The Top 100 Highest Paying Jobs in CT May Surprise You

Career website Zippia has compiled a list of the top 100 highest paid jobs across the state, compiled from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

According to the report, anesthesiologists are the highest paid workers in the state. Trailing behind them by $2,600 in second place are surgeons, while psychiatrists just crack the top bracket at number 5.

The list was determined by observing the BLS’s data set for all 640 job classifications in the state to identify the highest paid positions. The list also provides the entry level salary of the position, as well as the number of people in the state who hold it.

Here is the list of the 100 highest paid jobs in Connecticut:

1. Anesthesiologists
2. Surgeons
3. Chief Executives
4. Obstetricians and Gynecologists
5. Psychiatrists
6. Family and General Practitioners
7. Internists, General
8. Physicians and Surgeons, All Other
9. Dentists, General
10. Optometrists
11. Nurse Anesthetists
12. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
13. Pediatricians, General
14. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
15. Natural Sciences Managers
16. Podiatrists
17. Lawyers
18. Sales Managers
19. Marketing Managers
20. Financial Managers
21. Architectural and Engineering Managers
22. General and Operations Managers
23. Computer and Information Systems Managers
24. Compensation and Benefits Managers
25. Human Resources Managers
26. Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
27. Personal Financial Advisors
28. Medical and Health Services Managers
29. Veterinarians
30. Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School
31. Purchasing Managers
32. Advertising and Promotions Managers
33. Training and Development Managers
34. Public Relations and Fundraising Managers
35. Managers, All Other
36. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
37. Pharmacists
38. Biochemists and Biophysicists
39. Commercial Pilots
40. Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
41. Nuclear Engineers
42. Industrial Production Managers
43. Physician Assistants
44. Computer Network Architects
45. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
46. Actuaries
47. Education Administrators, All Other
48. Aerospace Engineers
49. Construction Managers
50. Statisticians
51. Nurse Practitioners
52. Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
53. Administrative Services Managers
54. Computer Hardware Engineers
55. Software Developers, Systems Software
56. Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
57. Air Traffic Controllers
58. Nurse Midwives
59. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
60. Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
61. Financial Analysts
62. Materials Scientists
63. Materials Engineers
64. Engineers, All Other
65. Chiropractors
66. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
67. Management Analysts
68. Operations Research Analysts
69. Software Developers, Applications
70. Economists
71. Computer Occupations, All Other
72. Credit Analysts
73. Information Security Analysts
74. Sales Engineers
75. Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
76. Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
77. Radiation Therapists
78. Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
79. Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
80. Elevator Installers and Repairers
81. Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
82. Real Estate Brokers
83. Computer Systems Analysts
84. Microbiologists
85. Environmental Engineers
86. Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
87. Chemical Engineers
88. Electrical Engineers
89. Education Administrators, Postsecondary
90. Financial Examiners
91. Epidemiologists
92. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
93. Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary
94. Physical Scientists, All Other
95. Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists
96. Speech-Language Pathologists
97. Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
98. Civil Engineers
99. Insurance Underwriters
100. Nuclear Medicine Technologists

Read the full study at zippia.com.