Medical doctors remained the highest-paid workers in Chattanooga, earning more than even those who ran most local businesses.
1 Specialty surgeons, $244,130 average annual pay in 2011
2 Family and general practitioner physicians, $242,020 average annual pay in 2011
3 Physicians and general surgeons, $224,011 average annual pay in 2011
4 Internists, $202,570 average annual pay in 2011
5 Chief executives, $151,940 average annual pay in 2011
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics for metropolitan Chattanooga for May 2011.