Puerto Rico

Highest-Paying Occupations in Puerto Rico

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Puerto Rico

Figures describe the territory of Puerto Rico as a whole. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (10 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 553 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Puerto Rico, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$172,230	$82.81	930
2	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$167,050	Not published	260
3	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$133,120	$64.00	40
4	Optometrists	$132,790	$63.84	280
5	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$131,890	$63.41	70
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$130,560	$62.77	770
7	Industrial Production Managers	$129,740	$62.38	1,050
8	Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	$126,700	Not published	Not published
9	Air Traffic Controllers	$125,780	$60.47	110
10	Natural Sciences Managers	$119,430	$57.42	90
11	Family Medicine Physicians	$112,990	$54.32	1,050
12	Pharmacists	$111,270	$53.50	2,220
13	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	$108,890	$52.35	60
14	Dentists, General	$107,560	$51.71	150
15	Education Administrators, All Other	$105,580	$50.76	270
16	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$101,580	$48.84	90
17	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$99,780	$47.97	1,370
18	Pediatricians, General	$98,350	$47.29	1,020
19	Chief Executives	$97,510	$46.88	2,690
20	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$97,500	$46.87	30
21	School Psychologists	$97,210	$46.74	810
22	Physical Scientists, All Other	$97,150	$46.71	70
23	Database Architects	$95,620	$45.97	60
24	Training and Development Managers	$94,310	$45.34	130
25	Financial Managers	$90,660	$43.59	3,800

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