Anesthesiologists are required to complete a four-year undergraduate college degree, four years of medical school, and a four-year anesthesiology residency program. Most anesthesiologists become board certified, and many complete an additional fellowship year of specialty training.
Litigation also fuels the high salaries that those in the medical professions earn. Surgeons face exponentially higher risk of malpractice lawsuits than other medical fields, a New England Journal of Medicine study found.
| Top payings jobs in Dayton metro area | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Mean hourly wage | Annual mean wage | ||
| Surgeons | $119.89 | $249,380 | ||
| Internists, General | $102.23 | $212,640 | ||
| Chief Executives | $96.29 | $200,280 | ||
| Family and General Practitioners | $94.75 | $197,070 | ||
| Physicians and Surgeons, All Other | $92.13 | $191,640 | ||
| Psychiatrists | $91.51 | $190,330 | ||
| Dentists, General | $91.36 | $190,030 | ||
| Pediatricians, General | $67.46 | $140,310 | ||
| Nurse Anesthetists | $67.45 | $140,300 | ||
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $61.23 | $127,350 | ||
| Lawyers | $59.25 | $123,240 | ||
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | $58.75 | $122,190 | ||
| Sales Managers | $58.69 | $122,070 | ||
| Marketing Managers | $58.23 | $121,120 | ||
| Natural Sciences Managers | $57.08 | $118,720 | ||
| Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics |
But unlike other large cities in Ohio, Dayton has more engineers receiving the highest paychecks when comparing occupations with more than 1,000 people in them, data shows.
More than 13,000 people are employed in high paying engineering jobs across the Dayton region, according to a report from the Department of Labor.
In occupations with more than 1,000 people in the Dayton area, three out of the top 10 highest paying occupations are in aerospace and electrical engineering fields. The engineering jobs have an average median salary of $101,100 and an average hourly salary of $48.60.
Dayton has a rich history of innovation and design, said Jason Eckert, Director of Career Services at the University of Dayton, and this has led to engineers becoming some of the top paid positions.
“The economy has certainly changed in the last 20 years with a lot of the traditional manufacturing being affected. However, there are still so many wonderful manufactures and companies in the Dayton region and they are thirsty to hire engineering students graduating from universities like, University of Dayton, Wright State, Miami, and Ohio State,” Eckert said.
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Engineering students have done exceptionally well in terms of average starting salary, Eckert said.
“Employment is ultimately a game of supply and demand. People that have skills that are in demand in our economy are typically paid more,” he said. “Engineering firms are looking to hire students while they’re still in school. Most companies use internships and cooperative education opportunities to recruit students.”
Eckert said it’s challenging to earn a degree in engineering.
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“So, when firms need to hire an electrical engineer there are only so many around the country to choose from. Also, those individuals have a very unique skill set,” Eckert said.
“We’re blessed at the University of Dayton that several of corporations have decided to build right on our campus, specifically GE Aviation and Emerson Climate Technologies,” he said.
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