Boise City, ID metro area
Highest-Paying Occupations in Boise City Metro
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boise City, ID metro area
Figures describe the Boise City, ID metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boise City city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (7 such occupations here).
Top 25 of 507 occupations
| # | Occupation | Median annual | Median hourly | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $507,640 | Not published | Not published |
| 2 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $355,390 | $170.86 | 70 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $347,160 | $166.91 | 390 |
| 4 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $316,000 | $151.92 | Not published |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $281,440 | $135.31 | 1,010 |
| 6 | Anesthesiologists | $239,200 or more | $115.00 or more | Not published |
| 7 | Nurse Anesthetists | $227,990 | $109.61 | Not published |
| 8 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $172,920 | $83.13 | 240 |
| 9 | Chief Executives | $172,780 | $83.07 | 1,630 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $168,530 | $81.02 | 600 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $161,990 | $77.88 | 1,140 |
| 12 | Marketing Managers | $159,930 | $76.89 | 780 |
| 13 | Pharmacists | $150,710 | $72.46 | 830 |
| 14 | Purchasing Managers | $144,660 | $69.55 | 180 |
| 15 | Sales Managers | $141,440 | $68.00 | 1,270 |
| 16 | Training and Development Managers | $137,240 | $65.98 | 100 |
| 17 | Engineers, All Other | $135,020 | $64.91 | 310 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants | $134,800 | $64.81 | 650 |
| 19 | Power Plant Operators | $134,050 | $64.45 | 70 |
| 20 | Nurse Practitioners | $132,610 | $63.75 | 840 |
| 21 | Software Developers | $131,590 | $63.26 | 3,240 |
| 22 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $131,570 | $63.26 | 830 |
| 23 | Financial Managers | $131,130 | $63.04 | 1,570 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $130,970 | $62.97 | 690 |
| 25 | Commercial Pilots | $130,900 | Not published | 120 |
The full list of every published occupation here is on the Boise City metro area overview.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.