The only job outside the healthcare industry that made the top ten was chief executive, with an average salary of $167,280 in 2009.
Surgeons earned the top spot with an average salary of $219,770 in 2009, according to government data. Anesthesiologists were second with an average salary of $211,759, followed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons at $210,710, orthodontists at $206,190 and ob/gyns at $204,470.
Read the CNBC report on the highest paying jobs in America.
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