Pediatric surgeons, cardiologists, and orthopedic surgeons are the highest-paying jobs in the US.

Business Insider used job projection and wage data to identify jobs with expected employee demand and typically high pay.

Ariel Skelley / Getty Images When it comes to earning power, healthcare professionals dominate the top of the salary ladder in the United States ... of the highest-paid jobs in the country ...

There are plenty of in-demand careers with a salary higher than $59,228 (the median U.S. annual salary in 2024), according to "10 Highest Paying Jobs Without a Degree in 2025," a report from ...

Jobs in health care or related to medicine in some way dominated the list of the region’s highest-paid professions. They accounted for 16 of the top 25 jobs, including the 11 with the highest ...