Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Washington, DC

826 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Washington, DC for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Water Resource Specialists	$169,060	5,890	View salary detail
Aerospace Engineers	$166,420	2,420	View salary detail
Orthoptists	$166,230	5,970	View salary detail
Naturopathic Physicians	$166,230	5,970	View salary detail
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other	$166,230	5,970	View salary detail
Mathematicians	$164,470	200	View salary detail
Emergency Management Directors	$163,220	310	View salary detail
Database Architects	$162,870	4,740	View salary detail
Data Warehousing Specialists	$162,870	4,740	View salary detail
Neurologists	$161,560	190	View salary detail
Computer and Information Research Scientists	$161,090	3,420	View salary detail
Computer Network Architects	$159,820	9,370	View salary detail
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists	$159,820	9,370	View salary detail
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	$159,700	710	View salary detail
Computer Hardware Engineers	$159,480	1,790	View salary detail
Financial Examiners	$157,560	890	View salary detail
Podiatrists	$157,500	300	View salary detail
Economists	$156,750	4,570	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$156,750	4,830	View salary detail
Astronomers	$156,750	520	View salary detail
Environmental Economists	$156,750	4,570	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$156,750	4,830	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$156,750	4,830	View salary detail
Political Scientists	$156,730	3,700	View salary detail
Penetration Testers	$156,640	—	View salary detail
Document Management Specialists	$156,640	—	View salary detail
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians	$156,640	—	View salary detail
Digital Forensics Analysts	$156,640	—	View salary detail
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	$156,640	—	View salary detail
Blockchain Engineers	$156,640	—	View salary detail
Web Administrators	$156,640	—	View salary detail
Information Technology Project Managers	$156,640	—	View salary detail
Information Security Engineers	$156,640	—	View salary detail
General and Operations Managers	$156,460	112,530	View salary detail
Medical Dosimetrists	$156,290	80	View salary detail
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	$155,060	360	View salary detail
Software Developers	$154,930	69,060	View salary detail
Optometrists	$154,690	770	View salary detail
Veterinarians	$154,350	1,740	View salary detail
Sales Engineers	$153,410	1,010	View salary detail
Hydrologists	$152,730	50	View salary detail
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$151,990	660	View salary detail
Nanosystems Engineers	$151,340	9,230	View salary detail
Solar Energy Systems Engineers	$151,340	9,230	View salary detail
Microsystems Engineers	$151,340	9,230	View salary detail
Wind Energy Engineers	$151,340	9,230	View salary detail
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar	$151,340	9,230	View salary detail
Robotics Engineers	$151,340	9,230	View salary detail
Mechatronics Engineers	$151,340	9,230	View salary detail
Engineers, All Other	$151,340	9,230	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.