Since there has been a lot of interest in competitive salary, here is some data from a number of U.S. salary surveys. I have more complete data, and to avoid copyright issues, a full report is posted here.

These are the occupations with the highest median hourly wages in 2006. Select an occupation to learn more about it in the Occupation Profile.

#	Occupation	Median wages, 2006		State Rank
		Hourly	Annual
1	Anesthesiologists	$70.01+	$145,600+
2	Chief Executives	$70.01+	$145,600+
3	Family and General Practitioners	$70.01+	$145,600+
4	Internists, General	$70.01+	$145,600+
5	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$70.01+	$145,600+
6	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	$70.01+	$145,600+
7	Orthodontists	$70.01+	$145,600+
8	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	$70.01+	$145,600+
9	Prosthodontists	$70.01+	$145,600+
10	Psychiatrists	$70.01+	$145,600+
11	Surgeons	$70.01+	$145,600+
12	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	N/A	$141,100
13	Pediatricians, General	$66.41	$138,100
14	Dentists, General	$63.53	$132,100
15	Air Traffic Controllers	$56.37	$117,200
16	Podiatrists	$52.03	$108,200
17	Engineering Managers	$50.69	$105,400
18	Lawyers	$49.26	$102,500
19	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$48.89	$101,700
20	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$48.84	$101,600
21	Natural Sciences Managers	$48.11	$100,100
22	Marketing Managers	$47.46	$98,700
23	Petroleum Engineers	$47.30	$98,400
24	Astronomers	$46.03	$95,700
25	Pharmacists	$45.44	$94,500
National Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics Survey   # Occupation Median wages, 2006 State Rank Hourly Annual 26 Physicists $45.31    $94,200    27 Computer and Information Scientists, Research $45.17    $94,000    28 Sales Managers $44.02    $91,600    29 Dentists, All Other Specialists $43.85    $91,200    30 Optometrists $43.77    $91,000    31 Financial Managers $43.74    $91,000    32 Nuclear Engineers $43.38    $90,200    33 Political Scientists $43.34    $90,100    34 Human Resources Managers, All Other $42.55    $88,500    35 Computer Hardware Engineers $42.54    $88,500    36 Aerospace Engineers $42.12    $87,600    37 Law Teachers, Postsecondary N/A    $87,200    38 Mathematicians $41.79    $86,900    39 Industrial-Organizational Psychologists $41.55    $86,400    40 Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software $41.04    $85,400    41 General and Operations Managers $40.97    $85,200    42 Physical Scientists, All Other $40.12    $83,400    43 Actuaries $39.81    $82,800    44 Managers, All Other $39.66    $82,500    45 Public Relations Managers $39.51    $82,200    46 Engineers, All Other $39.26    $81,700    47 Purchasing Managers $39.22    $81,600    48 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer $38.97    $81,100    49 Training and Development Managers $38.58    $80,200    50 Computer Software Engineers, Applications $38.36    $79,800    National Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics Survey

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