Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Sierra Vista Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area

Figures describe the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Sierra Vista 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.

Top 25 of 181 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$293,660	$141.18	40
2	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$156,890	$75.43	150
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$156,500	$75.24	50
4	Pharmacists	$152,710	$73.42	60
5	Nurse Practitioners	$138,120	$66.41	80
6	Sales Managers	$133,800	$64.33	100
7	Managers, All Other	$125,280	$60.23	280
8	Chief Executives	$122,670	$58.98	70
9	Lawyers	$119,990	$57.69	80
10	Computer Occupations, All Other	$118,120	$56.79	500
11	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$116,340	$55.93	100
12	Software Developers	$115,890	$55.72	280
13	Computer Systems Analysts	$113,070	$54.36	110
14	Medical and Health Services Managers	$109,270	$52.54	130
15	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$108,350	$52.09	730
16	Information Security Analysts	$107,520	$51.69	50
17	Computer Network Architects	$105,290	$50.62	90
18	Physical Therapists	$105,050	$50.51	40
19	Electrical Engineers	$104,040	$50.02	40
20	Data Scientists	$103,440	$49.73	40
21	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$102,420	$49.24	50
22	Financial Managers	$102,010	$49.04	110
23	Industrial Production Managers	$101,140	$48.63	30
24	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$100,770	$48.45	70
25	Commercial Pilots	$100,420	Not published	30

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