Wage range

• Endocrinologists and other medical scientists earned an average annual wage of $84,760 in May 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). A PayScale survey of 30 metabolic endocrinologists found that their salary ranged from $140,188 to $193,140, while 51 medical endocrinologists reported earning between $121,765 and $189,602.
  
  

Wages by workplace

• PayScale lists several health care fields for endocrinologists. The BLS reports that the largest number of medical scientists worked in scientific research and development services, which paid an average annual salary of $92,130. Pharmaceutical and medical manufacturing jobs paid an average annual salary of $91,720.General medical and surgical hospitals, paid $76,520.Those employed by colleges, universities, and professional schools averaged $65,040 per year.
  
  

Top-Paying areas

• PayScale reported that Boston Massachusetts, Orlando Florida, Philadelphia Pennsylvania and New York had the highest salaries for metabolic endocrinologists. The highest-paying state for medical endocrinologists, according to the BLS, was Vermont, with an annual average salary of $120,85. New Jersey, Illinois, North Dakota and Virginia are runners up, with annual salaries in excess of $100,000.