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Highest Paying Industries for Other Education Administrators

The top 80 highest paying industries for other education administrators (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 $112,330, offices of physicians is the highest paying industry for other education administrators. It is followed by general medical and surgical hospitals industry (average annual salary $101,030). 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 education administrators in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 80 Highest Paying Industries for Other Education Administrators

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Offices of Physicians	$112,330	$69,040	50
2	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$101,030	$61,100	500
3	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$100,390	$62,440	430
4	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$98,470	$59,130	550
5	Hospitals - Privately owned	$98,120	$59,610	460
6	Educational Support Services - Local government owned	$93,450	$52,170	270
7	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$93,120	$41,980	4,760
8	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$92,960	$44,270	140
9	Educational Services - Local government owned	$91,490	$43,290	5,600
10	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$90,760	$44,040	6,450
11	Information	$89,530	$52,810	50
12	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$89,160	$42,000	5,850
13	Federal government, including USPS	$87,650	$58,800	5,700
14	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$87,650	$58,800	5,700
15	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$86,960	$58,090	7,410
16	Federal, State, and Local Government	$86,960	$58,090	7,410
17	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$86,760	$44,830	150
18	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$85,850	$59,790	900
19	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$85,490	$48,230	820
20	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$85,400	$48,620	16,050
21	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$83,190	$52,430	500
22	Wholesale Trade	$83,080	$39,380	40
23	Educational Support Services	$82,640	$43,900	1,830
24	Scientific Research and Development Services	$82,200	$46,680	110
25	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$81,630	$43,850	540
26	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$81,300	$46,750	350
27	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$80,020	$47,260	410
28	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$79,960	$43,360	1,560
29	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$78,020	$45,390	30
30	Health Care and Social Assistance	$77,370	$41,920	1,710
31	Technical and trade schools - Local government owned	$75,500	$53,180	80
32	Technical and trade schools - State government owned	$74,870	$54,450	140
33	State government, including schools and hospitals	$74,660	$42,090	3,910
34	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$74,220	$43,380	860
35	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$74,140	$41,790	920
36	Outpatient Care Centers	$73,970	$44,180	70
37	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$73,940	$43,820	190
38	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$73,910	$43,010	830
39	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$73,650	$46,430	50
40	Educational Services	$73,060	$40,280	20,030
41	Religious Organizations	$72,990	$50,670	100
42	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$72,560	$45,770	70
43	Administrative and Support Services	$72,160	$39,290	50
44	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$72,160	$39,290	50
45	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$71,950	$41,850	1,130
46	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$71,910	$41,570	1,150
47	Other Residential Care Facilities	$71,150	$47,980	60
48	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$71,130	$45,140	200
49	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$70,920	$40,200	2,230
50	Other schools and instruction - Local government owned	$70,580	$53,160	60
51	Social Advocacy Organizations	$70,330	$41,280	140
52	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$70,290	$38,170	90
53	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$70,210	$39,540	250
54	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$70,080	$44,110	180
55	Educational Services - State government owned	$69,040	$40,150	2,950
56	Performing Arts Companies	$68,860	$37,900	70
57	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	$68,570	$38,620	350
58	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$68,460	$42,020	170
59	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$68,060	$39,890	4,040
60	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$67,870	$40,680	1,010
61	Educational Services - Privately owned	$65,650	$39,750	11,470
62	Technical and Trade Schools	$65,630	$39,510	2,160
63	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$65,010	$37,050	590
64	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$64,710	$39,640	1,790
65	Engineering Services	$63,790	$50,210	n/a
66	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$63,790	$50,210	n/a
67	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$63,300	$38,560	1,940
68	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$62,480	$43,140	80
69	Social Assistance	$61,830	$36,950	840
70	Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters	$61,190	$35,790	40
71	Individual and Family Services	$59,960	$34,390	370
72	Other Schools and Instruction	$59,520	$37,920	4,270
73	Child Day Care Services	$59,500	$40,090	270
74	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$59,190	$37,760	4,190
75	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	$56,530	$34,100	150
76	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	$56,380	$34,060	140
77	Junior colleges - State government owned	$55,730	$36,200	350
78	Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers	$55,560	$33,370	130
79	Civic and Social Organizations	$51,220	$31,060	150
80	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$39,660	$32,710	70