30 C O O L S T U F F 2 0 2 2 • A Guide to Career Opportunities in Central Mass.
Salaries in professional and technical services jobs
Nationwide average Mass. average Greater Worcester
Job annual salary annual salary average annual salary
Marketing manager $153,440 $162,420 $155,220
Software developers $120,990 $128,390 $119,790
Information security analysts $113,270 $112,360 $104,260
Software quality assurance analysts $97,710 $108,320 $103,020
Data scientists $108,660 $111,550 $102,430
Project management specialists $98,420 $106,990 $99,170
Staticians $99,450 $116,740 $92,320
Business operations specialist $80,380 $89,850 $80,610
Paralegals and legal assistants $58,330 $66,820 $61,470
Secretaries and administrative assistants $41,080 $49,820 $45,830
Architecture, construction, and engineering salaries
Nationwide average Mass. average Greater Worcester
Job annual salary annual salary average annual salary
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters $63,350 $84,090 $82,660
Roofer $48,890 $66,060 $81,450
Sheet metal worker $58,760 $72,350 $69,270
Surveyor $68,880 $78,250 $67,110
Septic tank services and sewer pipe cleaners $45,390 $55,110 $55,760
Construction laborer $44,130 $59,290 $54,250
Highway maintenance worker $44,340 $51,760 $52,470
Landscapers and groundskeepers $35,240 $42,890 $40,230
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fastest-growing, highest-paying jobs in Mass.
Annual Average
Job openings salary
Anesthesiologists 17 $349,860
CEOs 546 $267,070
Family medicine physicians 118 $259,460
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons 27 $254,020
Obstetricians and gynecologists 16 $234,650
Psychiatrists 38 $232,750
Nurse anesthetists 32 $219,680
Natural sciences managers 417 $218,850
Pediatricians 18 $197,800
General internal medicine physicians 83 $183,500
Podiatrists 12 $177,180
Annual Average
openings salary
Dentists 132 $175,140
Computer and information systems
managers 2,396 $168,490
Lawyers 1,834 $167,980
Architectural and engineering managers 571 $167,820
Marketing managers 1,943 $162,420
Financial managers 3,331 $161,230
Human resources managers 697 $160,460
Physicists 23 $157,680
Sales managers 2,214 $152,160
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