5) Orthopedic Surgeon
Earnings: $1.27 million a year
Where: University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
Walter Lowe, a professor who specializes in sports medicine and who has been the chair of orthopedic surgery at The University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston since 2009, isn’t your average doctor. As the team physician to both the NBA Houston Rockets and NFL Houston Texans, he’s operated on athletes such as Dwight Howard. His total compensation from the University of Texas was $1.27 million for 2014.