Maryland nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Maryland nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Maryland nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Maryland nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (3 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 353 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Maryland nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Radiologists	$566,590	$272.40	Not published
2	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$329,330	$158.33	80
3	Physicians, All Other	$294,170	$141.43	170
4	Chief Executives	$198,520	$95.44	110
5	Computer Network Architects	$158,520	$76.21	80
6	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$142,540	$68.53	220
7	Veterinarians	$138,360	$66.52	60
8	Pharmacists	$137,670	$66.19	260
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$137,160	$65.94	120
10	Physician Assistants	$134,630	$64.72	70
11	Dentists, General	$132,490	$63.70	80
12	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$130,440	Not published	90
13	Information Security Analysts	$129,820	$62.41	50
14	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$128,370	Not published	340
15	Nurse Practitioners	$126,450	$60.79	210
16	Industrial Production Managers	$123,120	$59.19	130
17	Software Developers	$123,010	$59.14	260
18	Human Resources Managers	$122,680	$58.98	90
19	Sales Managers	$121,800	$58.56	320
20	Database Administrators	$120,280	$57.83	40
21	Financial Managers	$119,600	$57.50	610
22	Education Administrators, All Other	$111,550	$53.63	130
23	Medical and Health Services Managers	$111,430	$53.57	520
24	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$111,220	$53.47	50
25	Occupational Therapists	$107,620	$51.74	100

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Maryland nonmetropolitan 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.