St. Louis Post-Dispatch lays out the top-paying healthcare jobs based on BLS data that calculated the highest average annual salary from 2015. Here are the top 25 highest-paid healthcare jobs based on their average annual salary: 1. Anesthesiologists: $219,810 2. Orthodontists: $209,350 3. Internists: $205,865 4. Psychiatrists: $205,723 5. Surgeons: $202,510 6. Physicians: $188,263 7. General practitioners: $179,816 8. Dentists: $161,640 9. Chief executives: $150,416 10. Pediatricians: $147,990 11. Podiatrists: $133,650 12. Nurse anesthetists: $129,090 13. Medical scientists: $118,760 14. Physicists: $118,620 15. Sales managers: $114,050 16. Optometrists: $112,530 17. Pharmacists: $112,246 18. Computer and IT managers: $110,940 19. Financial managers: $110,260 20. Marketing managers: $104,973 21. General and operations managers: $99,760 22. Lawyers: $98,250 23. Legal occupations: $98,250 24. Physician assistants: $97,396 25. Nurse practitioners: $97,280 Source
