The Highest Paying Jobs That Require a Graduate Degree

According to the Federal Government's Bureau of Labor Statistics, those who work in the professions below earn the highest wages out of 700 occupations studied. The hourly wages listed below are the median wages earned in the year 2002. All of these jobs require a master's or doctorate degree.

$61.19 Physicians
$59.28 Dentists
$39.00 Professors
$38.76 Lawyers
$38.53 Optometrists
$37.94 Judges
$36.66 Physicists / Astronomers
$33.87 Financial Managers
$31.40 Chiropractors
$31.23 Chemists
$31.10 Pharmacists
$29.85 Geologists
$29.07 Economists
$27.03 Psychologists
$26.71 Speech Therapists
$25.33 Management Analysts
$25.03 Medical Scientists
$23.93 Urban Planners
$22.85 Physical Therapists