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Highest Paying Industries for Other Teachers and Instructors

The top 100 highest paying industries for other teachers and instructors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $80,310, electric power generation, transmission and distribution is the highest paying industry for other teachers and instructors. It is followed by utilities industry (average annual salary $80,310). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of other teachers and instructors in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Other Teachers and Instructors

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$80,310	$66,160	40
2	Utilities	$80,310	$66,160	40
3	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$74,900	$24,310	70
4	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$68,200	$34,260	70
5	Manufacturing	$66,170	$23,760	150
6	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$65,720	$46,760	16,300
7	Federal government, including USPS	$65,710	$47,010	16,480
8	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$65,120	$20,220	300
9	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$63,920	$31,310	110
10	Other Information Services	$62,990	$31,530	700
11	Wholesale Trade	$61,260	$19,790	160
12	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$59,570	$31,460	1,300
13	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$59,370	$19,960	1,400
14	Information	$59,070	$27,400	910
15	Scientific Research and Development Services	$58,480	$28,380	1,540
16	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$55,900	$23,130	36,670
17	Federal, State, and Local Government	$55,900	$23,130	36,670
18	Postal Service (federal government)	$55,570	$55,560	170
19	Transportation and Warehousing	$55,560	$22,260	470
20	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$54,790	$33,570	140
21	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$54,550	$24,520	1,200
22	Hospitals - Local government owned	$54,350	$32,740	150
23	Other schools and instruction - Local government owned	$53,080	$24,060	1,460
24	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$52,820	$24,490	7,780
25	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$52,800	$23,190	4,060
26	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$52,660	$26,610	540
27	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$52,080	$28,590	110
28	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$50,830	$29,270	370
29	Hospitals - State government owned	$50,500	$26,080	610
30	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$49,960	$19,440	1,530
31	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$49,960	$26,990	120
32	Software Publishers	$49,930	$31,470	100
33	Repair and Maintenance	$49,440	$25,770	n/a
34	Insurance Carriers	$48,860	$19,580	50
35	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$48,280	$23,330	2,300
36	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$48,200	$22,420	1,440
37	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$47,980	$19,810	50
38	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$47,960	$28,730	50
39	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$47,720	$22,220	1,230
40	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$47,130	$24,370	1,490
41	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$46,950	$18,810	240
42	Hospitals - Privately owned	$46,540	$22,300	1,530
43	Finance and Insurance	$46,170	$20,450	60
44	Offices of Physicians	$46,060	$23,550	110
45	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$45,950	$20,880	6,540
46	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$45,900	$20,390	1,300
47	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$45,850	$19,380	29,520
48	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$45,800	$28,280	210
49	Performing Arts Companies	$45,600	$21,440	5,110
50	Home Health Care Services	$44,930	$24,870	90
51	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	$44,900	$25,910	100
52	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$44,140	$19,710	44,220
53	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$43,970	$32,010	7,330
54	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$43,890	$20,510	7,330
55	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$43,410	$20,190	6,790
56	Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters	$43,340	$21,680	2,070
57	Other Motor Vehicle Dealers	$43,280	$25,260	80
58	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$43,040	$22,710	280
59	Technical and trade schools - Local government owned	$42,540	$21,630	1,330
60	State government, including schools and hospitals	$41,370	$19,450	n/a
61	Junior colleges - State government owned	$41,290	$22,400	13,170
62	Technical and Trade Schools	$40,550	$20,660	8,800
63	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$40,110	$20,080	6,510
64	Technical and trade schools - State government owned	$40,040	$22,470	970
65	Educational Services - State government owned	$39,620	$19,170	37,670
66	Support Activities for Air Transportation	$39,590	$20,700	110
67	Support Activities for Transportation	$39,590	$20,700	110
68	Facilities Support Services	$39,230	$29,870	660
69	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$39,040	$17,710	n/a
70	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$38,640	$22,450	980
71	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$37,960	$18,340	60
72	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$37,940	$19,570	12,590
73	Spectator Sports	$37,890	$19,470	160
74	Religious Organizations	$37,850	$18,590	9,300
75	Miscellaneous Store Retailers	$37,840	$17,810	410
76	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$37,580	$18,710	1,330
77	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$37,510	$25,590	n/a
78	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$37,410	$18,660	13,350
79	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$37,340	$20,470	70
80	Lessors of Real Estate	$36,430	$17,960	50
81	Real Estate	$36,430	$18,200	60
82	Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	$36,150	$18,390	890
83	Other Residential Care Facilities	$36,080	$18,870	1,300
84	Casino Hotels	$35,870	$19,240	n/a
85	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$35,830	$19,620	1,930
86	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$35,770	$18,470	25,660
87	Social Advocacy Organizations	$35,670	$19,210	4,310
88	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$35,260	$18,470	26,880
89	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$35,260	$18,800	4,980
90	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$35,100	$20,740	1,610
91	Other Schools and Instruction	$35,060	$18,710	168,400
92	Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers	$34,950	$20,200	630
93	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$34,940	$18,690	166,800
94	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$34,320	$18,420	21,490
95	Individual and Family Services	$34,280	$18,760	14,430
96	Outpatient Care Centers	$34,170	$18,460	300
97	Educational Services - Privately owned	$34,160	$18,730	252,450
98	Sound Recording Industries	$33,990	$18,110	30
99	Other Support Services	$33,760	$18,260	130
100	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$33,750	$18,450	30,600