San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in San Juan Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR metro area

Figures describe the San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Juan 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 (8 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 514 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$141,670	$68.11	810
2	Optometrists	$132,790	$63.84	220
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$132,180	$63.55	540
4	Industrial Production Managers	$130,690	$62.83	740
5	Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	$126,700	Not published	Not published
6	Family Medicine Physicians	$126,310	$60.73	470
7	Air Traffic Controllers	$125,780	$60.47	110
8	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$124,150	$59.69	40
9	Dentists, General	$120,160	$57.77	100
10	Natural Sciences Managers	$119,430	$57.42	70
11	Pharmacists	$113,420	$54.53	1,480
12	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	$103,380	$49.70	50
13	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$101,530	Not published	1,260
14	Education Administrators, All Other	$100,860	$48.49	210
15	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$99,780	$47.97	1,190
16	Database Architects	$98,890	$47.54	60
17	Chief Executives	$98,800	$47.50	2,180
18	Pediatricians, General	$98,350	$47.29	Not published
19	School Psychologists	$97,210	$46.74	510
20	Physical Scientists, All Other	$97,150	$46.71	40
21	Engineers, All Other	$95,990	$46.15	740
22	Training and Development Managers	$95,170	$45.76	110
23	Financial Managers	$94,600	$45.48	3,200
24	Veterinarians	$91,170	$43.83	130
25	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	$90,180	Not published	50

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