Stacker is a media company that specializes in telling stories with data. Recently, they collected information on the highest-paying jobs in St. Louis:
"Data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by average annual salary with information up to date as of May 2019. In St. Louis, the annual mean wage is $51,750, or 3.3% lower than the national mean of $53,490. The highest-paying occupation makes $272,000. Read on to see which jobs make the list."
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50. Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary
49. Nurse Midwives
48. Nurse Practioners
47. Computer network architects
46. Chemical Engineers
45. Education administrators, postsecondary
44. Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary
43. Computer hardware engineers
42. Natural sciences managers
41. Political science teachers, postsecondary
39. Medical and health services managers
38. Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
37. Industrial production managers
36. Actuaries
35. Business teachers, postsecondary
34. Air traffic controllers
33. Optometrists
32. Aerospace engineers
31. General and operations managers
30. Computer and information research scientists
29. Human resources managers
28. Construction managers
27. Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
26. Training and development managers
25. Lawyers
24. Physicists
23. Marketing managers
22. Petroleum Engineers
21. Pharmacists
20. Advertising and promotions managers
19. Purchasing managers
18. Health specialties teachers, postsecondary
17. Podiatrists
16. Computer and information systems managers
15. Sales managers
14. Financial managers
13. Compensation and benefits managers
12. Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
11. Architectural and engineering managers
Now for the top 10:
10. Nurse anesthetists – Annual mean salary: $169,720
9. Dentists, general – Annual mean salary: $175,410
8. Funeral home managers – Annual mean salary: $178,660
7. Family medicine physicians – Annual mean salary: $179,260
6. Pediatricians, general – Annual mean salary: $200,120
5. Obstetricians and gynecologists – Annual mean salary: $201,490
4. Chief executives – Annual mean salary: $202,330
3. General internal medicine physicians – Annual mean salary: $209,390
2. Psychiatrists – Annual mean salary: $219,940
1. Anesthesiologists – Annual mean salary: $272,760