Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Massachusetts 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 (2 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 206 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$359,840	$173.00	30
2	Physician Assistants	$181,760	$87.39	40
3	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$161,850	$77.81	70
4	Financial Managers	$159,990	$76.92	140
5	Managers, All Other	$155,450	$74.74	50
6	Software Developers	$154,340	$74.20	60
7	Marketing Managers	$144,470	$69.46	50
8	Nurse Practitioners	$144,210	$69.33	70
9	Pharmacists	$140,820	$67.70	60
10	Industrial Production Managers	$136,150	$65.46	40
11	Loan Officers	$134,980	$64.89	50
12	Human Resources Managers	$131,400	$63.17	30
13	Sales Managers	$129,040	$62.04	50
14	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$126,040	$60.60	70
15	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$124,640	Not published	270
16	Personal Financial Advisors	$123,540	$59.40	30
17	Management Analysts	$122,870	$59.07	50
18	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$120,620	$57.99	50
19	Construction Managers	$115,520	$55.54	180
20	Fundraising Managers	$111,810	$53.76	40
21	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$110,700	$53.22	50
22	Lawyers	$109,970	$52.87	40
23	Physical Therapists	$109,180	$52.49	80
24	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$108,120	$51.98	50
25	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$106,490	$51.20	40

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