1,880
21	Computer Hardware Engineers	$131,950	$100,030	8,460
22	Elevator Installers and Repairers	$130,890	$64,490	230
23	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$130,400	$113,010	230
24	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$130,340	$67,330	130
25	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$130,010	$37,470	150
26	Financial Managers	$129,120	$78,440	6,900
27	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$128,200	$49,530	4,400
28	Database Architects	$127,780	$89,090	560
29	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$126,940	$72,120	590
30	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$126,610	$75,980	3,720
31	Marketing Managers	$126,110	$63,600	4,810
32	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$125,690	$62,520	450
33	Materials Engineers	$125,400	$77,430	330
34	Optometrists	$125,020	$77,100	620
35	Medical and Health Services Managers	$124,730	$78,020	5,390
36	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$123,810	$90,170	680
37	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$123,290	$92,040	180
38	Natural Sciences Managers	$122,660	$92,580	1,320
39	Sales Engineers	$122,490	$75,070	820
40	Human Resources Managers	$122,330	$75,080	2,400
41	Economists	$121,720	$74,730	320
42	Training and Development Managers	$121,320	$66,770	320
43	Actuaries	$121,250	$67,700	220
44	Software Developers	$121,230	$65,820	19,880
45	Information Security Analysts	$119,990	$66,590	1,260
46	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$116,580	$80,770	110
47	Computer Network Architects	$115,850	$86,340	1,750
48	Sales Managers	$114,770	$62,080	5,990
49	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$114,590	$78,340	1,190
50	Postsecondary Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers	$114,250	$61,750	130
51	Other Psychologists	$112,440	$60,200	230
52	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$109,840	$68,990	390
53	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$108,690	$74,840	160
54	Radiation Therapists	$108,290	$78,850	260
55	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$108,250	$82,570	1,250
56	Computer Systems Analysts	$106,730	$77,840	5,870
57	Registered Nurses	$106,680	$81,470	37,400
58	Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment	$106,540	$83,260	100
59	Purchasing Managers	$105,920	$65,000	1,090
60	Art Directors	$105,900	$59,190	1,020
61	Genetic Counselors	$105,210	$86,110	40
62	Postsecondary Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers	$104,870	$39,010	310
63	Forensic Science Technicians	$104,470	$61,270	270
64	Nuclear Engineers	$104,190	$81,080	70
65	Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers	$104,080	$60,950	390
66	Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors	$104,000	$53,420	590
67	Postsecondary Chemistry Teachers	$103,670	$58,980	230
68	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$103,410	$51,550	350
69	Social Scientists and Related Workers	$103,340	$51,900	500
70	Air Traffic Controllers	$103,080	$69,810	170
71	Public Relations Managers	$102,970	$53,460	1,150
72	Fire Inspectors and Investigators	$102,920	$80,460	100
73	Data Scientists	$102,530	$60,100	1,610
74	Electrical Engineers	$102,360	$74,150	2,410
75	Computer Programmers	$102,210	$61,800	1,700
76	Environmental Engineers	$102,150	$72,430	650
77	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$101,940	$61,000	1,650
78	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$101,880	$79,840	420
79	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$101,800	$61,080	120
80	Construction Managers	$101,210	$62,640	3,230
81	All Other Managers	$101,040	$53,720	7,160
82	Financial Risk Specialists	$100,940	$58,280	520
83	Postsecondary Physics Teachers	$100,930	$61,670	160
84	Occupational Therapists	$100,910	$72,280	1,070
85	Biochemists and Biophysicists	$100,860	$61,750	180
86	Veterinarians	$100,820	$60,040	1,560
87	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$100,800	$84,250	1,160
88	Postsecondary Sociology Teachers	$100,700	$52,350	130
89	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$100,550	$51,720	490
90	Crane and Tower Operators	$100,470	$48,960	520
91	Database Administrators	$100,240	$54,660	760
92	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$100,240	$49,040	840
93	Speech-Language Pathologists	$100,190	$59,500	1,640
94	Power Plant Operators	$99,970	$60,400	190
95	Postsecondary Agricultural Sciences Teachers	$99,740	$62,500	230
96	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$99,720	$66,810	1,090
97	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$99,700	$86,990	140
98	Industrial Engineers	$99,680	$65,980	4,230
99	Labor Relations Specialists	$99,270	$61,760	1,110
100	Mechanical Engineers	$99,070	$68,390	3,490

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Oregon – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Podiatrists	$167,710
2	General Dentists	$167,530
3	General Pediatricians	$164,830
4	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$162,770
5	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$154,680
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$151,440
7	Nuclear Engineers	$148,830
8	Pharmacists	$131,570
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$128,420
10	Lawyers	$128,000

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Oregon – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	General Dentists	$197,640
2	General Pediatricians	$190,710
3	Other Specialists Dentists	$184,890
4	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$146,670
5	Pharmacists	$141,820
6	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$139,610
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$136,350
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$130,850
9	Marketing Managers	$126,500
10	Podiatrists	$123,340

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Oregon – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Chief Executives	$206,870
2	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$193,760
3	General Dentists	$185,570
4	General Pediatricians	$183,290
5	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$143,740
6	Pharmacists	$141,220
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$133,450
8	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$127,990
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$126,480
10	Sociologists	$125,970

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