Highest Paying Jobs in Puerto Rico

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$172,230

Physicians, All Other

Top 25 Average

$115,410

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

occupations

Occupations

100

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Puerto Rico by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Physicians, All Other pays a state median of $172,230, 35% below the national median of $265,930 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 16 pay above $100,000 per year in Puerto Rico - a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $136,929, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 13 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Puerto Rico, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news, they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Puerto Rico is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Puerto Rico, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$172,230	$265,930	35% below	930
2	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$167,050	$232,140	28% below	260
3	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$133,120	$256,560	48% below	40
4	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$132,790	$136,570	3% below	280
5	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$131,890	$292,910	55% below	70
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$130,560	$171,270	24% below	770
7	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$129,740	$126,060	+3% above	1,050
8	Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$126,700	$96,870	+31% above	N/A
9	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$125,780	$148,080	15% below	110
10	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$119,430	$167,220	29% below	90
11	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$112,990	$244,180	54% below	1,050
12	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$111,270	$140,910	21% below	2,220
13	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$108,890	$65,790	+66% above	60
14	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$107,560	$170,950	37% below	150
15	Education Administrators, All Other Management Occupations	$105,580	$95,200	+11% above	270
16	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Management Occupations	$101,580	$96,660	+5% above	90
17	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$99,780	$175,140	43% below	1,370
18	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$98,350	$210,040	53% below	1,020
19	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$97,510	$213,990	54% below	2,690
20	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$97,500	$149,230	35% below	30
21	School Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$97,210	$95,990	+1% above	810
22	Physical Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$97,150	$122,570	21% below	70
23	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$95,620	$139,500	31% below	60
24	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$94,310	$133,000	29% below	130
25	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$90,660	$166,570	46% below	3,800
26	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$89,810	$130,100	31% below	180
27	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$89,600	$148,080	39% below	280
28	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers Legal Occupations	$88,530	$117,860	25% below	40
29	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$85,850	$98,700	13% below	80
30	Computer Hardware Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$85,660	$161,740	47% below	370
31	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$85,320	$107,310	20% below	1,480
32	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$84,590	$84,620	same as	340
33	Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$84,090	$84,290	same as	70
34	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$83,830	$100,310	16% below	80
35	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$83,560	$107,230	22% below	820
36	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$83,350	$115,210	28% below	110
37	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$83,150	$109,270	24% below	430
38	Communications Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$82,880	$78,580	+5% above	50
39	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$82,580	$123,860	33% below	1,180
40	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$82,250	$141,900	42% below	5,550
41	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$81,820	$102,440	20% below	2,750
42	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$81,790	$130,220	37% below	160
43	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$81,370	$122,930	34% below	890
44	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$81,070	$123,220	34% below	70
45	Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$81,050	$79,350	+2% above	150
46	Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$80,500	$77,270	+4% above	40
47	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$80,410	$104,590	23% below	910
48	Data Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$80,350	$120,230	33% below	100
49	Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$80,210	$109,370	27% below	50
50	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$80,130	$105,870	24% below	1,160
51	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$79,380	$135,980	42% below	2,020
52	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$78,960	$148,270	47% below	2,180
53	Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$78,640	$93,250	16% below	210
54	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$78,370	$149,280	48% below	860
55	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$78,200	$134,050	42% below	240
56	Legal Support Workers, All Other Legal Occupations	$77,680	$72,110	+8% above	220
57	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$77,560	$107,110	28% below	110
58	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$77,380	$114,990	33% below	670
59	Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$77,070	$72,990	+6% above	190
60	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$77,050	$95,320	19% below	600
61	Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$76,750	$79,940	4% below	150
62	Chemists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$76,450	$91,240	16% below	810
63	Biological Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$76,400	$98,920	23% below	260
64	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$76,400	$101,110	24% below	150
65	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$75,050	$96,980	23% below	230
66	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$74,250	$120,630	38% below	330
67	First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other Protective Service Occupations	$73,920	$76,400	3% below	100
68	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$73,570	$105,770	30% below	7,190
69	English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$73,490	$78,760	7% below	130
70	History Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$73,470	$83,820	12% below	50
71	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$72,500	$106,660	32% below	710
72	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$72,290	$146,910	51% below	220
73	Mechanical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$72,240	$104,110	31% below	490
74	Conservation Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$71,280	$73,010	2% below	50
75	Anthropologists and Archeologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$70,950	$70,770	same as	40
76	Detectives and Criminal Investigators Protective Service Occupations	$70,760	$93,790	25% below	620
77	Economists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$70,750	$124,720	43% below	100
78	Power Plant Operators Production Occupations	$70,640	$102,040	31% below	210
79	Chiropractors Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$69,470	$79,200	12% below	110
80	Advertising and Promotions Managers Management Occupations	$68,620	$133,660	49% below	180
81	Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$68,350	$80,340	15% below	40
82	Actuaries Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$68,100	$130,000	48% below	30
83	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$67,660	$100,580	33% below	330
84	Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$66,990	$77,570	14% below	70
85	Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$66,580	$80,340	17% below	400
86	Business Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$66,340	$99,080	33% below	450
87	Project Management Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$65,800	$102,320	36% below	2,330
88	Orthotists and Prosthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$65,360	$81,110	19% below	60
89	Education Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$64,790	$75,350	14% below	280
90	Biochemists and Biophysicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$64,140	$127,410	50% below	130
91	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$63,930	$114,130	44% below	3,740
92	Atmospheric and Space Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$63,910	$99,070	35% below	40
93	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$63,740	$129,180	51% below	500
94	Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$63,730	$105,850	40% below	1,280
95	Microbiologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$63,680	$87,990	28% below	190
96	Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$63,500	$78,620	19% below	110
97	Transportation Security Screeners Protective Service Occupations	$63,130	$66,770	5% below	610
98	Financial and Investment Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$63,000	$102,740	39% below	1,460
99	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$62,970	$124,900	50% below	70
100	Postal Service Clerks Office and Administrative Support Occupations	$62,610	$62,130	+1% above	670

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Puerto Rico. The "Difference" column shows how Puerto Rico pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Every figure on WageDex is rendered directly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, no number is typed in by an editor. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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