Some earn more and some less.

According to the US Dept. of Labor, the top paying jobs in the United States are physicians and number 9 is over $143,000

Anesthesiologists are the top paying of the physicians with annual average income of over $145,600, Pediatricians (#13) appears to be the lowest paid physician at $136,600

The path to physcian requires first a bachelor’s degree (it needn’t be in the major pre-med) followed by 2 years of years of classroom time and 2 years of clinical time (4-years to the MD) followed by an internship/residency/fellowship of 3-7 years.

The total education time after HS is 11-15 years (some of which you earn an income). The typical medical school grad leaves with over $100,000 in student loan debt.

For those who are all about earning the highest, this is the path. But, a simple love of money isn’t going to be enough motivator to make it through the process — a medical education is very demanding.