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
Project Management Specialists	$127,030	38,230	View salary detail
Mechanical Engineers	$126,990	5,390	View salary detail
Automotive Engineers	$126,990	5,390	View salary detail
Fuel Cell Engineers	$126,990	5,390	View salary detail
Management Analysts	$126,830	62,360	View salary detail
Financial Risk Specialists	$126,510	1,400	View salary detail
Electrical Engineers	$126,420	4,450	View salary detail
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$126,350	8,460	View salary detail
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$126,210	590	View salary detail
Life Scientists, All Other	$126,120	340	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$125,960	5,050	View salary detail
Commercial Pilots	$125,850	510	View salary detail
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$125,760	420	View salary detail
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers	$125,760	420	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$125,460	4,200	View salary detail
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$125,430	9,920	View salary detail
Artists and Related Workers, All Other	$125,050	1,410	View salary detail
Budget Analysts	$125,050	4,100	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$124,590	2,100	View salary detail
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers	$122,260	400	View salary detail
Ship Engineers	$122,090	50	View salary detail
Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other	$121,680	670	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$120,580	5,820	View salary detail
Environmental Engineers	$120,580	810	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$120,580	5,820	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$120,580	5,820	View salary detail
Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors	$120,140	4,070	View salary detail
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$120,140	4,070	View salary detail
Dental Hygienists	$119,170	2,200	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$118,570	2,420	View salary detail
Geographers	$118,290	280	View salary detail
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists	$117,600	2,000	View salary detail
Industrial Engineers	$117,600	2,000	View salary detail
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$117,600	700	View salary detail
Validation Engineers	$117,600	2,000	View salary detail
Manufacturing Engineers	$117,600	2,000	View salary detail
Historians	$115,690	410	View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other	$114,920	5,720	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists	$114,920	5,720	View salary detail
Geneticists	$114,920	5,720	View salary detail
Biologists	$114,920	5,720	View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	$114,920	5,720	View salary detail
Microbiologists	$114,800	1,370	View salary detail
Credit Analysts	$114,700	1,060	View salary detail
Food Scientists and Technologists	$113,350	130	View salary detail
Epidemiologists	$112,780	380	View salary detail
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	$110,390	470	View salary detail
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	$109,920	190	View salary detail
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$109,900	250	View salary detail
Security Managers	$109,860	4,190	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.