Construction workers or engineers at a building site
  • Nevada and New York are two of 24 states where the best-paying non-doctor job is a chief executive, based on average pay.
  • That's after taking out jobs that don't have at least 1,000 employees or are a type of doctor.
  • Insider previously looked at the highest-paying job by state overall and found healthcare jobs were commonly the best-paying.

While pharmacists have the highest average pay in Montana among jobs with at least 1,000 employees, the best-paying job in the state outside of doctors is a construction manager.