Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Mount Vernon Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area

Figures describe the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Mount Vernon 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 (1 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 250 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$271,750	$130.65	70
2	Dentists, General	$212,000	$101.92	50
3	Chief Executives	$207,100	$99.57	30
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$172,460	$82.91	90
5	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$170,970	Not published	120
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$164,690	$79.18	90
7	Financial Managers	$162,080	$77.92	150
8	Construction Managers	$159,860	$76.86	110
9	Pharmacists	$159,320	$76.59	110
10	Sales Managers	$159,020	$76.45	120
11	Veterinarians	$156,980	$75.47	40
12	Marketing Managers	$155,520	$74.77	40
13	Human Resources Managers	$151,170	$72.68	40
14	Industrial Production Managers	$143,990	$69.23	80
15	Managers, All Other	$143,630	$69.05	100
16	Nurse Practitioners	$141,790	$68.17	60
17	Medical and Health Services Managers	$141,030	$67.80	100
18	Facilities Managers	$133,620	$64.24	40
19	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$130,790	$62.88	560
20	Dental Hygienists	$127,470	$61.28	130
21	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$127,390	$61.25	70
22	General and Operations Managers	$126,680	$60.90	710
23	Instructional Coordinators	$124,090	$59.66	70
24	Industrial Engineers	$121,360	$58.35	100
25	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$121,190	Not published	240

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