Median hourly pay: $30.85

BLS job description: Install or repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution systems.

Median hourly pay: $31.40

BLS job description: Assess, treat, and care for patients by manipulation of spine and musculoskeletal system.

Median hourly pay: $31.71

BLS job description: Inspect equipment or goods in connection with the safe transport of cargo or people. Includes rail transportation inspectors, such as freight inspectors; rail inspectors; and other inspectors of transportation vehicles, not elsewhere classified.

Median hourly pay: $31.75

BLS job description: Operate Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners. Monitor patient safety and comfort, and view images of area being scanned to ensure quality of pictures.

Median hourly pay: $31.93

BLS job description: Produce ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by physicians.

Median hourly pay: $33.40

BLS job description: Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or motion picture productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.

Median hourly pay: $33.49

BLS job description: Supervise and coordinate activities of crew engaged in operating and maintaining engines, boilers, deck machinery, and electrical, sanitary, and refrigeration equipment aboard ship.

Median hourly pay: $33.62

BLS job description: Command or supervise operations of ships and water vessels, such as tugboats and ferryboats. Required to hold license issued by US Coast Guard.

Median hourly pay: $33.71

BLS job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments.

Median hourly pay: $34.04

BLS job description: Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders.

Median hourly pay: $34.19

BLS job description: Clean teeth and examine oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease.

Median hourly pay: $34.22

BLS job description: Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders.

Median hourly pay: $36.99

BLS job description: Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays.

Median hourly pay: $37.81

BLS job description: Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.

Median hourly pay: $38.05

BLS job description: Provide radiation therapy to patients as prescribed by a radiologist according to established practices and standards.

Median hourly pay: $38.96

BLS job description: Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.

Median hourly pay: $41.66

BLS job description: Diagnose, treat, or research diseases and injuries of animals. Includes veterinarians who conduct research and development, inspect livestock, or care for pets and companion animals.

Median hourly pay: $44.37

BLS job description: Diagnose and coordinate all aspects of the birthing process, either independently or as part of a healthcare team.

Median hourly pay: $44.55

BLS job description: Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team.

Median hourly pay: $44.70

BLS job description: Provide healthcare services typically performed by a physician, under the supervision of a physician. Conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, and counsel patients.

Median hourly pay: $48.70

BLS job description: Diagnose, manage, and treat conditions and diseases of the human eye and visual system. Examine eyes and visual system, diagnose problems or impairments, prescribe corrective lenses, and provide treatment.

Median hourly pay: $55.38

BLS job description: Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing, multi-engine aircraft, usually on scheduled air carrier routes, for the transport of passengers and cargo.

Median hourly pay: $70.36

BLS job description: Examine, diagnose, and treat diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums.

Median hourly pay: $72.64

BLS job description: Administer anesthesia, monitor patient's vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia.

Median hourly pay: $86.03

BLS job description: Physicians who diagnose, treat, and help prevent disorders of the mind.

Median hourly pay: $90.00

BLS job description: Examine, diagnose, and treat dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. Design and fabricate appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance.

Median hourly pay: $90.00

BLS job description: Perform surgery and related procedures on the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial regions to treat diseases, injuries, or defects.

Median hourly pay: $91.66

BLS job description: Physicians who treat diseases, injuries, and deformities by invasive, minimally-invasive, or non-invasive surgical methods, such as using instruments, appliances, or by manual manipulation.

Median hourly pay: $92.41

BLS job description: Physicians who administer anesthetics prior to, during, or after surgery, or other medical procedures.

16 high-paying jobs for people who don't want to sit at a desk all day